The Whole Works of the Reverend Mr. John Flavel ...A. Weir & A. M'Lean, 1770 |
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... ( faith " the Pfalmift , Pfalm xix . 3. ) no speech , nor language , where " their voice is not heard . " Or ( as Junius renders it ) there is no fpeech , nor words , yet without thefe , their voice is under- ftood , and their line ( i ...
... ( faith " the Pfalmift , Pfalm xix . 3. ) no speech , nor language , where " their voice is not heard . " Or ( as Junius renders it ) there is no fpeech , nor words , yet without thefe , their voice is under- ftood , and their line ( i ...
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... ( faith contemplative Bernard ) thou shalt find more in the woods , than in a corner ; ftones and trees will teach thee what thou shalt not hear from learned doctors . By a skilful and induftrious improvement of the creatures ( faith Mr ...
... ( faith contemplative Bernard ) thou shalt find more in the woods , than in a corner ; ftones and trees will teach thee what thou shalt not hear from learned doctors . By a skilful and induftrious improvement of the creatures ( faith Mr ...
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... ( faith + another ) may be improved two ways ; viz . In an argumentative , and in a representative way ; by reasoning from them , and by viewing the refemblance that is betwixt them and spiritual matters . First , In meditation argue thus ...
... ( faith + another ) may be improved two ways ; viz . In an argumentative , and in a representative way ; by reasoning from them , and by viewing the refemblance that is betwixt them and spiritual matters . First , In meditation argue thus ...
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John Flavel. study , ( faith he ) when they have wearied their spirits with ftudy , can recreate them again with study , by making a diverfion from that which is severe and knotty , to fome more facile and pleasant subject . But to hear ...
John Flavel. study , ( faith he ) when they have wearied their spirits with ftudy , can recreate them again with study , by making a diverfion from that which is severe and knotty , to fome more facile and pleasant subject . But to hear ...
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... ( faith Mr. Lockier in Colof . p . 552. ) are trees watered choicely indeed ; it is ftoried of the palm - tree , that at its first transplanting into Italy , it was watered with wine . I cannot fay ( faith he ) that you have been fo ...
... ( faith Mr. Lockier in Colof . p . 552. ) are trees watered choicely indeed ; it is ftoried of the palm - tree , that at its first transplanting into Italy , it was watered with wine . I cannot fay ( faith he ) that you have been fo ...
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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.