Sermons preach'd before the University of Oxford: or before the honourable society of Lincolns-inn. With two discourses on natural and reveal'd religion, Volume 2J. Bowyer, 1724 |
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... best Prepare Ourselves for a Happy Death . ; I. We are to confider what the great Difference is betwixt the Death of the Wicked , and the Death of the Righteous , that should make the One appear Dreadful , and the Other fo Defirable ...
... best Prepare Ourselves for a Happy Death . ; I. We are to confider what the great Difference is betwixt the Death of the Wicked , and the Death of the Righteous , that should make the One appear Dreadful , and the Other fo Defirable ...
Page 45
... best Comfor- ter in all Diftrefs . The Teftimony of a good and clear Confcience is an inconceive- able Joy and Comfort at an Evil Time : The Apoftles were befet with Dangers and Trou- bles on every Side , and threatned with fun- dry ...
... best Comfor- ter in all Diftrefs . The Teftimony of a good and clear Confcience is an inconceive- able Joy and Comfort at an Evil Time : The Apoftles were befet with Dangers and Trou- bles on every Side , and threatned with fun- dry ...
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... Best for us , whether it be for Life or for Death : Ei- ther he will deliver us from Death , or else will stand by us , to ftrengthen and comfort us under the Stroke of it . What Seneca fays of Philofophy will hold true of Religion ...
... Best for us , whether it be for Life or for Death : Ei- ther he will deliver us from Death , or else will stand by us , to ftrengthen and comfort us under the Stroke of it . What Seneca fays of Philofophy will hold true of Religion ...
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... best Prepare ourselves for that Happy Death . The First of thefe , The Difference be- twixt the Death of the Wicked , and the Death of the Righteous , I have already spoken to : And now come in the II . IId Place to confider , that , if ...
... best Prepare ourselves for that Happy Death . The First of thefe , The Difference be- twixt the Death of the Wicked , and the Death of the Righteous , I have already spoken to : And now come in the II . IId Place to confider , that , if ...
Page 79
... Best Ornaments and Nobleft Accomplish . ments of the Mind : But even They , of them- selves , yield no Comfort nor Support for a Dying Man to reft his Soul upon . When Lipfius was drawing near his End , and a Friend of his put him in ...
... Best Ornaments and Nobleft Accomplish . ments of the Mind : But even They , of them- selves , yield no Comfort nor Support for a Dying Man to reft his Soul upon . When Lipfius was drawing near his End , and a Friend of his put him in ...
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Page 382 - Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another : And the Lord hearkened, and heard it, And a book of remembrance was written before him For them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.
Page 213 - For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers : but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.
Page 227 - Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God, and be more ready to hear, than to give the sacrifice of fools : for they consider not that they do evil.
Page 57 - If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
Page 5 - For I know that in me, that is, in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing ; for to will is present with me ; but how...
Page 117 - Create in me a clean heart, 0 God; and renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence ; and take not thy Holy Spirit from me.
Page 221 - For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God : but that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing ; whose end is to be burned.
Page 341 - All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of God is in my nostrils, my lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.
Page 97 - Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight : but all things are naked and open unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
Page 273 - Woe to the rebellious children, saith the Lord, that take counsel, but not of Me ; and that cover with a covering, but not of My spirit, that they may add sin to sin...