The Ladies Library ... Written by a Lady, Volume 3J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1751 - Conduct of life |
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... Truths are converted into Lyes . In fhort therefore , natural Religion has only natural Reafon for its Rule and Measure , which from the Nature of God and Things deduces all thofe eternal Reasons , by which it diftinguishes our Actions ...
... Truths are converted into Lyes . In fhort therefore , natural Religion has only natural Reafon for its Rule and Measure , which from the Nature of God and Things deduces all thofe eternal Reasons , by which it diftinguishes our Actions ...
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... truth of my Propofition , which does not vainly affert an eternal Duration of Hap- pinefs in this Life , but only teaches the Poffibility of at- taining it . And I think the Death of Martyrs and Con- feffors fefors is rather a ...
... truth of my Propofition , which does not vainly affert an eternal Duration of Hap- pinefs in this Life , but only teaches the Poffibility of at- taining it . And I think the Death of Martyrs and Con- feffors fefors is rather a ...
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... Truths , and that he who believes them as firmly as the Confeffors and Martyrs did , may , like them , be happy , tho ' a thoufand feas of Calamities and Troubles fhould break in upon him . As to Mortification , which is a Duty of ...
... Truths , and that he who believes them as firmly as the Confeffors and Martyrs did , may , like them , be happy , tho ' a thoufand feas of Calamities and Troubles fhould break in upon him . As to Mortification , which is a Duty of ...
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... Truths , and by recommending to us the Practice of excel- lent Virtues : But this was that Philosophy which the best and ancienteft of the Heathens look'd upon as the only way to Happiness ; fo far were they from judging it incont ...
... Truths , and by recommending to us the Practice of excel- lent Virtues : But this was that Philosophy which the best and ancienteft of the Heathens look'd upon as the only way to Happiness ; fo far were they from judging it incont ...
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... Truth or Reafon , ' tis but neceffary they fup- port their Party by Authority , the Countenance and Ap- plaufe of great Perfons ; and God knows they have too much fucceeded in the Defign . But in the mean time , what Security do they ...
... Truth or Reafon , ' tis but neceffary they fup- port their Party by Authority , the Countenance and Ap- plaufe of great Perfons ; and God knows they have too much fucceeded in the Defign . But in the mean time , what Security do they ...
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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