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Page iii
... pleasure through the maze of life ; Finding the wretched all he here can have , But present food , and but a future grave ; Each , great as Philip's victor son , shall view This abject world , and weeping ask a new . Decrepid age shall ...
... pleasure through the maze of life ; Finding the wretched all he here can have , But present food , and but a future grave ; Each , great as Philip's victor son , shall view This abject world , and weeping ask a new . Decrepid age shall ...
Page vi
... pleasure of a delightful habitation , has of- fered me that , which I value much more , the frequent opportunities of your conver- sation . Though I am able to make you no bet- ter return than thanks , I hope that great master , whom I ...
... pleasure of a delightful habitation , has of- fered me that , which I value much more , the frequent opportunities of your conver- sation . Though I am able to make you no bet- ter return than thanks , I hope that great master , whom I ...
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... pleasure in ; the supply of all his wants , the gratification of all his senses , whatever an earthly creature can wish for or desire The truth is , few men know any other hap- piness , much less any thing above it ; they feel what ...
... pleasure in ; the supply of all his wants , the gratification of all his senses , whatever an earthly creature can wish for or desire The truth is , few men know any other hap- piness , much less any thing above it ; they feel what ...
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... of this world which we must only pass through , where we have no ading city , as to enslave ourselves to the lusts and pleasures of it , and to carry out of this world such a passion for it , as shall make CONCERNING DEATH . 15.
... of this world which we must only pass through , where we have no ading city , as to enslave ourselves to the lusts and pleasures of it , and to carry out of this world such a passion for it , as shall make CONCERNING DEATH . 15.
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... pleasure , what is now uneasy and troublesome ? And is there not as much reason for christians to bear all the evils and casualties and sufferings of this life with an equal mind , remembering that they are not to stay always here ...
... pleasure , what is now uneasy and troublesome ? And is there not as much reason for christians to bear all the evils and casualties and sufferings of this life with an equal mind , remembering that they are not to stay always here ...
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Page 92 - For if by one man's offence death reigned by one; much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.
Page 199 - To-day if ye will hear his voice, Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation. And as in the day of temptation in the wilderness, When your fathers tempted me, Proved me, and saw my work.
Page 54 - Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to GOD, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule, and all authority, and power. For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
Page 157 - The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
Page 233 - Who will render to every man according to his deeds; to them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life ; but unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil...
Page 109 - My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh : yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
Page 104 - I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
Page 169 - And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through. Be ye therefore ready also : for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.
Page 209 - Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. But exhort one another daily, while it is called To-day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.
Page 201 - Lord: 15 looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled; " lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. " For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.