The Ladies Library ... Written by a Lady, Volume 3J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1751 - Conduct of life |
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Page 50
... expect nothing from them above their na- tural or ordinary Efficacy ; and in the Use of them ex- pect a Bleffing from God . A Hope that is eafy and cre- dulous , is an Arm of Flefh , and will miferably disap- point us at last . Let your ...
... expect nothing from them above their na- tural or ordinary Efficacy ; and in the Use of them ex- pect a Bleffing from God . A Hope that is eafy and cre- dulous , is an Arm of Flefh , and will miferably disap- point us at last . Let your ...
Page 54
... expect , or lawfully defire , upon the Stock of the divine Mercies and Promises . If Despair feizes you in a particular temporal Inflance , let it not defile your Soul with impure Mixture , or blend with your fpiritual Confiderations ...
... expect , or lawfully defire , upon the Stock of the divine Mercies and Promises . If Despair feizes you in a particular temporal Inflance , let it not defile your Soul with impure Mixture , or blend with your fpiritual Confiderations ...
Page 56
... that are impos'd by its Beloved , or that can happen for his fake , or that intervene in his Ser- vice , chearfully , fweetly , willingly , expecting that God God fhou'd turn them into Good , and Inftruments of 56 RELIGION .
... that are impos'd by its Beloved , or that can happen for his fake , or that intervene in his Ser- vice , chearfully , fweetly , willingly , expecting that God God fhou'd turn them into Good , and Inftruments of 56 RELIGION .
Page 64
... expect no Portion of the Rewards of Religion , fuch as are Refurrection , Re - union , and Glorification . The Actions of the Body , as they ferve to Religion , and as they are diftinguished from Sobriety and Justice , relate either to ...
... expect no Portion of the Rewards of Religion , fuch as are Refurrection , Re - union , and Glorification . The Actions of the Body , as they ferve to Religion , and as they are diftinguished from Sobriety and Justice , relate either to ...
Page 86
... expect things more or less , according to the Eftimate which our best and most impartial Reason makes of their Worth and Goodnefs . For he who affects things more than in the efteem of Reason they deserve , affects them irrationally ...
... expect things more or less , according to the Eftimate which our best and most impartial Reason makes of their Worth and Goodnefs . For he who affects things more than in the efteem of Reason they deserve , affects them irrationally ...
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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