The Whole Works of the Reverend Mr. John Flavel ...A. Weir & A. M'Lean, 1770 |
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... earth . As man is compounded of a fleshly and fpiritual fubftance , fo God hath endowed the creatures with a spiritual , as well as flefhly ufefulness ; they have not only a natural use in alimen VOL . VI . A tal , and physical respects ...
... earth . As man is compounded of a fleshly and fpiritual fubftance , fo God hath endowed the creatures with a spiritual , as well as flefhly ufefulness ; they have not only a natural use in alimen VOL . VI . A tal , and physical respects ...
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... earth , and it shall " teach thee , and the fishes of the fea fhall declare unto thee . " That is ( faith neat and accurate + Caryl ) the creatures teach us when we think of them : They teach us , though not for- mally , yet virtually ...
... earth , and it shall " teach thee , and the fishes of the fea fhall declare unto thee . " That is ( faith neat and accurate + Caryl ) the creatures teach us when we think of them : They teach us , though not for- mally , yet virtually ...
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... earth itself rejoiced in the laurelled plow - fhare , and the triumphant plowman , What pleasure you will find in reading it , I know not ; but to me it hath been a pleasant path , from first to laft ; who yet have been at far greater ...
... earth itself rejoiced in the laurelled plow - fhare , and the triumphant plowman , What pleasure you will find in reading it , I know not ; but to me it hath been a pleasant path , from first to laft ; who yet have been at far greater ...
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... earth , that it may give feed to the fower , and bread to the eater ; as alfo how to breed up and manage the beafts of the field , both greater and leffer cattle , for the use and service of man . Meditation ' upon this lower part of ...
... earth , that it may give feed to the fower , and bread to the eater ; as alfo how to breed up and manage the beafts of the field , both greater and leffer cattle , for the use and service of man . Meditation ' upon this lower part of ...
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... earth in their minds ; which like a heavy clog at their heels , or a weight at their hearts , preffèth them down when they would make an essay to mount upward in meditation . We find it no eafy matter to keep off earthly thoughts , when ...
... earth in their minds ; which like a heavy clog at their heels , or a weight at their hearts , preffèth them down when they would make an essay to mount upward in meditation . We find it no eafy matter to keep off earthly thoughts , when ...
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Popular passages
Page 19 - 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 107 - Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts : and then shall every man have praise of God.
Page 449 - Ye have sown much and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink ; ye clothe you, but there is none warm ; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.
Page 40 - Yea, they shall sing in the ways of the LORD : for great is the glory of the LORD.
Page 23 - And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal : that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together.
Page 373 - To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain : whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life ? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
Page 450 - Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.
Page 393 - For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.
Page 74 - Partly, whilst ye were made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions of them that were so used.
Page 425 - For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings.