The Ladies Library ... Written by a Lady, Volume 3J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1751 - Conduct of life |
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... Heavens . That when he parts with his Life , he does not refign his Happiness , but shall re- ceive it infinitely improv'd , both in Degree and Duration And now certainly ' tis vifible enough which Opinion proposes proposes the fairer ...
... Heavens . That when he parts with his Life , he does not refign his Happiness , but shall re- ceive it infinitely improv'd , both in Degree and Duration And now certainly ' tis vifible enough which Opinion proposes proposes the fairer ...
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... Heavenly Inhe- ritance , without so much as once propofing their Doubts to those whofe Study and Profeffion it is to refolve them ? But as in all other Ills , fo in this , Prevention is better than Cure ; and therefore to those that are ...
... Heavenly Inhe- ritance , without so much as once propofing their Doubts to those whofe Study and Profeffion it is to refolve them ? But as in all other Ills , fo in this , Prevention is better than Cure ; and therefore to those that are ...
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... heavenly things , and Charity gives the Will to the Ser- vice of God . Faith is oppos'd to Infidelity , Hope to De- pair , and Charity to Enmity and Hoftility ; and thefe three three fanctify the whole Man , and make our Duty 42 RELIGION .
... heavenly things , and Charity gives the Will to the Ser- vice of God . Faith is oppos'd to Infidelity , Hope to De- pair , and Charity to Enmity and Hoftility ; and thefe three three fanctify the whole Man , and make our Duty 42 RELIGION .
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... heavenly Father give his Spirit to them that ask him ? The Confideration of the Divine Omnipotence , and infinite Wisdom , and of our own Ignorance , are great Inftruments of curing all Doubting , and filencing the Murmurs of Infidelity ...
... heavenly Father give his Spirit to them that ask him ? The Confideration of the Divine Omnipotence , and infinite Wisdom , and of our own Ignorance , are great Inftruments of curing all Doubting , and filencing the Murmurs of Infidelity ...
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... Heavens to give them Bread and Flesh , and whole Armies to be deftroy'd with fantastick Noifes , can do what he pleases , and still retains the fame Affecti- ons for his People , and the fame Providence over Man- kind as ever . It is ...
... Heavens to give them Bread and Flesh , and whole Armies to be deftroy'd with fantastick Noifes , can do what he pleases , and still retains the fame Affecti- ons for his People , and the fame Providence over Man- kind as ever . It is ...
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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