The Ladies Library ... Written by a Lady, Volume 3J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1751 - Conduct of life |
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... Devotion . And this is comprehend- ed in the other , as a Part in the Whole , nay indeed as an Effed in its Caufe ; for where Piety has not firft form'd and modell'd the Soul , there can be no true Devotion . External Forms of it there ...
... Devotion . And this is comprehend- ed in the other , as a Part in the Whole , nay indeed as an Effed in its Caufe ; for where Piety has not firft form'd and modell'd the Soul , there can be no true Devotion . External Forms of it there ...
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... Devotion ; and thus confider'd , it has a great Propriety to the Female Sex . For De- votion is a tender Plant , that will scarce root in stiff or rocky Ground , but requires a fupple gentle Soil , and therefore the feminine Softness ...
... Devotion ; and thus confider'd , it has a great Propriety to the Female Sex . For De- votion is a tender Plant , that will scarce root in stiff or rocky Ground , but requires a fupple gentle Soil , and therefore the feminine Softness ...
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... Devotion in a Cloifter is as reclufe as the Votary : A Light rather under a Bubel than on a Candlestick ; and , in ... Devotion only more excellent in them , in regard of its Effects , but ' tis alfo more neceffary in refpect of their ...
... Devotion in a Cloifter is as reclufe as the Votary : A Light rather under a Bubel than on a Candlestick ; and , in ... Devotion only more excellent in them , in regard of its Effects , but ' tis alfo more neceffary in refpect of their ...
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... Devotion , to di- vert them from lavishing both it and their Souls toge- ther ? Neither does he by this defeat their Aim of a plea- fant Life , but rather affift it : For whereas fenfual De- lights are vagrant , and must be chas'd thro ...
... Devotion , to di- vert them from lavishing both it and their Souls toge- ther ? Neither does he by this defeat their Aim of a plea- fant Life , but rather affift it : For whereas fenfual De- lights are vagrant , and must be chas'd thro ...
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... Devotion of the Closet does not prepare for that of the Church . the Mind be not first tun'd there , it will be very ill qua- lify'd for that Harmony of Souls , which is the only thing God regards in our publick Offices . But indeed ...
... Devotion of the Closet does not prepare for that of the Church . the Mind be not first tun'd there , it will be very ill qua- lify'd for that Harmony of Souls , which is the only thing God regards in our publick Offices . But indeed ...
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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