The Christian's defence against the fears of death, tr. by M. D'Assigny. [Preceded by] A true relation of the apparition of one mrs Veal [by D. Defoe |
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... ourselves into its Embraces . Some of the fame School have compared Man to a Bubble upon the Water , that rifes and fwells , and immediately decreases and breaks . Others make him like unto the waterish Bottles of di- vers Colours ...
... ourselves into its Embraces . Some of the fame School have compared Man to a Bubble upon the Water , that rifes and fwells , and immediately decreases and breaks . Others make him like unto the waterish Bottles of di- vers Colours ...
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... ourselves caft into an Abyss of Evil , and that no Hopes appear of getting out , we are then overwhelmed with Grief and Despair . It is a lamentable Thing to be born to die , but it is far more lamentable and grievous to know that Death ...
... ourselves caft into an Abyss of Evil , and that no Hopes appear of getting out , we are then overwhelmed with Grief and Despair . It is a lamentable Thing to be born to die , but it is far more lamentable and grievous to know that Death ...
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... Jerufalem held with one Hand the Trowel , and with the other a Sword to fight ; fo we defend ourselves , as well as we are able , against against the Affaults of Death . Therefore we do not 34 The CHRISTIAN'S Confolations.
... Jerufalem held with one Hand the Trowel , and with the other a Sword to fight ; fo we defend ourselves , as well as we are able , against against the Affaults of Death . Therefore we do not 34 The CHRISTIAN'S Confolations.
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... ourselves in our Hearts with more plea- fant Thoughts and Defires , as Herod , that Men fhould look upon us as fo many little Gods , Acts xii . We fuffer ourselves to be deceived by the flattering Infinu- ations of our corrupted Flefh ...
... ourselves in our Hearts with more plea- fant Thoughts and Defires , as Herod , that Men fhould look upon us as fo many little Gods , Acts xii . We fuffer ourselves to be deceived by the flattering Infinu- ations of our corrupted Flefh ...
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... ourselves in the Pursuance of these miferable Advantages . When we draw nearest to the End of our Life , and of our mortal Race , it is then , that many are most earnest to make large Pro- vifions of worldly Vanities . We build stately ...
... ourselves in the Pursuance of these miferable Advantages . When we draw nearest to the End of our Life , and of our mortal Race , it is then , that many are most earnest to make large Pro- vifions of worldly Vanities . We build stately ...
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Page 222 - And when Jacob had made an end of commanding his sons, he gathered up his feet into the bed, and yielded up the ghost, and was gathered unto his people.
Page 183 - And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.
Page 226 - Gad, I am in a great strait: let us fall now into the hand of the Lord; for his mercies are great: and let me not fall into the hand of man.
Page 138 - Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord JESUS CHRIST, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.
Page 251 - Can a woman forget her sucking child, That she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, Yet will I not forget thee. Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands ; Thy walls are continually before me.
Page 238 - Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.
Page 256 - But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
Page 266 - Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort ; Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.
Page 83 - Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God'.
Page 235 - For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.