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... acts ; and yet one valued more highly , and sought more than another . Thus a man may go a journey to obtain two different benefits or en- joyments , both which may be agreeable to him in themselves considered ; and yet one may be much ...
... acts ; and yet one valued more highly , and sought more than another . Thus a man may go a journey to obtain two different benefits or en- joyments , both which may be agreeable to him in themselves considered ; and yet one may be much ...
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... act for an end that is ul- timate in a lower sense , in some of his works of Providence , which is not the ultimate end of the creation of the world , yet this doth not take place with regard to the works of Provi- dence in general ...
... act for an end that is ul- timate in a lower sense , in some of his works of Providence , which is not the ultimate end of the creation of the world , yet this doth not take place with regard to the works of Provi- dence in general ...
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... act as having a chief regard to himself ; or act in such a manner , as to shew that he has such a regard : that what is highest in God's heart , may be highest in his actions and conduct . And if it was God's intention 14 CHAP . L GOD'S ...
... act as having a chief regard to himself ; or act in such a manner , as to shew that he has such a regard : that what is highest in God's heart , may be highest in his actions and conduct . And if it was God's intention 14 CHAP . L GOD'S ...
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... act , according to the greatest fitness , and he knows what the greatest fitness is , as much as if perfect rectitude were a dis- tinct person to direct him . God himself is possessed of that perfect discernment and rectitude which have ...
... act , according to the greatest fitness , and he knows what the greatest fitness is , as much as if perfect rectitude were a dis- tinct person to direct him . God himself is possessed of that perfect discernment and rectitude which have ...
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... acts and works . Because , for an agent to intend to attain something he values by the means he uses , is the same thing as to seek it by those means . And this is the same as to make that thing his end in those means . Now , it being ...
... acts and works . Because , for an agent to intend to attain something he values by the means he uses , is the same thing as to seek it by those means . And this is the same as to make that thing his end in those means . Now , it being ...
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Page 284 - Behold, we count them happy which endure. Ye have heard of the patience of Job, and have seen the end of the Lord; that the Lord is very pitiful, and of tender mercy.
Page 75 - Beloved, think it not strange concerning the fiery trial which is to try you, as though some strange thing happened unto you, "but rejoice, inasmuch as ye are partakers of Christ's sufferings; that, when his glory shall be revealed, ye may be glad also with exceeding joy.
Page 447 - ARISE, shine ; for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon thee. For, behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people : but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and his glory shall be seen upon thee ; and the Gentiles shall come to thy light, and kings to the brightness of thy rising.
Page 324 - Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples : and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.
Page 51 - Who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father: 5 To whom be glory for ever and ever.
Page 55 - Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him. If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him.
Page 177 - Now I say, that the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all ; but is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world...
Page 50 - He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God ; And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
Page 271 - But unto you that fear my name shall the Sun of righteousness arise With healing in his wings; And ye shall go forth, and grow up as calves of the stall.
Page 62 - When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the...