The Exemplary Life and Character of James Bonnell, Esq., Late Accomptant General of IrelandJ. Downing, 1707 - 280 pages |
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... Pain , but ends in more , by Encreasing my Distemper , and Indifpofing my Mind for the Exercises of Religion ; the conftant Pra- & tice of which alone maintains the Life of my Soul . And yet Thou chooseft thus to Afflict me ftill ...
... Pain , but ends in more , by Encreasing my Distemper , and Indifpofing my Mind for the Exercises of Religion ; the conftant Pra- & tice of which alone maintains the Life of my Soul . And yet Thou chooseft thus to Afflict me ftill ...
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... Pains . My Sins indeed deserve this , and more : But might I choose for the good of my Soul , as I faid , ( which I know thou doft favour , ) I fhou'd with Submission to thy Wisdom , defire some other kind of Chastise- ment and take ...
... Pains . My Sins indeed deserve this , and more : But might I choose for the good of my Soul , as I faid , ( which I know thou doft favour , ) I fhou'd with Submission to thy Wisdom , defire some other kind of Chastise- ment and take ...
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... Pains to fit his Soul for appearing at the Lord's Table , than others at that Age ufually do to Cloath and Adorn their Body's . The following Confeffion and Prayer , Written on Whitfon Eve , in the Twen- ty Sixth Year of his Age , will ...
... Pains to fit his Soul for appearing at the Lord's Table , than others at that Age ufually do to Cloath and Adorn their Body's . The following Confeffion and Prayer , Written on Whitfon Eve , in the Twen- ty Sixth Year of his Age , will ...
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... Pains . Nor was he lefs earnest in his Prayers for the removal of those Cala- mities he faw falling upon the Church , than careful to fit himself to bear his own fhare of them . And we have reason to Blefs God that he ( among other ...
... Pains . Nor was he lefs earnest in his Prayers for the removal of those Cala- mities he faw falling upon the Church , than careful to fit himself to bear his own fhare of them . And we have reason to Blefs God that he ( among other ...
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... you were ( on the Bed of Sickness in the time of this Alarm , opprefs'd with Distracting Croffes , Domestick Disturbances , Foreign Enemies • and ' and Oppressions , Inward Pains and Diseases ; How James Bonnell Efq ; 61 .
... you were ( on the Bed of Sickness in the time of this Alarm , opprefs'd with Distracting Croffes , Domestick Disturbances , Foreign Enemies • and ' and Oppressions , Inward Pains and Diseases ; How James Bonnell Efq ; 61 .
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Page 254 - Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory, and honour, and power ; for thou haft created all things, and for thy pleafure they are, and were created.
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Page 99 - God would plague him, and bad him to choose whether he would have seven years' hunger, or that his enemies should prevail against him for three months, or to have three days' pestilence. He made answer, saying, It is better to fall into the hands of God than of men : and so chose the pestilence.
Page 247 - ... that the word fhould not be fpoken to them any more. For they could not endure that which was commanded. And if fo much as a beaft touch the mountain, it mall be ftoned, or thruft through with a dart.
Page 78 - Thou hast, in thy mercy, not only preserved me this day from all dangers, but bestowed upon me all things needful, for which I desire entirely to praise thy fatherly goodness, and with angels and archangels, and all the company of heaven, to laud and magnify thy holy name.
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Page 147 - ... it in works of necessity and mercy, which were not employed in prayer, reading, and meditation ? 0 MY FATHER, my GOD, I am in thy hands; and may I rejoice above all things in being so : do with me what seemeth. good in thy sight: only let me love thee with all my mind, soul, and strength. 1 magnify thee for granting me to be born in thy church, and of religious parents ; for washing me in thy baptism, and instructing me in thy doctrine of truth and holiness, for sustaining me by thy gracious...
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Page 163 - ... hands and feet, the most tender and nervous parts, so that the iron entered into his very soul. Thus he was crucified in the midst, between two malefactors, as if the chief criminal. He was then reared up on the cross, and the weight of his body hung on four wounds. He was there suspended, and exposed naked to the view of the world, bearing the shame, as well as the torment of my sin. The precious blood issued out of his wounds, and formed a laver for my sins, and those of the whole world. The...