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... thought ; The dreary regions of the dead , Where all things are forgot ? " " And whose then shall all the things be ... thoughts upon the occa- sion ? Did I say in my heart , What shall I do ? Was I distressed by my abundance ? Did I ...
... thought ; The dreary regions of the dead , Where all things are forgot ? " " And whose then shall all the things be ... thoughts upon the occa- sion ? Did I say in my heart , What shall I do ? Was I distressed by my abundance ? Did I ...
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... thoughts ? Thou that art careful for outward things , diligent in doing good , and exact in outward duties , beware of covetousness , of the decent , honourable love of money , and of a desire to lay up treasures on earth . Lay up ...
... thoughts ? Thou that art careful for outward things , diligent in doing good , and exact in outward duties , beware of covetousness , of the decent , honourable love of money , and of a desire to lay up treasures on earth . Lay up ...
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... thought farther : I would consider it in a general sense , and show how near a resemblance there is between human life and a dream . An ancient Poet carries the comparison farther still , when he VOL . XI . C stiles life " the dream of ...
... thought farther : I would consider it in a general sense , and show how near a resemblance there is between human life and a dream . An ancient Poet carries the comparison farther still , when he VOL . XI . C stiles life " the dream of ...
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... influence , we are many times not able to determine . 5. And how can we certainly distinguish between our dreams and our waking thoughts ? What criterion is there by which we may surely know , whether we are 18 HUMAN LIFE A DREAM .
... influence , we are many times not able to determine . 5. And how can we certainly distinguish between our dreams and our waking thoughts ? What criterion is there by which we may surely know , whether we are 18 HUMAN LIFE A DREAM .
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... thoughts , than by this very circumstance ? It is a kind of parenthesis , inserted in life , as that is in a discourse which goes on equally well either with it , or without it . By this then we may infallibly know a dream , by its ...
... thoughts , than by this very circumstance ? It is a kind of parenthesis , inserted in life , as that is in a discourse which goes on equally well either with it , or without it . By this then we may infallibly know a dream , by its ...
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Page 395 - Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
Page 363 - Am I a God at hand, saith the Lord, and not a God afar off? Can any hide himself in secret places that I shall not see him ? saith the Lord. Do not I fill heaven and earth ? saith the Lord.
Page 84 - Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men : For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
Page 87 - While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live? But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
Page 383 - Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing : let them not feed, nor drink water : but let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God : yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands. Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
Page 125 - And though I bestow all my goods to feed the poor, and though I give my body to be burned, and have not love, it profiteth me nothing.
Page 418 - The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord. It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord.
Page 116 - What could have been done more to my vineyard, That I have not done in it? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, Brought it forth wild grapes?
Page 103 - My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
Page 1 - And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.