Sacred Prolusions, Or Select Pieces from Bishop Taylor and Mr. HerbertJ. Beecroft, 1768 - 133 pages |
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... Nature had befriended him much in his Conftitution , for he was a Person of a moft sweet and obliging Humour , of great Candour and Ingenuity : and there was fo much Salt , Fineness of Wit , and Prettiness of Addrefs in his familiar ...
... Nature had befriended him much in his Conftitution , for he was a Person of a moft sweet and obliging Humour , of great Candour and Ingenuity : and there was fo much Salt , Fineness of Wit , and Prettiness of Addrefs in his familiar ...
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... nature and con- ditions of your change . For do not think yourself fafe , because they tell you that you are come to the church ; you are indeed gone from one church to another , from a better to a worfe , as will ap- pear in the ...
... nature and con- ditions of your change . For do not think yourself fafe , because they tell you that you are come to the church ; you are indeed gone from one church to another , from a better to a worfe , as will ap- pear in the ...
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... nature ; you are gone to a church that pretends to be infallible , and yet is infinitely deceived in many particulars , and yet endures no contradiction , and is impatient her children fhould enquire into any thing her priests obtrude ...
... nature ; you are gone to a church that pretends to be infallible , and yet is infinitely deceived in many particulars , and yet endures no contradiction , and is impatient her children fhould enquire into any thing her priests obtrude ...
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... nature , one of which at least may prevail upon you , whom I fup- pofe to have a tender and a religious confcience . The first is , that all the points of difference be- tween us and your church are fuch as do evidently ferve the ends ...
... nature , one of which at least may prevail upon you , whom I fup- pofe to have a tender and a religious confcience . The first is , that all the points of difference be- tween us and your church are fuch as do evidently ferve the ends ...
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... nature of the fin is changed , that is , when it ought to be made a queftion ; and you will find that though the church of England gives you much liberty from the bondage of innumerable ceremonies and hu- man devices , yet in the matter ...
... nature of the fin is changed , that is , when it ought to be made a queftion ; and you will find that though the church of England gives you much liberty from the bondage of innumerable ceremonies and hu- man devices , yet in the matter ...
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Page 126 - For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication, and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her, and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies.
Page 97 - Lie not ; but let thy heart be true to God, Thy mouth to it, thy actions to them both : Cowards tell lies, and those that fear the rod ; The stormy working soul spits lies and froth. Dare to be true. Nothing can need a lie : A fault, which needs it most, grows two thereby Fly idleness, which yet thou canst not fly By dressing, mistressing, and compliment.
Page 105 - Scorn no man's love, though of a mean degree ; (Love is a present for a mighty king,) Much less make any one thine enemy. As guns destroy, so may a little sling. The cunning workman never doth refuse The meanest tool, that he may chance to use.
Page 108 - In brief, acquit thee bravely ; play the man. Look not on pleasures as they come, but go. Defer not the least virtue : life's poor span Make not an ell, by trifling in thy woe. If thou do ill, the joy fades, not the pains : If well, the pain doth fade, the joy remains.
Page 106 - When once thy foot enters the Church, be bare. God is more there, than thou : for thou art there Only by his permission. Then beware, And make thyself all reverence and fear. Kneeling ne'er spoil'd silk stocking : quit thy state. All equal are within the Church's gate. Resort to sermons, but to prayers most : Praying's the end of preaching. O be drest ; Stay not for th...
Page 63 - He only is fit to be chosen for a friend who can give counsel, or defend my cause, or guide me right, or relieve my need, or can and will, when I need it, do me good : only this I add, into the heaps of doing good, I will reckon loving me...
Page 104 - Calmness is great advantage : he that lets Another chafe, may warm him at his fire : Mark all his wanderings, and enjoy his frets ; As cunning fencers suffer heat to tire.
Page 107 - Judge not the preacher; for he is thy judge. If thou mislike him, thou conceiv'st him not. God calleth preaching, folly. Do not grudge To pick out treasures from an earthen pot. The worst speak something good. If all want sense, God takes a text, and preacheth patience.
Page 120 - I will shake the heavens, and the earth shall remove out of her place, in the wrath of the Lord of hosts, and in the day of his fierce anger.
Page 8 - To sum up all in a few words, this great prelate had the good humour of a gentleman, the eloquence of an orator, the fancy of a poet, the acuteness of a schoolman, the profoundness of a philosopher, the wisdom of a counsellor, the sagacity of a prophet, the reason of an angel, and the piety of a saint...