The Great Importance of a Religious Life Considered: To which are Added, Some Morning and Evening Prayers |
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... Body to take care of ; a spiritual and immortal substance which can never die ; but when enlarged from that prison in which it is now confined , must live for ever , either in happiness or misery . Shall we then be so foolish , as to ...
... Body to take care of ; a spiritual and immortal substance which can never die ; but when enlarged from that prison in which it is now confined , must live for ever , either in happiness or misery . Shall we then be so foolish , as to ...
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... body , than surfeiting and drun- kenness , lust and intemperance ? the mischievous effects of which are too visible to be denied . Who hath woe ? ( said Solomon ) who hath sorrow ? who hath contentions ? who hath babling ? whọ hath ...
... body , than surfeiting and drun- kenness , lust and intemperance ? the mischievous effects of which are too visible to be denied . Who hath woe ? ( said Solomon ) who hath sorrow ? who hath contentions ? who hath babling ? whọ hath ...
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... body , and the thoughts of becoming a prey to the de- vouring worms , carries in it something very shocking to human nature ; yet to a good man , death appears in a quite different view . He considers , that to leave this world is only ...
... body , and the thoughts of becoming a prey to the de- vouring worms , carries in it something very shocking to human nature ; yet to a good man , death appears in a quite different view . He considers , that to leave this world is only ...
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... body be destroyed , yet in his flesh he shall see God , whom he shall see for himself , and his eyes shall behold , and not another's . Job xix . 25 , 26 , 27 . This is what religion promises to them , who , by patient continuance in ...
... body be destroyed , yet in his flesh he shall see God , whom he shall see for himself , and his eyes shall behold , and not another's . Job xix . 25 , 26 , 27 . This is what religion promises to them , who , by patient continuance in ...
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... body are nothing , compared with what a dy- ing sinner feels from the stings of his guilty conscience . With what shame and confusion does he then look back upon the actions of his past life ! How does he tremble and stand confounded ...
... body are nothing , compared with what a dy- ing sinner feels from the stings of his guilty conscience . With what shame and confusion does he then look back upon the actions of his past life ! How does he tremble and stand confounded ...
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Page 28 - For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Page 20 - Lord bless us, and keep us. The Lord make his face to shine upon us, and be gracious unto us. The Lord lift up the light of his countenance upon us, and give us peace, now and for evermore.
Page 29 - Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel : therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die ; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life ; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity ; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Page 94 - And we beseech thee give us that due sense of all thy mercies that our hearts may be unfeignedly thankful and that we may show forth thy praise not only with our lips but in our lives; by giving up ourselves to thy service, and by walking before thee in holiness and righteousness all our days...
Page 36 - My soul shall make her boast in the LORD ; the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad.
Page 123 - Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen.
Page 3 - Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
Page 60 - ... the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels in flaming fire, taking vengeance on them that know not God and obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ...
Page 118 - Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us.
Page 54 - So shall it be at the end of the world : the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.