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Page vii
... death is so general a failing . 1. There is a natural desire of life . 2. Thoughts of death are apt to be considered need- less , when we are in flourishing health . ( 2. ) If you are not thus animated by Preface . vii.
... death is so general a failing . 1. There is a natural desire of life . 2. Thoughts of death are apt to be considered need- less , when we are in flourishing health . ( 2. ) If you are not thus animated by Preface . vii.
Page x
... nature . 1. It is worthy of God to shut out of heaven , all who refused it . 2. It cannot be injurious to any of the divine per- fections , that those should be sent to Hell , who have freely chosen it . IV . Application . ( 1. ) What ...
... nature . 1. It is worthy of God to shut out of heaven , all who refused it . 2. It cannot be injurious to any of the divine per- fections , that those should be sent to Hell , who have freely chosen it . IV . Application . ( 1. ) What ...
Page xi
... nature of this duty is to be explained . be ( 1. ) The watchfulness required , implies an avoid- ance of every thing , which either as an amusement or incumbrance may make us less ready for our Lord's coming . 1. Good men are in danger ...
... nature of this duty is to be explained . be ( 1. ) The watchfulness required , implies an avoid- ance of every thing , which either as an amusement or incumbrance may make us less ready for our Lord's coming . 1. Good men are in danger ...
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... natural de- scent , since they cannot derive to us a divine 13- ture , who are the means of communicating to us this corrupt nature , it is plain that , through the force of education , I may be a Christian in appear- ance , without ...
... natural de- scent , since they cannot derive to us a divine 13- ture , who are the means of communicating to us this corrupt nature , it is plain that , through the force of education , I may be a Christian in appear- ance , without ...
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... natural conscience , startled , but not savingly con- vinced . They may have gone on in an habitual neglect of God , and the ... nature , which recoils at the apprehension of evil , and by an instinct , that is essential to it , dreads a ...
... natural conscience , startled , but not savingly con- vinced . They may have gone on in an habitual neglect of God , and the ... nature , which recoils at the apprehension of evil , and by an instinct , that is essential to it , dreads a ...
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Page 57 - And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
Page 96 - Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks : walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand ; ye shall lie down in sorrow.
Page 24 - Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.
Page 66 - And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bride-chamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them ? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.
Page 66 - There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most high.
Page 56 - But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the Ark, and knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Page 52 - My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken ; the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, and shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Page 85 - Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him, for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. " Woe unto the wicked! It shall be ill with him, for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
Page 112 - Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
Page 64 - 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.