The Ladies Library ... Written by a Lady, Volume 3J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1751 - Conduct of life |
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... against them , its Judg ment is falfe and erroneous . The objective Goodness or Evil that is in the Actions themfelves , is not the Mea- fure of our natural Reason ; but our natural Reason , judg- ing truly concerning them , is the ...
... against them , its Judg ment is falfe and erroneous . The objective Goodness or Evil that is in the Actions themfelves , is not the Mea- fure of our natural Reason ; but our natural Reason , judg- ing truly concerning them , is the ...
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... 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 esta- blish'd ? or can he be happy , who ...
... 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 esta- blish'd ? or can he be happy , who ...
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... Honey , which he had given her , in the fer- vice of her Idols . By which , as we may fee he takes notice how we difpofe of our temporal Poffeffions , fo it fhews us how the Indictment will proceed against all it 18 RELIGIO NJ.
... Honey , which he had given her , in the fer- vice of her Idols . By which , as we may fee he takes notice how we difpofe of our temporal Poffeffions , fo it fhews us how the Indictment will proceed against all it 18 RELIGIO NJ.
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... against God with his own Treafure , and have been as well Thieves as Rebels ? What a Luciferian Fall will they have from their Honours , who have endeavoured to undermine God's ? Who thought themselves too great to pay him Homage , and ...
... against God with his own Treafure , and have been as well Thieves as Rebels ? What a Luciferian Fall will they have from their Honours , who have endeavoured to undermine God's ? Who thought themselves too great to pay him Homage , and ...
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... against all Impreffions of Piety , to raze cut the comnom Notion of a God ; and in order to that , de- pofe his Vicegerent within them , discard their Confcience , that unmannerly Inmate , which is still speaking what they have no mind ...
... against all Impreffions of Piety , to raze cut the comnom Notion of a God ; and in order to that , de- pofe his Vicegerent within them , discard their Confcience , that unmannerly Inmate , which is still speaking what they have no mind ...
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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