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Page 72
... consider that the Cares of an Employment , an At- tention to Business , if it has got hold of the Heart , renders Men as vain and odious in the Sight of God , as any other Gratifi- cation . FOR though they may call it an honest Care , a ...
... consider that the Cares of an Employment , an At- tention to Business , if it has got hold of the Heart , renders Men as vain and odious in the Sight of God , as any other Gratifi- cation . FOR though they may call it an honest Care , a ...
Page 157
... CONSIDER therefore , that what you çall moderate Defires , are as great Con- trarieties to Religion , as thofe which reckon immoderate ; because they hold the Heart in the fame State of falfe Satis- factions , raise the fame vain ...
... CONSIDER therefore , that what you çall moderate Defires , are as great Con- trarieties to Religion , as thofe which reckon immoderate ; because they hold the Heart in the fame State of falfe Satis- factions , raise the fame vain ...
Page 369
... CONSIDER therefore the Play - house , and the Matter of the Entertainment there , as it confifts of Love - intreagues , blaf phemous Paffions , prophane Difcourfes , lewd Defcriptions , filthy Fefts , and all the most extravagant Rant ...
... CONSIDER therefore the Play - house , and the Matter of the Entertainment there , as it confifts of Love - intreagues , blaf phemous Paffions , prophane Difcourfes , lewd Defcriptions , filthy Fefts , and all the most extravagant Rant ...
Page 373
... CONSIDER therefore now , that you have not been frighting your felf with groundless Imaginations , but that what you have here fancied of the Play - house is as ftrictly true , as if you had been fancying , that when you go to Church ...
... CONSIDER therefore now , that you have not been frighting your felf with groundless Imaginations , but that what you have here fancied of the Play - house is as ftrictly true , as if you had been fancying , that when you go to Church ...
Page 394
... CONSIDER a while on this Matter , and think how it can be lawful for you to go to a Place , where if a good Angel was to look with Pleasure , it would cease to be good ? For as that which makes An- gels good , is the fame right Temper ...
... CONSIDER a while on this Matter , and think how it can be lawful for you to go to a Place , where if a good Angel was to look with Pleasure , it would cease to be good ? For as that which makes An- gels good , is the fame right Temper ...
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Page 304 - Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Page 521 - Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize ? So run, that ye may obtain. And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown ; but we an incorruptible.
Page 197 - For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own glory, and in his Father's, and of the holy angels.
Page 70 - A certain man made a great supper, and bade many: and sent his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things are now ready.
Page 468 - And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee : nor again, the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
Page 201 - For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently ? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God. For even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps...
Page 286 - For as many as are led by the -Spirit of God are the sons of God.
Page 67 - Many will fay to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophefied in thy name ? and in thy name have caft out devils ? and in thy name done many wonderful works ? 23 And then will I profefs unto them, I never knew you : depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Page 82 - Gentiles with all their heart and with all their soul and with all their strength...
Page 51 - And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.