Select Practical Theology of the Seventeenth Century: Comprising the Best Practical Works of the Great English Divines, and Other Congenial Authors of that AgeChauncey Goodrich, 1830 - Theology |
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... sure is here ? What rivers of pleasures flow hence ? In thy pre- sence ( saith the Psalmist ) is fulness of joy : at thy right hand are pleasures for evermore . Psal . 16. 11. The awaking soul , having now passed the path of life ...
... sure is here ? What rivers of pleasures flow hence ? In thy pre- sence ( saith the Psalmist ) is fulness of joy : at thy right hand are pleasures for evermore . Psal . 16. 11. The awaking soul , having now passed the path of life ...
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... sure , pry into the secret springs of that motion ; and observe its inward frame and parts , and their dependance , and order to each other . It is comely to behold the exterior economy of a well- governed people ; when great affairs ...
... sure , pry into the secret springs of that motion ; and observe its inward frame and parts , and their dependance , and order to each other . It is comely to behold the exterior economy of a well- governed people ; when great affairs ...
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... sure will be that accrues to the blessed from this sight of God's face , is very much also to be estimated from the nature of the act , as well as the excellency of the object . Inasmuch as every vital act is pleasant , the most perfect ...
... sure will be that accrues to the blessed from this sight of God's face , is very much also to be estimated from the nature of the act , as well as the excellency of the object . Inasmuch as every vital act is pleasant , the most perfect ...
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... sure greater slave in the wilderness , than in the inclosure . Would but the Scripture permit me that kind of idolatry , the binding my faith and obedience to any one visible infallible judge or prince , were it the pope , or the mufti ...
... sure greater slave in the wilderness , than in the inclosure . Would but the Scripture permit me that kind of idolatry , the binding my faith and obedience to any one visible infallible judge or prince , were it the pope , or the mufti ...
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... sure for ever . [ 2. ] The blessed soul may also be supposed to have a com- parative and respective consideration of the impressed glory . That is , so as to compare it with , and refer it to several things that may come into ...
... sure for ever . [ 2. ] The blessed soul may also be supposed to have a com- parative and respective consideration of the impressed glory . That is , so as to compare it with , and refer it to several things that may come into ...
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Page 299 - For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? and again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son ? And again, when he bringeth in the first Begotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.
Page 368 - For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law. 12 So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty.
Page 458 - Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended : but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Page 391 - ... of the righteous judgment of God, that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God, for which ye also suffer: seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you...
Page 408 - I have set the Lord always before me : Because He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Page 89 - Our soul is escaped even as a bird out of the snare of the fowler ; the snare is broken, and we are delivered.
Page 491 - I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favour to men of skill ; but time and chance happeneth to them all.
Page 504 - There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.
Page 300 - And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, And his ministers a flame of fire.
Page 381 - For he that soweth to the flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption, but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.