The Ladies Library ... Written by a Lady, Volume 3J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1751 - Conduct of life |
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... last it broke forth in its Meridian Bright- nefs ? It might be eafily demonftrated , that from Adam to Mofes , from Mofes to the Prophets , from the Prophets to Jefus Chrift , the main Scope and Design of all divine Revelation has been ...
... last it broke forth in its Meridian Bright- nefs ? It might be eafily demonftrated , that from Adam to Mofes , from Mofes to the Prophets , from the Prophets to Jefus Chrift , the main Scope and Design of all divine Revelation has been ...
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... last A & . So long as our Hope continues , so long we go on in Du- ty and Diligence , The Rules to govern Hope are these following : Let your Hope be moderate , proportion'd to your State , Perfon and Condition , whether it be for Gifts ...
... last A & . So long as our Hope continues , so long we go on in Du- ty and Diligence , The Rules to govern Hope are these following : Let your Hope be moderate , proportion'd to your State , Perfon and Condition , whether it be for Gifts ...
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... last . Let your Hope be without Vanity , fober , grave , and filent , fix'd in the Heart , not born upon the Lip ; apt to fupport your Spirits within , but not provoke Envy -abroad . Let your Hope be of things poffible , fafe and useful ...
... last . Let your Hope be without Vanity , fober , grave , and filent , fix'd in the Heart , not born upon the Lip ; apt to fupport your Spirits within , but not provoke Envy -abroad . Let your Hope be of things poffible , fafe and useful ...
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... last . So long as your Hopes are regular and reasonable in temporal Affairs , fuch as are Deliverances from Enemies , efcaping a Storm , or Shipwreck , Recovery from Sickness , Ability to pay your Debts , and the like ; Remember , there ...
... last . So long as your Hopes are regular and reasonable in temporal Affairs , fuch as are Deliverances from Enemies , efcaping a Storm , or Shipwreck , Recovery from Sickness , Ability to pay your Debts , and the like ; Remember , there ...
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... last arrive . The Confideration of which may be heighten'd , if we confider our Distances from all thefe Glories . Our Smallness and limited Nature , our Nothing , our Inconftancy , our Age like a Span , our Weakness and Ignorance , our ...
... last arrive . The Confideration of which may be heighten'd , if we confider our Distances from all thefe Glories . Our Smallness and limited Nature , our Nothing , our Inconftancy , our Age like a Span , our Weakness and Ignorance , our ...
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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