The Ladies Library ... Written by a Lady, Volume 3J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1751 - Conduct of life |
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... Acts and Offices . For upon fuppofition , that there , is fuch a Being as God , and that there are fuch Beings as Reasonable Creatures , or ca- pable Subjects of Religion , it will neceffa- , rily follow , that there must be fome ...
... Acts and Offices . For upon fuppofition , that there , is fuch a Being as God , and that there are fuch Beings as Reasonable Creatures , or ca- pable Subjects of Religion , it will neceffa- , rily follow , that there must be fome ...
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... Acts as are fuitable to , and due Acknowledgments of , the Perfections of his Nature , and their own Dependence upon him ; and this Obligation is that which we call Re- ligion ; a Word , which from its Derivation fignifies a binding ...
... Acts as are fuitable to , and due Acknowledgments of , the Perfections of his Nature , and their own Dependence upon him ; and this Obligation is that which we call Re- ligion ; a Word , which from its Derivation fignifies a binding ...
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... Acts to him , and as certainly panif us if we do not . Thefe Acts of Worship , which Religion obliges us to , being fuch as are fuitable to the Excellency of God's Nature , to enable us to fulfil this Obligation , it is ne- ceffary we ...
... Acts to him , and as certainly panif us if we do not . Thefe Acts of Worship , which Religion obliges us to , being fuch as are fuitable to the Excellency of God's Nature , to enable us to fulfil this Obligation , it is ne- ceffary we ...
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... Act , but extended to all the Commands of God . For as the animal Spirit dif- fuses itself into all the most distant Members of the Body ; fo this more vital Principle has as universal Influence on the Mind , ftamps that with fuch an ...
... Act , but extended to all the Commands of God . For as the animal Spirit dif- fuses itself into all the most distant Members of the Body ; fo this more vital Principle has as universal Influence on the Mind , ftamps that with fuch an ...
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... Act , the fuffering for Rightouf- nefs fake . And both these the Chriftian balances , nay outweighs , by two more important prefent Hazards on the other fide . To the former , he oppofes the Danger of being enflav'd to the brutish Part ...
... Act , the fuffering for Rightouf- nefs fake . And both these the Chriftian balances , nay outweighs , by two more important prefent Hazards on the other fide . To the former , he oppofes the Danger of being enflav'd to the brutish Part ...
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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