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... king his thoughts , the numberlefs vain thoughts that fly up and down his mind , he might the more abundantly pardon , If . 55 . v . 7. accordingly , the fame prophet tells us of those that * err in fpirit , Solomon of those that * Ifa ...
... king his thoughts , the numberlefs vain thoughts that fly up and down his mind , he might the more abundantly pardon , If . 55 . v . 7. accordingly , the fame prophet tells us of those that * err in fpirit , Solomon of those that * Ifa ...
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... King of Ifrael tells us in one place , that the thought of foolish- nefs is fin ; in another place , that they err who devife evil ; in a third , that the thoughts of the wicked are an abomination unto the Lord ; as his father David had ...
... King of Ifrael tells us in one place , that the thought of foolish- nefs is fin ; in another place , that they err who devife evil ; in a third , that the thoughts of the wicked are an abomination unto the Lord ; as his father David had ...
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... of himfelf . And how then , as the wife king asks the question , can a man understand his own ways ? We project , devise , propose ends , profecute , apply means ; and yet all the while while are managed , acted , and , as often ( 30 )
... of himfelf . And how then , as the wife king asks the question , can a man understand his own ways ? We project , devise , propose ends , profecute , apply means ; and yet all the while while are managed , acted , and , as often ( 30 )
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... King takes it to himself : Juft as it is faid of * Ananias , his lying to the Holy Ghoft , that Satan put him on it , and yet that he conceived it in his heart . Now tho ' it be fomewhat difficult , as we have seen , to know the true ...
... King takes it to himself : Juft as it is faid of * Ananias , his lying to the Holy Ghoft , that Satan put him on it , and yet that he conceived it in his heart . Now tho ' it be fomewhat difficult , as we have seen , to know the true ...
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... King , fays the Lord of Hofts , and my Name is dreadful among the heathen . And the wife man urgeth the distance betwixt the Great Creator and his creatures , as an argument of that fobri- ety and exactness of utterance and affection ...
... King , fays the Lord of Hofts , and my Name is dreadful among the heathen . And the wife man urgeth the distance betwixt the Great Creator and his creatures , as an argument of that fobri- ety and exactness of utterance and affection ...
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Page 101 - Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth : therefore let thy words be few.
Page 123 - Finally, brethren, whatfoever things are ' true, whatfoever things are honeft, whatfoever things ' are juft, whatfoever things are pure, whatfoever things ' are lovely, whatfoever things are of good report : If ' there be any virtue, and if there be any praife, think
Page 96 - If there be a willing mind, it is accepted according to what a man has, and not according to what he has not.
Page 136 - And it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness: for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware.
Page 124 - ... when we sit in the house, and when we walk by the way ; when we lie down, and when we rise up, — and when we are about our daily occupation.
Page 101 - But cursed be the deceiver, which hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am* a great King, saith the Lord of Hosts, and my name is dreadful among the heathen.
Page 53 - much " much goods laid up for many years ; take " thine eafe, eat, drink, and be merry.
Page 139 - ALMIGHTY God, unto whom all hearts be open, /~\. all defires known, and from whom no fecrets are hid ; Cleanfe the thoughts of our hearts by the infpiration of thy Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love Thee, and worthily magnify thy holy Name ; through Chrift our Lord.
Page 68 - If any man love the world, the love of God is not in him.
Page 31 - For the wifdom of this world is foolifhnefs with God. For it is written : He taketh the wife in their own craftinefs. And again: The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wife, that they are vain.