The Ladies Library ... Written by a Lady, Volume 3J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1751 - Conduct of life |
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... Sense is taken for our imme diate intercourfe with God in things purely divine , as Adorations , Prayers , Ejaculations , and all Pantings and Breathings of the Soul after him : In which Notion ' tis more particularly call'd Devotion ...
... Sense is taken for our imme diate intercourfe with God in things purely divine , as Adorations , Prayers , Ejaculations , and all Pantings and Breathings of the Soul after him : In which Notion ' tis more particularly call'd Devotion ...
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... Sense of such real , fuch acute Torments . And tho ' in this great Declination of Zeal , there be per- haps few that can pretend to thofe higher Degrees of fpiritual Raptures , yet certainly were the Votes of all devoted People ...
... Sense of such real , fuch acute Torments . And tho ' in this great Declination of Zeal , there be per- haps few that can pretend to thofe higher Degrees of fpiritual Raptures , yet certainly were the Votes of all devoted People ...
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... Sense , taken for that part of Duty , which particularly relates to God , in our Worship and Adoration of him ; in con- feffing his Excellencies , loving his Perfon , admiring his Goodness , believing his Word , and doing all that which ...
... Sense , taken for that part of Duty , which particularly relates to God , in our Worship and Adoration of him ; in con- feffing his Excellencies , loving his Perfon , admiring his Goodness , believing his Word , and doing all that which ...
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... Sense of his Love to us . If we have fincerely en- deavoured to observe whatsoever he has commanded , we have juft ground to hope for Chrift's fake he will ac- cept of us , and is well pleas'd with us ; which muft needs affect us with ...
... Sense of his Love to us . If we have fincerely en- deavoured to observe whatsoever he has commanded , we have juft ground to hope for Chrift's fake he will ac- cept of us , and is well pleas'd with us ; which muft needs affect us with ...
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... Sense of their ferving and pleafing God , in the Merits and Mediation of Jefus Chrift , which he ftedfaftly believes in , and relies continually upon , as having the Word of God himself for it , that what he fincerely endeavours to do ...
... Sense of their ferving and pleafing God , in the Merits and Mediation of Jefus Chrift , which he ftedfaftly believes in , and relies continually upon , as having the Word of God himself for it , that what he fincerely endeavours to do ...
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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