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... of the Public , to do with it what they like . The Author's care of it is finished when he hath given it birth . The people are responsi- ble for the rest . I have besought the guidance PREFACE . vii ORATIONS DEDICAION.
... of the Public , to do with it what they like . The Author's care of it is finished when he hath given it birth . The people are responsi- ble for the rest . I have besought the guidance PREFACE . vii ORATIONS DEDICAION.
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... rest . I have besought the guidance of the Almighty and his blessing very often , and have nothing to beseech of men , but that they would look to them- selves , and have mercy upon their own souls . ZOR THE ORACLES OF GOD , FOUR ...
... rest . I have besought the guidance of the Almighty and his blessing very often , and have nothing to beseech of men , but that they would look to them- selves , and have mercy upon their own souls . ZOR THE ORACLES OF GOD , FOUR ...
Page viii
... rest . I have besought the guidance of the Almighty and his blessing very often , and have nothing to beseech of men , but that they would look to themselves , and have mercy upon their own souls . FOR THE ORACLES OF GOD , FOUR ORATIONS ...
... rest . I have besought the guidance of the Almighty and his blessing very often , and have nothing to beseech of men , but that they would look to themselves , and have mercy upon their own souls . FOR THE ORACLES OF GOD , FOUR ORATIONS ...
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... rest , not the rest of the grave , till he had fulfilled it to the very uttermost . Now - judging that every time we open the pages of this holy book , we are to be favoured with no less than a com- munication from on high , in ...
... rest , not the rest of the grave , till he had fulfilled it to the very uttermost . Now - judging that every time we open the pages of this holy book , we are to be favoured with no less than a com- munication from on high , in ...
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... rests in the dark bowels of the earth , have a most bold and venturous priesthood ; who see in their rough and flinty faces a more delectable image to adore than in the revealed countenance of God . And the political welfare of the ...
... rests in the dark bowels of the earth , have a most bold and venturous priesthood ; who see in their rough and flinty faces a more delectable image to adore than in the revealed countenance of God . And the political welfare of the ...
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Page 209 - Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Page 252 - And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off. It is better for thee to enter halt into life than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched. Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Page 16 - I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; when your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me...
Page 231 - Many will say to me in that day, "Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name, and in thy name cast out devils, and in thy name done many wonderful works?" And then will I profess unto them, "I never knew you; depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Page 121 - His name shall be called Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins.
Page 125 - Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundations of the earth ; and the heavens are the work of thine hands : they shall perish, but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment, and as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed : but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
Page 192 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod ; and the delighted spirit To bathe in fiery floods, or to reside In thrilling regions of thick-ribbed ice ; To be imprisoned in the viewless winds, And blown with restless violence round about The pendent world...
Page 209 - Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
Page 16 - Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; But ye have set at naught all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh...
Page 209 - Come ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was an hungred and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger and ye took me in: naked and ye clothed me: I was sick and ye visited me: I was in prison and ye came unto me.