The Ladies Library ... Written by a Lady, Volume 3J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1751 - Conduct of life |
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... Gift : No Good , how splendid foever in the fight of Man , being acceptable to God ' till it be thus confecrated , and has this Seal of the Sanctuary upon it . This is a Virtue truly Divine , as well in its Original as its End ; for as ...
... Gift : No Good , how splendid foever in the fight of Man , being acceptable to God ' till it be thus confecrated , and has this Seal of the Sanctuary upon it . This is a Virtue truly Divine , as well in its Original as its End ; for as ...
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... Gifts or Graces , or temporal Favours . It is an ambitious Hope for Per- fons , whofe Diligence exceeds not theirs that are least in the Kingdom of Heaven , to believe themfelves as dear to God as the greatest Saints ; or that they ...
... Gifts or Graces , or temporal Favours . It is an ambitious Hope for Per- fons , whofe Diligence exceeds not theirs that are least in the Kingdom of Heaven , to believe themfelves as dear to God as the greatest Saints ; or that they ...
Page 57
... Gifts he bestows ; but chooses as he likes , and is rul'd by his Judgment : Is perfectly of his Perfuafion , loving to learn where God is the Teacher , and being D 5 content content to be ignorant or filent , where he is RELIGIO N. 57.
... Gifts he bestows ; but chooses as he likes , and is rul'd by his Judgment : Is perfectly of his Perfuafion , loving to learn where God is the Teacher , and being D 5 content content to be ignorant or filent , where he is RELIGIO N. 57.
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... Gift . And in these our Addreffes we fhould outwardly exprefs this our reverential Efteem of him , by fuch humble Gestures of Body as are most apt to teftify it to others . Of this Duty we have difcours'd in the fore going Pages , and ...
... Gift . And in these our Addreffes we fhould outwardly exprefs this our reverential Efteem of him , by fuch humble Gestures of Body as are most apt to teftify it to others . Of this Duty we have difcours'd in the fore going Pages , and ...
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... Gift of Nature which renders Society the most plea- fant and useful , and that is the Gift of Speech : By means of which we can express our Thoughts , maintain a mu- tual Intelligence of Minds one with another , and there- by divert our ...
... Gift of Nature which renders Society the most plea- fant and useful , and that is the Gift of Speech : By means of which we can express our Thoughts , maintain a mu- tual Intelligence of Minds one with another , and there- by divert our ...
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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