The Ladies Library ... Written by a Lady, Volume 3J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1751 - Conduct of life |
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... spiritual Strength ; makes the Impotencies and Defects of their Nature fubfervient to the operation of Grace , and by confecrating their ve- ту Paffions , makes even thofe Gibeonites ferviceable to the Tabernacle . But then ' tis to be ...
... spiritual Strength ; makes the Impotencies and Defects of their Nature fubfervient to the operation of Grace , and by confecrating their ve- ту Paffions , makes even thofe Gibeonites ferviceable to the Tabernacle . But then ' tis to be ...
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... spiritual things liable to Senfe , for distinguishing be . tween Belief and Science , which is indeed for doing the most reasonable thing in the World ; remitting every Object to the Trial of its proper Faculty : And they who fufpect ...
... spiritual things liable to Senfe , for distinguishing be . tween Belief and Science , which is indeed for doing the most reasonable thing in the World ; remitting every Object to the Trial of its proper Faculty : And they who fufpect ...
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... Spiritual Adultery , as they fhould do thofe that folicit them to the carnal , not fo much as to enter parley , but with the greatest Indigna- tion deteft and reject them . ' Tis the faying of the Wise Man , that an angry Countenance ...
... Spiritual Adultery , as they fhould do thofe that folicit them to the carnal , not fo much as to enter parley , but with the greatest Indigna- tion deteft and reject them . ' Tis the faying of the Wise Man , that an angry Countenance ...
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... spiritual are fix'd , and one may always know where to find them How of ten are the voluptuous in Pain to know which Pleasure to choose ? Like a furfeited Stomach , the greater Va- riety is fet before it , the more it naufeates all ...
... spiritual are fix'd , and one may always know where to find them How of ten are the voluptuous in Pain to know which Pleasure to choose ? Like a furfeited Stomach , the greater Va- riety is fet before it , the more it naufeates all ...
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... spiritual In- decencies , and in readiness to do good Actions ; that it may not be faid of you , as God once complain'd of his People , Why bath my Beloved done wickedness to my House ? God is in every Creature ; be cruel towards none ...
... spiritual In- decencies , and in readiness to do good Actions ; that it may not be faid of you , as God once complain'd of his People , Why bath my Beloved done wickedness to my House ? God is in every Creature ; be cruel towards none ...
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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