No Cross, No Crown: A Discourse Shewing the Nature and Discipline of the Holy Cross of Christ, and that the Denial of Self, and Daily Bearing of Christ's Cross, is the Alone Way to the Rest and Kingdom of God, to which are Added, the Living and Dying Testimonies of Many Persons of Fame and Learning, Both of Ancient and Modern Times, in Favour of this Treatise, in Two Parts |
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Page 62
... such croffes fhould mend their makers ? Surely not . 1 § . IX . Thefe are yokes without restraint , and croffes that never contradict : a whole cart- load of them would leave a man as unmortified as they find him . Men may fooner knock ...
... such croffes fhould mend their makers ? Surely not . 1 § . IX . Thefe are yokes without restraint , and croffes that never contradict : a whole cart- load of them would leave a man as unmortified as they find him . Men may fooner knock ...
Page 83
... such can never wait rightly upon him . Great reafon had David for what he faid , that had with fo much comfort and advantage met the Lord in his bleffed way . § . XI . The prophet Ifaiah tells us , That though the chastisements of the ...
... such can never wait rightly upon him . Great reafon had David for what he faid , that had with fo much comfort and advantage met the Lord in his bleffed way . § . XI . The prophet Ifaiah tells us , That though the chastisements of the ...
Page 114
... Such keep their wits with their confciences , and , with an even mind , can at all times measure the uneven world , reft fixed in the midst of all its uncer- tainties , and as becomes those who have an intereft in a better , in the good ...
... Such keep their wits with their confciences , and , with an even mind , can at all times measure the uneven world , reft fixed in the midst of all its uncer- tainties , and as becomes those who have an intereft in a better , in the good ...
Page 134
... such an education , they would find a far better account in the end . § . XXVIII . But laftly , we cannot esteem bows , titles , and pulling off of hats , to be real honour , becaufe fuch like customs have been prohibited by God , his ...
... such an education , they would find a far better account in the end . § . XXVIII . But laftly , we cannot esteem bows , titles , and pulling off of hats , to be real honour , becaufe fuch like customs have been prohibited by God , his ...
Page 135
... such a hazard for a trifle ? What hurt had it done him to have bowed to , and honoured one the king honoured ? Did he not defpife the king , in difregarding Haman ? Nay , had not the king commanded that refpect ; and are not we to ...
... such a hazard for a trifle ? What hurt had it done him to have bowed to , and honoured one the king honoured ? Did he not defpife the king , in difregarding Haman ? Nay , had not the king commanded that refpect ; and are not we to ...
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Page 100 - If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him; and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.
Page 61 - The King's daughter is all glorious within ; her clothing is of wrought gold. She shall be brought unto the King in raiment of needlework : the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.
Page 380 - Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?
Page 84 - For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither hath the eye seen, O God, beside thee, what he hath prepared for him that waiteth for him.
Page 140 - Wherefore gird up the loins of your mind, be sober, and hope to the end for the grace that is to be brought unto you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.
Page 230 - Whose adorning, let it not be that outward adorning of plaiting the hair, and of wearing of gold, or of putting on of apparel ; but let it be the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible, even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the sight of God of great price.
Page 84 - Therefore I will look unto the Lord; I will wait for the God of my salvation : my God will hear me.
Page 384 - Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example, that ye should follow his steps: who did no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth: who, when he was reviled, reviled not again ; when he suffered he threatened not ; but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously...
Page 231 - 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 56 - Lord, all his works in all places of his dominion : bless the Lord, O my soul. CIV. BLESS the Lord, O my soul : O Lord my God, thou art very great ; thou art clothed with honour and majesty. Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain : Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters : who maketh the clouds his chariot ; who walketh upon the wings of the wind...