The Ladies Library ... Written by a Lady, Volume 3J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1751 - Conduct of life |
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... We invoke God as we use to cajole Men , only to ferve a prefent Turn . And in fuch difingenuous Ad- dreffes ' tis easy to read the Event , or if we cannot , So- lemon lomon will inftruct us , The Prayers of the Wicked RELIGION . 15.
... We invoke God as we use to cajole Men , only to ferve a prefent Turn . And in fuch difingenuous Ad- dreffes ' tis easy to read the Event , or if we cannot , So- lemon lomon will inftruct us , The Prayers of the Wicked RELIGION . 15.
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... use those who tempt them to be difloyal to their God , that Spiritual Adultery , as they fhould do thofe that folicit them to the carnal , not fo much as to enter parley , but with the greatest Indigna- tion deteft and reject them ...
... use those who tempt them to be difloyal to their God , that Spiritual Adultery , as they fhould do thofe that folicit them to the carnal , not fo much as to enter parley , but with the greatest Indigna- tion deteft and reject them ...
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... Uses of their corruptible Bo- dies , for which the Soul of the dulleft Animal wou'd have done as well : That Eating and Drinking , Sleep and Recreations , which are only ufeful to the fupporting us in this World , are the only things ...
... Uses of their corruptible Bo- dies , for which the Soul of the dulleft Animal wou'd have done as well : That Eating and Drinking , Sleep and Recreations , which are only ufeful to the fupporting us in this World , are the only things ...
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... use than to be a Conferva- tory of Toys and Trifles , that aspire to no Pleasure there above that of Children , the playing with the Pictures and Puppets that adorn it . Nor indeed do I pretend that fuch fhall find thofe Satisfactions I ...
... use than to be a Conferva- tory of Toys and Trifles , that aspire to no Pleasure there above that of Children , the playing with the Pictures and Puppets that adorn it . Nor indeed do I pretend that fuch fhall find thofe Satisfactions I ...
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... God is in every Place ; fuppofe it therefore to be a Church ; and that decency of Deportment , and piety of Carriage , which you are taught by Religion , or by Cuftom , or or by Purity and publick Manner to use in Churches RELIGION . 39.
... God is in every Place ; fuppofe it therefore to be a Church ; and that decency of Deportment , and piety of Carriage , which you are taught by Religion , or by Cuftom , or or by Purity and publick Manner to use in Churches RELIGION . 39.
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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