The Ladies Library ... Written by a Lady, Volume 3J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1751 - Conduct of life |
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Page 14
... some Essay of that State of Se- paration even while we are linkt to the Body . This is it which combines us fo with God , that we have the fame Interefts , the fame Choices ; nay , it does in a fort commu- nicate and interchange ...
... some Essay of that State of Se- paration even while we are linkt to the Body . This is it which combines us fo with God , that we have the fame Interefts , the fame Choices ; nay , it does in a fort commu- nicate and interchange ...
Page 25
... some prefent Senfual Pleafures , or the incurring of fome pre- fent fenfitive Pains ; the former in the daily Exercife of Temperance and Mortification ; the latter more rarely , and ofiner in Purpose than Act , the fuffering for ...
... some prefent Senfual Pleafures , or the incurring of fome pre- fent fenfitive Pains ; the former in the daily Exercife of Temperance and Mortification ; the latter more rarely , and ofiner in Purpose than Act , the fuffering for ...
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... some of our nice Dames that would be much more concern'd at a rip in their Garment , than at the rending and violating God's facred Name ; that could more patiently behold the total Sub- verfion of Religion , than the Disorder or ...
... some of our nice Dames that would be much more concern'd at a rip in their Garment , than at the rending and violating God's facred Name ; that could more patiently behold the total Sub- verfion of Religion , than the Disorder or ...
Page 63
... some Danger ; as if it be spent in the too forward Vows of Chastity , and Restraints of natural and innocent Liberties . may . Zeal be let loose in the instances of internal , però fonal , and fpiritual Actions , which are matters of ...
... some Danger ; as if it be spent in the too forward Vows of Chastity , and Restraints of natural and innocent Liberties . may . Zeal be let loose in the instances of internal , però fonal , and fpiritual Actions , which are matters of ...
Page 101
... of his Perfection ? At every y Glance thou feeft some new Charms , with every Thought makeit fome vaft Discovery ! Oh ! the tranfporting Pleasures of F 3 that that bleffed Vision , which I can now hardly think RELIGION . 101.
... of his Perfection ? At every y Glance thou feeft some new Charms , with every Thought makeit fome vaft Discovery ! Oh ! the tranfporting Pleasures of F 3 that that bleffed Vision , which I can now hardly think RELIGION . 101.
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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