The Works of the Rev. H. Scougal: Containing the Life of God in the Soul of Man with Nine Other Discourses on Important Subjects, to which is Added a Sermon Preached at the Author's Funeral |
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... creatures with such appetites as tend to the preservation and welfare of their lives . These are instead of a law unto the brute beasts , whereby they are directed towards the ends for which they were made . But man , being made for ...
... creatures with such appetites as tend to the preservation and welfare of their lives . These are instead of a law unto the brute beasts , whereby they are directed towards the ends for which they were made . But man , being made for ...
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... to God , being his creatures , and having something of his image stamped upon them . And this is that char- ity I named as the second branch of religion , and under which all the parts of justice , all the duties 22 THE LIFE OF GOD.
... to God , being his creatures , and having something of his image stamped upon them . And this is that char- ity I named as the second branch of religion , and under which all the parts of justice , all the duties 22 THE LIFE OF GOD.
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... creature . He considered those eminent perfections which shined in his blessed soul , as not his own , but the gifts of God ; and therefore assumed nothing to himself for them , but with the profoundest humility renounced all pretences ...
... creature . He considered those eminent perfections which shined in his blessed soul , as not his own , but the gifts of God ; and therefore assumed nothing to himself for them , but with the profoundest humility renounced all pretences ...
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... creatures know of thee , or the way to serve and please thee ! We talk of religion , and pretend unto it ; but alas ! how few are there that know and consider what it means ! How easily do we mistake the affections of our nature , and ...
... creatures know of thee , or the way to serve and please thee ! We talk of religion , and pretend unto it ; but alas ! how few are there that know and consider what it means ! How easily do we mistake the affections of our nature , and ...
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... creatures we converse with have their mixture and alloy , we are always in hazard to be sullied and corrupted by placing our affections on them . Passion doth easily blind our eyes , so that we first approve , and then imitate the ...
... creatures we converse with have their mixture and alloy , we are always in hazard to be sullied and corrupted by placing our affections on them . Passion doth easily blind our eyes , so that we first approve , and then imitate the ...
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Page 190 - And the Lord said unto Moses, Go unto the people, and sanctify them to-day, and to-morrow, and let them wash their clothes ; and be ready against the third day : for the third day the Lord will come down in the sight of all the people upon Mount Sinai.
Page 152 - How precious also are Thy thoughts unto me, O God ! How great is the sum of them ! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand : When I awake, I am still with Thee.
Page 193 - Are not Abana and Pharpar, rivers of Damascus, better than all the waters of Israel? May I not wash in them, and be clean?
Page 118 - I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; "Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke; turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God.
Page 151 - Thou crownest the year with thy goodness ; And thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness : And the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks ; The valleys also are covered over with corn ; They shout for joy, they also sing.
Page 84 - He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that It is for his life.
Page 126 - I will hear what God the Lord will speak: for he will speak peace unto his people, and to his saints: but let them not turn again to folly.
Page 141 - Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God ? Be not deceived : neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
Page 150 - The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD'S : but the earth hath he given to the children of men.
Page 147 - O SING unto the LORD a new song: Sing unto the LORD, all the earth.