The Ladies Library ... Written by a Lady, Volume 3J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1751 - Conduct of life |
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... frequently interrupt the Sinner's Enjoyment , and overcast his Hopes .. He who loves God and Virtue , cannot but be happy in the daily Practice and Enjoyment of what he moit de- lights in ; and he who has fubdu'd his Paffions , and ...
... frequently interrupt the Sinner's Enjoyment , and overcast his Hopes .. He who loves God and Virtue , cannot but be happy in the daily Practice and Enjoyment of what he moit de- lights in ; and he who has fubdu'd his Paffions , and ...
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... frequently attack'd than Women of Quality , who converfe among thofe that call themselves the Wits of the Age . ' Tis to no purpofe to enquire at what time , and by what Examples this Flood of Impiety broke in upon us , unless we did ...
... frequently attack'd than Women of Quality , who converfe among thofe that call themselves the Wits of the Age . ' Tis to no purpofe to enquire at what time , and by what Examples this Flood of Impiety broke in upon us , unless we did ...
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... himself more cheap . Those that will meet him in their Clofets , must come with that Defign , resort thither as to an Oratory , and muft alfo come frequently too . Spiri- tual tual Joys know not the way to a Place where 32 RELIGION .
... himself more cheap . Those that will meet him in their Clofets , must come with that Defign , resort thither as to an Oratory , and muft alfo come frequently too . Spiri- tual tual Joys know not the way to a Place where 32 RELIGION .
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... frequent , fo God contrives not to meet us in - that Place , where we appear rarely and accidentally , but where we usually resort . There are so many printed Directories , for publick and private Worship , that I need only observe here ...
... frequent , fo God contrives not to meet us in - that Place , where we appear rarely and accidentally , but where we usually resort . There are so many printed Directories , for publick and private Worship , that I need only observe here ...
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... frequent and fervent in our private Devotions , that our whole Lives inay be fancti- fy'd , and made acceptable to that most awful Prefence in which we always ftand . We may always imagine God to be as the Air and the Sea , and we all ...
... frequent and fervent in our private Devotions , that our whole Lives inay be fancti- fy'd , and made acceptable to that most awful Prefence in which we always ftand . We may always imagine God to be as the Air and the Sea , and we all ...
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Popular passages
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