A Treatise Concerning Christian Prudence: Or, the Principles of Practical Wisdom, Fitted to Use of Human Life, and Designed for the Better Regulation of itSamuel Manship, 1710 - 399 pages |
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Page 47
... seeing him who is invifible , v . 27 . 4. Here let me beg my Reader to make a fhort Panfe , and confider what a vain empty thing the Greatness of this present World is , and how vain and little it will appear when beheld in a true Point ...
... seeing him who is invifible , v . 27 . 4. Here let me beg my Reader to make a fhort Panfe , and confider what a vain empty thing the Greatness of this present World is , and how vain and little it will appear when beheld in a true Point ...
Page 132
... see a plain Rule before us , that tells us , this is the way , walk ye in it . He hath fhew'd thee , O Man , what is good , & c . Micah 6.8 . 19. That which follows Confultation is Judg- ment . For when we have confider'd and inqui- red ...
... see a plain Rule before us , that tells us , this is the way , walk ye in it . He hath fhew'd thee , O Man , what is good , & c . Micah 6.8 . 19. That which follows Confultation is Judg- ment . For when we have confider'd and inqui- red ...
Page 236
... of Chrift Fefus . Phil . 3. 12. * Who caught hold * See Dr. Whitly of him when he fled from him , and converted him to the Faith . on the place . Again , fays he , Brethren I count not my Again , 236 A Treatise of Christian Prudence .
... of Chrift Fefus . Phil . 3. 12. * Who caught hold * See Dr. Whitly of him when he fled from him , and converted him to the Faith . on the place . Again , fays he , Brethren I count not my Again , 236 A Treatise of Christian Prudence .
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... See Chap . 4 . Se & t . 11 . 37. And first , the Sinner chufes wrong Means to his End , I mean to his general End , that is , to Happiness . Happy were it for him if he would take God for his Guide , and chuse those Means to his ...
... See Chap . 4 . Se & t . 11 . 37. And first , the Sinner chufes wrong Means to his End , I mean to his general End , that is , to Happiness . Happy were it for him if he would take God for his Guide , and chuse those Means to his ...
Page 249
... seeing , as much as if he had no fuch Power , even as a Man that either fhuts his Eyes , or diverts them another way , lofes the fight of the Object , for that time , as much as if he were Blind . If it be further askt , how the Sinner ...
... seeing , as much as if he had no fuch Power , even as a Man that either fhuts his Eyes , or diverts them another way , lofes the fight of the Object , for that time , as much as if he were Blind . If it be further askt , how the Sinner ...
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Page 53 - Her ways. are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
Page 39 - The condition of man, after the fall of Adam, is such, that he cannot turn and prepare himself, by his own natural strength and good works, to faith, and calling upon God : wherefore we have no power to do good works pleasant and acceptable to God, without the grace of God by Christ preventing us, that we may have a good will, and working with us, when we have that good will.
Page 355 - Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
Page 351 - For wisdom is a defence, and money is a defence: but the excellency of knowledge is, that wisdom giveth life to them that have it.
Page 355 - Doth not wisdom cry, And understanding put forth her voice? In the top of high places by the way, Where the paths meet, she standeth; Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, At the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud: " Unto you, O men, I call; And my voice is to the sons of men.
Page 53 - Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
Page 237 - Brethren, I count not myfelf to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting thofe things which are behind, and reaching forth unto thofe things which are before, v. 14. I prefs towards the mark, for the prize of the high calling of God in Chrift Jefus.
Page 44 - But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand ; there is none greater in this house than I ; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife : how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God...
Page 355 - called, and ye refufed, I have ftretched out my hand, " and no man regarded : but ye have fet at nought all my " counfel, and would none of my reproof: I allo will " laugh at your calamity, I will mock when your fear " cometh. When your fear cometh as defolation, and " your deftru&ion cometh as a whirlwind ; when diftrefs *