The Ladies Library ... Written by a Lady, Volume 3J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1751 - Conduct of life |
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far better when he quits this : The Anticipation of which , by Faith , Love and Hope , doth at once facilitate and con- firm his Conquefts over all unworthy Lufts , and entertain him with an unexpreffible Satisfaction and Pleafure . For ...
far better when he quits this : The Anticipation of which , by Faith , Love and Hope , doth at once facilitate and con- firm his Conquefts over all unworthy Lufts , and entertain him with an unexpreffible Satisfaction and Pleafure . For ...
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... Faith , while at the fame inftant , they exact a more implicite Affent to their negative Articles , than to Religion . A ftrange magifterial Confidence , fo to impofe on this Age what is fo univerfally contradic tory to all former , and ...
... Faith , while at the fame inftant , they exact a more implicite Affent to their negative Articles , than to Religion . A ftrange magifterial Confidence , fo to impofe on this Age what is fo univerfally contradic tory to all former , and ...
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... Faith , yet even this cou'd never justify any Body in point of Pru- dence that fhould adhere to them . Common Difcretion teaches us , that where two Propofitions have an equal Appearance of Truth , there is no rational Inducement to ...
... Faith , yet even this cou'd never justify any Body in point of Pru- dence that fhould adhere to them . Common Difcretion teaches us , that where two Propofitions have an equal Appearance of Truth , there is no rational Inducement to ...
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... Faith : Sure ' tis but a low Com- pofition for God thus to divide with Satan , yet it is that of which his Emiffaries are fo jealous , that ' tis one of their Grand Maxims , that none who profeffes Divinity , is to be advis'd with ; and ...
... Faith : Sure ' tis but a low Com- pofition for God thus to divide with Satan , yet it is that of which his Emiffaries are fo jealous , that ' tis one of their Grand Maxims , that none who profeffes Divinity , is to be advis'd with ; and ...
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... Faith . But when they have thus provided against the Assaults of others , and fecur'd the fpeculative part of Religion ; they have only establish'd a Judicatory against them- felves , ftor❜d up Matter of Conviction and Accufation , if ...
... Faith . But when they have thus provided against the Assaults of others , and fecur'd the fpeculative part of Religion ; they have only establish'd a Judicatory against them- felves , ftor❜d up Matter of Conviction and Accufation , if ...
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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