The Ladies Library ... Written by a Lady, Volume 3J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1751 - Conduct of life |
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... Heaven , muft needs be more transporting and ra- vifhing than the richest fancy of a Sinner ; and that Secu- rity , both in respect of this and a future Life , which a good Man enjoys in the protection of God , and the affu- rance of ...
... Heaven , muft needs be more transporting and ra- vifhing than the richest fancy of a Sinner ; and that Secu- rity , both in respect of this and a future Life , which a good Man enjoys in the protection of God , and the affu- rance of ...
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... Heaven ; this recommends it to the Spectators as the true and greatest Object of human Choice ; fince ' tis chosen by those who know the utmoft Pretence of all its Competitors . ment . Nor is Devotion only more excellent in them , in ...
... Heaven ; this recommends it to the Spectators as the true and greatest Object of human Choice ; fince ' tis chosen by those who know the utmoft Pretence of all its Competitors . ment . Nor is Devotion only more excellent in them , in ...
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... Heaven and Earth with his prefent Power , and never - absent Nature . This fure is enough to excite us to be frequent and fervent in our private Devotions , that our whole Lives inay be fancti- fy'd , and made acceptable to that most ...
... Heaven and Earth with his prefent Power , and never - absent Nature . This fure is enough to excite us to be frequent and fervent in our private Devotions , that our whole Lives inay be fancti- fy'd , and made acceptable to that most ...
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... Heaven : He fits there encircled with all the outward Demonftra- tions of his Glory , which he is pleas'd to fhew to all the inhabitants of thofe his inward and fecret Courts . Thus they that die in the Lord may be properly faid to be ...
... Heaven : He fits there encircled with all the outward Demonftra- tions of his Glory , which he is pleas'd to fhew to all the inhabitants of thofe his inward and fecret Courts . Thus they that die in the Lord may be properly faid to be ...
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... Heaven itself , but as Infancy is fhort of Manhood , and Letters of Words ? The fame State of Life it is , but not the fame Age : " Tis Heaven in a Looking - Glafs , dark but yet true , representing the Beauties of the Soul , the Grace ...
... Heaven itself , but as Infancy is fhort of Manhood , and Letters of Words ? The fame State of Life it is , but not the fame Age : " Tis Heaven in a Looking - Glafs , dark but yet true , representing the Beauties of the Soul , the Grace ...
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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