The Ladies Library ... Written by a Lady, Volume 3J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1751 - Conduct of life |
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... enjoys in the protection of God , and the affu- rance of his Favour who is Almighty , Immutable , & c . muft ... enjoy nothing else , that Sovereignty , Liberty , Magnanimity , and Divine Charity , and enlarge- ment of Soul which ...
... enjoys in the protection of God , and the affu- rance of his Favour who is Almighty , Immutable , & c . muft ... enjoy nothing else , that Sovereignty , Liberty , Magnanimity , and Divine Charity , and enlarge- ment of Soul which ...
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... Enjoy- -ments indifpenfably neceffary to our Happiness . ' Tis wonderful how much the Followers of Epicurus glory'd in his Abftinence ; that these Voluptuaries fhould prefcribe and practise the Doctrine of Mortification ! But this they ...
... Enjoy- -ments indifpenfably neceffary to our Happiness . ' Tis wonderful how much the Followers of Epicurus glory'd in his Abftinence ; that these Voluptuaries fhould prefcribe and practise the Doctrine of Mortification ! But this they ...
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... Enjoy- ments , and the Thankfulnefs it exacts . In regard of others , their Piety back'd with their fecu- Jar Advantages , may be of a more extenfive Benefit ; they have many Opportunities of doing good by their Influence on others ; or ...
... Enjoy- ments , and the Thankfulnefs it exacts . In regard of others , their Piety back'd with their fecu- Jar Advantages , may be of a more extenfive Benefit ; they have many Opportunities of doing good by their Influence on others ; or ...
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... enjoy their Husk and Draff . But yet even those who are incapable of the more generous Sentiments , may be apt enough to the more fervile ; and Danger may fright , tho ' Glory cannot allure them . It concerns fuch therefore , to compare ...
... enjoy their Husk and Draff . But yet even those who are incapable of the more generous Sentiments , may be apt enough to the more fervile ; and Danger may fright , tho ' Glory cannot allure them . It concerns fuch therefore , to compare ...
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... enjoy him ; the fame Defires that a weak Man has for a Defender , the fick Man for a Phyfician , the Poor for a Patron , the Child for his Father , the Bride for her Bride- groom . From the fame Fountain are apt to iffue , Humility of ...
... enjoy him ; the fame Defires that a weak Man has for a Defender , the fick Man for a Phyfician , the Poor for a Patron , the Child for his Father , the Bride for her Bride- groom . From the fame Fountain are apt to iffue , Humility 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