The Ladies Library ... Written by a Lady, Volume 3J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1751 - Conduct of life |
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... should fee or hear you , would think it were worth . leaving all the World for you ; while I , habitually poffeffed of that Happiness , have been throw- ing away impotent Endeavours for the reft of Mankind , to the Neglect of Her for ...
... should fee or hear you , would think it were worth . leaving all the World for you ; while I , habitually poffeffed of that Happiness , have been throw- ing away impotent Endeavours for the reft of Mankind , to the Neglect of Her for ...
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... should believe that he concerns himself about us , and con- fequently that he governs the World by his Providence . - : Religion obliging us to render all due . As of Worship to him , to enforce this Obligation upon us , it is necef ...
... should believe that he concerns himself about us , and con- fequently that he governs the World by his Providence . - : Religion obliging us to render all due . As of Worship to him , to enforce this Obligation upon us , it is necef ...
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... should refrain from irre- gular Pursuits and Enjoyments of it . Now even this de- gree of Mortification , and the neceffity of it in order to Happiness , was taught and recommended by the wife Men among the Heathens , as well as by our ...
... should refrain from irre- gular Pursuits and Enjoyments of it . Now even this de- gree of Mortification , and the neceffity of it in order to Happiness , was taught and recommended by the wife Men among the Heathens , as well as by our ...
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... should dispute their Title to an earthly Poffeffion , they would not fo tamely refign it , nor would trust their ownselves in its Defence , but would confult their ablest Lawyers , and by them fift out every Circumftance that might ...
... should dispute their Title to an earthly Poffeffion , they would not fo tamely refign it , nor would trust their ownselves in its Defence , but would confult their ablest Lawyers , and by them fift out every Circumftance that might ...
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... felves ? And furely fo perfect a Vacancy is neither happy nor fafe ; wherefore God , who projects we should be both , never defign'd it for any of Mankind ; but where he gives fo much Liberty from fecular , he expects 1 he 30 RELIGION .
... felves ? And furely fo perfect a Vacancy is neither happy nor fafe ; wherefore God , who projects we should be both , never defign'd it for any of Mankind ; but where he gives fo much Liberty from fecular , he expects 1 he 30 RELIGION .
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Page 40 - ... that opens all his wants to him, that weeps before him for his sins, that asks remedy and support for his weakness, that fears him as a Judge, reverences him as a Lord, obeys him as a Father, and loves him as a Patron.
Page 38 - Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou art there: If 1 make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there. If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea, even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me.
Page 55 - The apostle calls it the band of perfection; it is the old, and it is the new, and it is the great commandment, and it is all the commandments; for it is the fulfilling of the law.
Page 266 - A man travelling into a far country, called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods; to one five talents, to another two, to another one, to every man according to his several ability, and took his journey.
Page 38 - Him in the glass of the creation. In the face of the sun you may see God's beauty ; in the fire you may feel His heat warming ; in the water, His gentleness to refresh you...
Page 34 - God to be as the air and the sea ; and we all enclosed in his circle, wrapped up in the lap of his infinite nature ; or as infants in the wombs of their pregnant mothers : and we can no more be removed from the presence of God, than from our own being.
Page 260 - ... whatfoever things are of good report : If ' there be any virtue, and if there be any praife, think