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Page xv
... live fuitably to their Precepts ; I Should not fo far have pry'd into them , but only to make the following Inference , viz . That it being poffible to give a rational Account how and by what Means Chrift's Merits might be convey'd to ...
... live fuitably to their Precepts ; I Should not fo far have pry'd into them , but only to make the following Inference , viz . That it being poffible to give a rational Account how and by what Means Chrift's Merits might be convey'd to ...
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... Lives ; and fince no Treasures are thereby laid up for the Soul , ( for thefe are only useful to our Bodies ) we are fure to lofe all when we leave thefe : Whereas if we raise our Souls to a spiritual Temper , and purfue true Virtue ...
... Lives ; and fince no Treasures are thereby laid up for the Soul , ( for thefe are only useful to our Bodies ) we are fure to lofe all when we leave thefe : Whereas if we raise our Souls to a spiritual Temper , and purfue true Virtue ...
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... Lives , by Degrees , after the Deluge , to be more short and uncertain : And herein is the Wisdom and Goodness of God manifeft ; for fince Men cannot now hunt after Tem- poralities with the Views of very long En- joyments , they may ...
... Lives , by Degrees , after the Deluge , to be more short and uncertain : And herein is the Wisdom and Goodness of God manifeft ; for fince Men cannot now hunt after Tem- poralities with the Views of very long En- joyments , they may ...
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... live in profpect of them : No ! a very few Years will probably put us in Poffeffion ; 50 , 60 , or 70 , are generally the moft we can reckon upon , and very often they are attain'd much fooner . And now who cannot with Courage purfue ...
... live in profpect of them : No ! a very few Years will probably put us in Poffeffion ; 50 , 60 , or 70 , are generally the moft we can reckon upon , and very often they are attain'd much fooner . And now who cannot with Courage purfue ...
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... Lives of the firft Patriarchs , fucceeding the Deluge , were almost equivalent to thofe of the old World ; but the Commotions and fulphureous Effluvia's which were occafion'd by the Deluge , by Degrees gather Strength , and form ...
... Lives of the firft Patriarchs , fucceeding the Deluge , were almost equivalent to thofe of the old World ; but the Commotions and fulphureous Effluvia's which were occafion'd by the Deluge , by Degrees gather Strength , and form ...
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Page xviii - And when the thousand years are expired, Satan shall be loosed out of his prison. And shall go out to deceive the nations which are in the four quarters of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together to battle: the number of whom is as the sand of the sea.
Page 83 - And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God. Having the glory of God: and her light was like unto a stone most precious, even like a jasper stone, clear as crystal...
Page 90 - And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it : and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.
Page 91 - And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie:. but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.
Page xviii - And they went up on the breadth of the earth and compassed the camp of the saints about and the beloved city: and fire came down from God out of heaven and devoured them.
Page 83 - And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel...
Page 70 - And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people ; there shall they be called the children of the living God.
Page 64 - For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
Page 74 - Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of Him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
Page 88 - And the twelve gates were twelve pearls; every several gate was of one pearl: and the street of the city was pure gold, as it were transparent glass.