The Ladies Library ... Written by a Lady, Volume 3J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1751 - Conduct of life |
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то Mrs. STEELE . MADAM , F great Obligations re- ceiv'd are juft Motives for Addreffes of this kind , You have an unqueftion- able Pretenfion to my Acknow- A 3 ledg- ledgments , who have conde- fcended to give me your.
то Mrs. STEELE . MADAM , F great Obligations re- ceiv'd are juft Motives for Addreffes of this kind , You have an unqueftion- able Pretenfion to my Acknow- A 3 ledg- ledgments , who have conde- fcended to give me your.
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... able to fecure the Repose of his Mind against those melancholy Altera- tions which may daily , and fome time or other will cer- tainly befal himself , and his Enjoyments ? On what Foun- dation can the Peace and Liberty of his Mind be ...
... able to fecure the Repose of his Mind against those melancholy Altera- tions which may daily , and fome time or other will cer- tainly befal himself , and his Enjoyments ? On what Foun- dation can the Peace and Liberty of his Mind be ...
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... able to read the Scrolls of eternal Predeftination . Remember that Defpair belongs only to paffionate Fools or Villains , fuch as were Achitophel and Judas ; or elfe to Devils and damn'd Perfons . And as the Hope of Salvation is a good ...
... able to read the Scrolls of eternal Predeftination . Remember that Defpair belongs only to paffionate Fools or Villains , fuch as were Achitophel and Judas ; or elfe to Devils and damn'd Perfons . And as the Hope of Salvation is a good ...
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... able ; for then we truly rejoice in God , when we make our Neighbours , the poor Members of Chrift , rejoice together with us . Whatsoever you are to do yourself as neceffary , you are to take care that others alfo , who are under your ...
... able ; for then we truly rejoice in God , when we make our Neighbours , the poor Members of Chrift , rejoice together with us . Whatsoever you are to do yourself as neceffary , you are to take care that others alfo , who are under your ...
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... able to conceive , but they that have it ; especially praifing of him being always join'd with praying to him , which is fo high , fo holy , fo heavenly a Work , fo agreeable to the Nature of the Saints , that it cannot but raise their ...
... able to conceive , but they that have it ; especially praifing of him being always join'd with praying to him , which is fo high , fo holy , fo heavenly a Work , fo agreeable to the Nature of the Saints , that it cannot but raise their ...
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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