The Ladies Library ... Written by a Lady, Volume 3J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1751 - Conduct of life |
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Page 76
... continually upon , as having the Word of God himself for it , that what he fincerely endeavours to do , is acceptable to God by Jefus Chrift . And whoever believes this , as every pious Man certainly does , cannot but take inexpreffible ...
... continually upon , as having the Word of God himself for it , that what he fincerely endeavours to do , is acceptable to God by Jefus Chrift . And whoever believes this , as every pious Man certainly does , cannot but take inexpreffible ...
Page 78
... continually in , the Soul it- felf being the proper and immediate judge of it . As the Pleafures which arife from Piety exceed all others in the Subject , fo do they in the Object too . Whatever fenfitive Pleafures Men enjoy , they are ...
... continually in , the Soul it- felf being the proper and immediate judge of it . As the Pleafures which arife from Piety exceed all others in the Subject , fo do they in the Object too . Whatever fenfitive Pleafures Men enjoy , they are ...
Page 80
... continually at the Fountain - Head , the inexhauftible Fountain of all true Joy and Happiness . God himself is the only object of his Delight , in whom he cannot but reft fully fatisfy'd , being not able to defire more than he has in ...
... continually at the Fountain - Head , the inexhauftible Fountain of all true Joy and Happiness . God himself is the only object of his Delight , in whom he cannot but reft fully fatisfy'd , being not able to defire more than he has in ...
Page 82
... continually in the ways of Wisdom , and , then we shall have Pleasure indeed . Such Pleasure as the World can- neither give nor take from us ; fuch Pleasure as will refresh our Minds , comfort our Hearts , fupport our Spirits , rejoice ...
... continually in the ways of Wisdom , and , then we shall have Pleasure indeed . Such Pleasure as the World can- neither give nor take from us ; fuch Pleasure as will refresh our Minds , comfort our Hearts , fupport our Spirits , rejoice ...
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... continual Anguish and Anxiety . And hence it is , that in the course of a wicked Life , we feel fuch restless Contentions between our Spirit and Flefb , the Law in our Minds , and the Law in our Members , because our Nature is out of ...
... continual Anguish and Anxiety . And hence it is , that in the course of a wicked Life , we feel fuch restless Contentions between our Spirit and Flefb , the Law in our Minds , and the Law in our Members , because our Nature is out of ...
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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