A Practical Discourse Concerning DeathE. and J. Robertsons, 1759 - 235 pages |
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... fhould live fuch careless Lives , fhould fo wholly devote themselves to this World , and the Service of their Lufts ; fhould either caft off the Fear of God , and all Reverence for his Laws , . B to 1 to fatisfy themselves with fome ...
... fhould live fuch careless Lives , fhould fo wholly devote themselves to this World , and the Service of their Lufts ; fhould either caft off the Fear of God , and all Reverence for his Laws , . B to 1 to fatisfy themselves with fome ...
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... , and what Wisdom that fhould teach us . 2. The Cer- tainty of our Death , That it is appointed unto Men once to die . 3. The Time of our Death ; it must be be once , but when , we know not . 2 . A Practical DISCOURSE.
... , and what Wisdom that fhould teach us . 2. The Cer- tainty of our Death , That it is appointed unto Men once to die . 3. The Time of our Death ; it must be be once , but when , we know not . 2 . A Practical DISCOURSE.
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... fhould affect our Minds : What that Wisdom is , which the Thoughts of Death will naturally teach us ; how that Man ought to live , who knows that he muft die , and leave his Body behind him to rot in the Grave , and go him- felf into a ...
... fhould affect our Minds : What that Wisdom is , which the Thoughts of Death will naturally teach us ; how that Man ought to live , who knows that he muft die , and leave his Body behind him to rot in the Grave , and go him- felf into a ...
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... fhould be punished with fruitless Defires and Han- kering after this World in the next ; which is a mixed Torment of Defire and Defpair . For though indeed it is only living in these Bodies , which be- trays the Soul to fuch earthly ...
... fhould be punished with fruitless Defires and Han- kering after this World in the next ; which is a mixed Torment of Defire and Defpair . For though indeed it is only living in these Bodies , which be- trays the Soul to fuch earthly ...
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... fhould never grow over fond of it . Those who marry , would be as though they married not ; and those who weep , as though they wept not ; and those who rejoice , as though they re- joiced not ; and those who use this World , as not ...
... fhould never grow over fond of it . Those who marry , would be as though they married not ; and those who weep , as though they wept not ; and those who rejoice , as though they re- joiced not ; and those who use this World , as not ...
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abfolute againſt alfo Baptifin Baptifm becauſe beſt betimes bleffed Cafe Chriftian cife confider Confideration Converfation Day of Grace defire deftroy divine Duft dying earthly eternal Exerciſe fafe faid Faith in Chrift fame faved Fear of Death felves ferve fhall fhews fhort fhould fignifies fince fincere Fleſh foever fome foon ftill fuch fuffer fufficient fuppofe fure glorious Glory God's Gofpel greateſt Happineſs happy Heaven himſelf holy Hopes immortal impoffible itſelf Jefus juftify laft leave this World lefs live lofe Love Lufts Mifery moft mortal moſt muft muſt Nature neceffary Neceffity never obferve ourſelves Paffion pafs paft Penitents pleaſes Pleaſures prefent Promifes Puniſhment putting off thefe raiſed Reafon Refurrection Reward Saviour Senfe ſhall Sinners Sins Sorrow Soul Spirit thefe Bodies themſelves theſe Bodies Things thofe thoſe thou Thoughts truft unleſs unto uſe Virtue Vows whofe wicked wife Wiſdom worfe
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Page 133 - And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through. 40 Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.
Page 133 - Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning ; and ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding ; that when he cometh and knocketh, they -may open unto him immediately.
Page 133 - Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour when the Son of man cometh.
Page 122 - The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
Page 118 - And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and my commandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.
Page 76 - There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest. There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor. The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.
Page 68 - For if by one man's offence death reigned by one ; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.
Page 143 - Put not your trust in princes, Nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; In that very day his thoughts perish.
Page 164 - Then Jesus said unto them, Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you : for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. 36 While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light.
Page 40 - But if the Spirit of him that raifed up Jefus from the dead dwell in you, he that raifed up Chrift -from the dead fhall a'Bb quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.