The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, Volume 4G. Hamilton, 1748 |
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... matter , and fum of affairs , doth clearly difcern that craft and cun- ning are only useful for the prefent occafion ; whereas integrity is of a lafting ufe , and will be ferviceable to us upon all occafions , and in the whole courfe of ...
... matter , and fum of affairs , doth clearly difcern that craft and cun- ning are only useful for the prefent occafion ; whereas integrity is of a lafting ufe , and will be ferviceable to us upon all occafions , and in the whole courfe of ...
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... matter is well enough , fo long as we understand one another : Et verba valent ut nummi ; " Words are like money ; " and when the current value of them is generally understood , no man is cheated by them . This is fomething , if fuch ...
... matter is well enough , fo long as we understand one another : Et verba valent ut nummi ; " Words are like money ; " and when the current value of them is generally understood , no man is cheated by them . This is fomething , if fuch ...
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... matter ( fpeaking as to the concernments of the world ) if a man fpent his repu- tation all at once , and ventured it at one throw : but if he be to continue in the world , and would have the ad- vantage of converfation whilft he is in ...
... matter ( fpeaking as to the concernments of the world ) if a man fpent his repu- tation all at once , and ventured it at one throw : but if he be to continue in the world , and would have the ad- vantage of converfation whilft he is in ...
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... matter for a man to bring himself to obey God in fo difficult a cafe ; and , out of mere re- verence to the divine authority , to diveft himself of his nature , and to thwart the strongest inclinations of it : a man would be very apt to ...
... matter for a man to bring himself to obey God in fo difficult a cafe ; and , out of mere re- verence to the divine authority , to diveft himself of his nature , and to thwart the strongest inclinations of it : a man would be very apt to ...
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... matter with himfelf , and gave himself fatisfaction concerning the objections and difficulties in the cafe ; and being fully fatisfied that it was a divine command , he refolved to obey it . As for the objections I have mentioned : - 1 ...
... matter with himfelf , and gave himself fatisfaction concerning the objections and difficulties in the cafe ; and being fully fatisfied that it was a divine command , he refolved to obey it . As for the objections I have mentioned : - 1 ...
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Page 269 - ... they shall take up serpents ; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
Page 359 - Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, 'Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was an hungred and ye gave me meat, I was thirsty and ye gave me drink, I was a stranger and ye took me in; naked and ye clothed me, I was sick and ye visited me, I was in prison and ye came unto me.
Page 385 - But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets...
Page 177 - Jhall confefs me before men, him will I confefs alfo before my Father which is in heaven : but.
Page 15 - Besides, that it is many times as troublesome to make good the pretence of a good quality, as to have it ; and if a man have it not, it is ten to one, but he is discovered to want it, and then all his pains and labour to seem to have it is lost.
Page 401 - I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; for kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
Page 368 - I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute, that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation ; from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple.
Page 361 - For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of God shall be fulfilled. 18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
Page 213 - ... deeds done in the body, whether they be good or whether they be evil...
Page 159 - For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.