The Ladies Library ... Written by a Lady, Volume 3J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1751 - Conduct of life |
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... these Creatures to that God . For by God ,, we mean a Being that has all poffible Perfections in him , and is the fupreme Caufe and Fountain of all other Beings and Perfections ; and fuch a Being , we muft needs acknow- ledge , does not ...
... these Creatures to that God . For by God ,, we mean a Being that has all poffible Perfections in him , and is the fupreme Caufe and Fountain of all other Beings and Perfections ; and fuch a Being , we muft needs acknow- ledge , does not ...
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... these Doc- trines it obliges us to admire and adore him , to fear and Love him , to trust and obey him . And this is natural Re- ligion , which confifts of fuch Doctrines as natural Reason teaches us , concerning God , and his Nature ...
... these Doc- trines it obliges us to admire and adore him , to fear and Love him , to trust and obey him . And this is natural Re- ligion , which confifts of fuch Doctrines as natural Reason teaches us , concerning God , and his Nature ...
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... these Chriftians been deftitute of that Hope which was their Support , they had funk under the Weight of fuch Suf- ferings , and fo had been the moft miferable of all Men . But fince their Hopes did not only fupport them under ...
... these Chriftians been deftitute of that Hope which was their Support , they had funk under the Weight of fuch Suf- ferings , and fo had been the moft miferable of all Men . But fince their Hopes did not only fupport them under ...
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... these irregular Lufts , but also not to over - rate and over - value this World , and the things of it . Not to look upon this Life as our only and chief Portion , and dote upon it with Fondness and Paffion ; and I do not think that ...
... these irregular Lufts , but also not to over - rate and over - value this World , and the things of it . Not to look upon this Life as our only and chief Portion , and dote upon it with Fondness and Paffion ; and I do not think that ...
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... these pe- culiar , by which they are differenced from others ; of which , if they want a juft value , let them ask themselves how willing they wou'd be to part with them , How she who has fed delicately , wou'd like to be defolate in ...
... these pe- culiar , by which they are differenced from others ; of which , if they want a juft value , let them ask themselves how willing they wou'd be to part with them , How she who has fed delicately , wou'd like to be defolate in ...
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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