The whole works of ... Jeremy Taylor, with a life of the author and a critical examination of his writings by R. Heber. revised and corrected by C.P. Eden, Volume 3 |
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... confess it cannot but look like a design in me to borrow your name and beg your patronage to my book , that if there be no other worth in it , yet at least it may have the splendour and warmth of a burning - glass , which , borrowing a ...
... confess it cannot but look like a design in me to borrow your name and beg your patronage to my book , that if there be no other worth in it , yet at least it may have the splendour and warmth of a burning - glass , which , borrowing a ...
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... confession of Pharaoh from that of Manasses ; the tears of Peter from the repentance of Judas : for the praise is not in the deed done , but in the manner of its doing . If a man visits his sick friend , and watches at his pillow for ...
... confession of Pharaoh from that of Manasses ; the tears of Peter from the repentance of Judas : for the praise is not in the deed done , but in the manner of its doing . If a man visits his sick friend , and watches at his pillow for ...
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... confess that he hath in himself a less virtue and a less honour , and therefore that he is degenerated . 8. Whatsoever other difference there is between thee and thy neighbour , if it be bad , it is thine own , but thou hast no reason ...
... confess that he hath in himself a less virtue and a less honour , and therefore that he is degenerated . 8. Whatsoever other difference there is between thee and thy neighbour , if it be bad , it is thine own , but thou hast no reason ...
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... confessed that from a potter he was raised to be the king of Sicily . 6. Never speak any thing directly tending to thy praise or glory ; that is , with a purpose to be commended , and for no other end : if other ends be mingled with thy ...
... confessed that from a potter he was raised to be the king of Sicily . 6. Never speak any thing directly tending to thy praise or glory ; that is , with a purpose to be commended , and for no other end : if other ends be mingled with thy ...
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... . Be not always ready to excuse every oversight , or indiscretion , or ill action : but if thou beest guilty of it , confess it plainly ; for [ Dan . iv . 30. ] virtue scorns a lie for its cover , but to 72 [ CHAP . II . OF HUMILITY .
... . Be not always ready to excuse every oversight , or indiscretion , or ill action : but if thou beest guilty of it , confess it plainly ; for [ Dan . iv . 30. ] virtue scorns a lie for its cover , but to 72 [ CHAP . II . OF HUMILITY .
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Page 98 - But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
Page 97 - Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Behold the fowls of the air, for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns ; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
Page 209 - And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was determined: but woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed!
Page 41 - Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown ; but we an incorruptible. I therefore so run, not as uncertainly ; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air ; but I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection ; lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a cast-away.
Page 364 - Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
Page 220 - Come, and let us return unto the Lord: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight.
Page 218 - Hear my prayer, O Lord, and with Thine ears consider my calling : hold not Thy peace at my tears. For I am a stranger with Thee : and a sojourner, as all my fathers were.
Page 363 - Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God's elect? It is God that justifieth, Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
Page 356 - As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness : I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness...
Page 231 - To thee all Angels cry aloud : the Heavens, and all the Powers therein. To thee Cherubin, and Seraphin : continually do cry, Holy, Holy, Holy : Lord God of Sabaoth ; Heaven and earth are full of the Majesty : of thy Glory.