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... envy and am- bition , which religion opposes , is doing more to make himself happy , even in this life , than he that is contriving means to indulge them . For these passions are the causes of all the disquiets and vexations of human ...
... envy and am- bition , which religion opposes , is doing more to make himself happy , even in this life , than he that is contriving means to indulge them . For these passions are the causes of all the disquiets and vexations of human ...
Page 133
... Envy and ambition have also their endless wants , which disquiet the souls of men , and by their contradictory motions , render them as foolishly mis- erable , as those that want to fly and creep at the same time . Let but any ...
... Envy and ambition have also their endless wants , which disquiet the souls of men , and by their contradictory motions , render them as foolishly mis- erable , as those that want to fly and creep at the same time . Let but any ...
Page 136
... envy , ambition , and covetous- ness . So far , therefore , as you reduce your desires to such things as nature and reason require ; so far as you regu- late all the motions of your heart by the strict rules of religion , so far you ...
... envy , ambition , and covetous- ness . So far , therefore , as you reduce your desires to such things as nature and reason require ; so far as you regu- late all the motions of your heart by the strict rules of religion , so far you ...
Page 137
... envy , but unhappy to be kept from other degrees of envy ; that it is happy to be delivered from a boundless ambition , but unhappy to be without a more moderate ambition . It supposes also , that the happiness of life consists in a ...
... envy , but unhappy to be kept from other degrees of envy ; that it is happy to be delivered from a boundless ambition , but unhappy to be without a more moderate ambition . It supposes also , that the happiness of life consists in a ...
Page 141
... envy , and makes it easier to keep that strait road that will carry us to eternal life . If religion saith , Sell that thou hast , and give to the poor ; it is because there is no other natural or reasonable use of our riches , no other ...
... envy , and makes it easier to keep that strait road that will carry us to eternal life . If religion saith , Sell that thou hast , and give to the poor ; it is because there is no other natural or reasonable use of our riches , no other ...
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Page 83 - Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, 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 186 - Yet, O Lord God most holy, O Lord most mighty, O holy and most merciful Saviour, deliver us not into the bitter pains of eternal death.
Page 181 - I therefore so run, not as uncertainly ; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air : but I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection : lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
Page 92 - And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.
Page 117 - Lord: 33 But he that is married caretb for the things that are of the world, how he may please his wife. 34 There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy, both in body and in spirit : but she that is married, careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.
Page 146 - Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed : and I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth : lo, there thou hast that is thine.
Page 83 - ... and before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: and he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand. Come ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world...
Page 227 - IF ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affection on things above, not on things on the earth : For ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.
Page xv - A Demonstration of the gross and fundamental Errors of a late Book, called, "A plain Account of the Nature and End of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper," affectionately addressed to all Orders of Men, and more especially to all the younger Clergy, 1735,
Page 314 - Lord thine oaths: but I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne: nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay; for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.