The great importance of a religious life considered [by W. Melmoth]. To which are added some morning and evening prayers |
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Page ix
... gives no en- couragement by his example , to these licentious and ensnaring entertain- ments , but also to do what in him lies , to dissuade others , especially those un- der his care , from resorting to places of so much danger and ...
... gives no en- couragement by his example , to these licentious and ensnaring entertain- ments , but also to do what in him lies , to dissuade others , especially those un- der his care , from resorting to places of so much danger and ...
Page xi
... time of need . May God of his great goodness give a blessing to these weak endeavours , and render them instrumental to his glory , and the good of souls ! : THE GREAT IMPORTANCE OF A RELIGIOUS LIFE . CHAPTER PREFACE . xi.
... time of need . May God of his great goodness give a blessing to these weak endeavours , and render them instrumental to his glory , and the good of souls ! : THE GREAT IMPORTANCE OF A RELIGIOUS LIFE . CHAPTER PREFACE . xi.
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... give us any comfortable prospect , when we come to die . III . That a conscientious observance of the duties of Religion will not only make us live happily and die com- fortably ; but , what is infinitely beyond all this , will most ...
... give us any comfortable prospect , when we come to die . III . That a conscientious observance of the duties of Religion will not only make us live happily and die com- fortably ; but , what is infinitely beyond all this , will most ...
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... the happy change they had made , and would not part with their interest in Heaven for the greatest en- joyments this world could give them . All those empty pleasures which once captivated and ensnared them of a Religious Life . 11.
... the happy change they had made , and would not part with their interest in Heaven for the greatest en- joyments this world could give them . All those empty pleasures which once captivated and ensnared them of a Religious Life . 11.
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... would not part with for all this world can possibly give them ; that they taste such a plea- sure in the service of God , as makes them with holy David , desire to dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of 14 The Great Importance.
... would not part with for all this world can possibly give them ; that they taste such a plea- sure in the service of God , as makes them with holy David , desire to dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of 14 The Great Importance.
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Page 65 - Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
Page 44 - Shall I hide from Abraham that thing which I do; seeing that Abraham shall surely become a great and mighty nation, and all the nations of the earth shall be blessed in him ? For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Page 64 - Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; but ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; when your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me...
Page 8 - And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
Page 84 - God; strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness; giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of his dear Son...
Page 107 - God; who will render to every man according to his deeds: to them who, by patient continuance in well-doing, seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life; but unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath: tribulation and anguish upon every soul of man that doeth evil...
Page 31 - The eyes of the Lord are over the righteous: and his ears are open unto their prayers.
Page 90 - And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
Page 56 - LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight.
Page 80 - So shall it be at the end of the world : the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.