The Theological Works of Isaac Barrow, Volume 3The University Press, 1830 |
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... Seek and study what good or bad is at home , within thy house ; see how all goes in thy breast ; employ thy chief inquiry upon the affairs of thy soul ; there confining thy curiosity and care . Such is the duty ; and the practice ...
... Seek and study what good or bad is at home , within thy house ; see how all goes in thy breast ; employ thy chief inquiry upon the affairs of thy soul ; there confining thy curiosity and care . Such is the duty ; and the practice ...
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... seeking his gracious favour and mercy . Thus doth here that great and good man teach us all ( more particularly men of high estate and much business ) to find opportunities of withdrawing their thoughts from those things which commonly ...
... seeking his gracious favour and mercy . Thus doth here that great and good man teach us all ( more particularly men of high estate and much business ) to find opportunities of withdrawing their thoughts from those things which commonly ...
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... seek and pursue such empty shadows , which if we catch , we in effect catch nothing ; and whatever it is , doth presently slip out of our hands ? Why do we please ourselves in such evanid dreams ? Is it not much better to rest quiet and ...
... seek and pursue such empty shadows , which if we catch , we in effect catch nothing ; and whatever it is , doth presently slip out of our hands ? Why do we please ourselves in such evanid dreams ? Is it not much better to rest quiet and ...
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... seek it earnestly , to set our heart upon it , to rely thereon , to be greatly pleased or elevated in mind thereby , as it argues much infidelity and profane- ness of heart , so it signifies much inconsiderateness and folly , the ...
... seek it earnestly , to set our heart upon it , to rely thereon , to be greatly pleased or elevated in mind thereby , as it argues much infidelity and profane- ness of heart , so it signifies much inconsiderateness and folly , the ...
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... seek after , as the most spe - xa , cious ornament , and pure content of their mind ; x- this consideration doth also detect the just thereof ; so as to allay intemperate ardour toward it , pride and conceitedness upon the having or ...
... seek after , as the most spe - xa , cious ornament , and pure content of their mind ; x- this consideration doth also detect the just thereof ; so as to allay intemperate ardour toward it , pride and conceitedness upon the having or ...
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Page 70 - ALMIGHTY God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which thy son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility...
Page 26 - I die: * remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: * lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, "Who is the Lord?" or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Page 479 - But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature ; because I have refused him : for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel.
Page 343 - Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Page 428 - Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.
Page 156 - No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls: for the price of wisdom is above rubies.
Page 343 - Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.
Page 482 - I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
Page 460 - How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee, Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine heart is 'turned within me, my repentings are kindled together. I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not return to destroy Ephraim : for I am God, and not man ; the Holy One in the midst of thee : and I will not enter into the city.
Page 115 - Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me; For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord: They would none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof. Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.