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... , VII . BEFORE I Commit a sin , it seems to me so shallow , that I may wade through it dry - shod from any guiltiness ; but when I have com- John xxi . 17 . mitted it , it often seems so deep , that mitted MEDITATIONS . 7 VI. ...
... , VII . BEFORE I Commit a sin , it seems to me so shallow , that I may wade through it dry - shod from any guiltiness ; but when I have com- John xxi . 17 . mitted it , it often seems so deep , that mitted MEDITATIONS . 7 VI. ...
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... commit myself : I beat him for dabbling in the dirt , whilst my own soul doth wallow in sin : I beat him for crying to cut his meat , yet am not myself contented with that state thy Providence hath carved unto me : I beat him for crying ...
... commit myself : I beat him for dabbling in the dirt , whilst my own soul doth wallow in sin : I beat him for crying to cut his meat , yet am not myself contented with that state thy Providence hath carved unto me : I beat him for crying ...
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... commit one sin more , and but one sin more ? * Unclean crea- tures went by couples into the Ark . Grant , Lord , at this instant I may break off my badness , otherwise thou mayest justly make the last minute wherein I do sin on earth ...
... commit one sin more , and but one sin more ? * Unclean crea- tures went by couples into the Ark . Grant , Lord , at this instant I may break off my badness , otherwise thou mayest justly make the last minute wherein I do sin on earth ...
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... commit in one day . Perchance they may make hard shifts to sum up their notorious ill deeds ; more dif- ficulty it is to score up their wicked words : but oh ! how infinite are their idle thoughts ! High time then to leave off counting ...
... commit in one day . Perchance they may make hard shifts to sum up their notorious ill deeds ; more dif- ficulty it is to score up their wicked words : but oh ! how infinite are their idle thoughts ! High time then to leave off counting ...
Page 59
... de- tected and accused hereby , grow wary at last ; and to prevent this speaking paper from telling any tales , do smother , stifle , Rom . ii . 15 . and and suppress it , when they go about the committing APPLICATIONS . 59.
... de- tected and accused hereby , grow wary at last ; and to prevent this speaking paper from telling any tales , do smother , stifle , Rom . ii . 15 . and and suppress it , when they go about the committing APPLICATIONS . 59.
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Page 148 - Gavest thou the goodly wings unto the peacocks? or wings and feathers unto the ostrich ? Which leaveth her eggs in the earth, and warmeth them in the dust, And forgetteth that the foot may crush them, or that the wild beast may break them.
Page 106 - They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.
Page 140 - And one of the elders answered, saying unto me, What are these which are arrayed in white robes ? and whence came they ? And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Page 43 - Come and hear, all ye that fear God, and I will declare what he hath done for my soul.
Page 62 - My wellbeloved hath a vineyard in a very fruitful hill : and he fenced it, and gathered out the stones thereof, and planted it with the choicest vine, and built a tower in the midst of it, and also made a winepress therein : and he looked that it should bring forth grapes, and it brought forth wild grapes.
Page 137 - And the ass said unto Balaam, Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden ever since I was thine unto this day? Was I ever wont to do so unto thee? And he said, Nay.
Page 125 - Have not I commanded thee ? Be strong and of a good courage; be not afraid, neither be thou dismayed: for the LORD thy God is with thee whithersoever thou goest.
Page 169 - And the land shall mourn, every family apart: the family of the house of David apart, and their wives apart; the family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart...
Page 82 - HA is the interjection of laughter ; Ah is an interjection of sorrow. The difference betwixt them very small, as consisting only in the transposition of what is no substantial letter, but a bare aspiration. How quickly, in the age of a minute, in the very turning of a breath, is our mirth changed into mourning ! XV.
Page 93 - Some therefore cried one thing, and some another : for the assembly was confused, and the more part knew not wherefore they were come together.