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... better than these Men : See what Royal State he appear'd in , fee the Pomp and Reti- nue of his Court , what Victories he at- chiev'd , how he recover'd the Freedom , and enlarg'd the Dominions of his own Nation . And therefore let ...
... better than these Men : See what Royal State he appear'd in , fee the Pomp and Reti- nue of his Court , what Victories he at- chiev'd , how he recover'd the Freedom , and enlarg'd the Dominions of his own Nation . And therefore let ...
Page 87
... better than a chari- table Dream : Let it therefore be our main Business to make our Figure as con- fiderable as we can ; and conclude , the shortest Way to Greatness is the beft : And if there fhould lye any Exceptions against the ...
... better than a chari- table Dream : Let it therefore be our main Business to make our Figure as con- fiderable as we can ; and conclude , the shortest Way to Greatness is the beft : And if there fhould lye any Exceptions against the ...
Page 93
... to be high minded , nor truft in uncertain Riches ; for Contempt or at least Indif- ference to these Things , is a better Ar- gument of Greatnefs then the Poffeffion of of them . This Doctrine teaches us , that the SERMON III . 93.
... to be high minded , nor truft in uncertain Riches ; for Contempt or at least Indif- ference to these Things , is a better Ar- gument of Greatnefs then the Poffeffion of of them . This Doctrine teaches us , that the SERMON III . 93.
Page 95
... better Proof of the Meaning and Difintereffedness of his Laws , than by making them the Rule of his own Actions . His Contempt of the World , his Patience and Meeknefs and Refigna- tion : The Practice of his own Beatitudes upon himself ...
... better Proof of the Meaning and Difintereffedness of his Laws , than by making them the Rule of his own Actions . His Contempt of the World , his Patience and Meeknefs and Refigna- tion : The Practice of his own Beatitudes upon himself ...
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... better qualify'd to attend your Employ , and discharge your Office . That this Command is to be thus inter- preted , with a particular Regard to the Difciples , feems to appear farther from St Luke x . 4 Where when they were fent out to ...
... better qualify'd to attend your Employ , and discharge your Office . That this Command is to be thus inter- preted , with a particular Regard to the Difciples , feems to appear farther from St Luke x . 4 Where when they were fent out to ...
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Page 409 - Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God : for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man : but every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
Page 12 - I faw the dead, fmall and great, ftand before GOD ; and the books were opened : and another book was opened, which is the book of life : and the dead were judged out of thofe things which were written in the books, according to their works.
Page 269 - Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind...
Page 95 - I may be mighty through thee to pull down the strong holds of sin, to cast down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and to bring into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ.
Page 55 - Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Page 409 - Let no Man fay when he is tempted, I am tempted of God, for God cannot be tempted with Evil, neither tempteth he any Man., but every Man is tempted when he is drawn away of his own Lufi, and enticed.
Page 336 - THERE is an evil which I have seen under the sun, and it is common among men : A man to whom God hath given riches, wealth, and honour, so that he wanteth nothing for his soul of all that he desireth, yet God giveth him not power to eat thereof, but a stranger eateth it: this is vanity, and it is an evil disease.
Page 253 - As concerning, therefore, the eating of those things that are offered in sacrifice unto idols, we know that an idol is nothing in the world, and that there is none other God but one. For though there be that are called gods, whether in heaven or earth (as there be gods many and lords many), but to us there is but one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we in him : And one Lord, Jesus Christ, by whom are all things, and we by him.
Page 160 - A thousand shall fall beside thee, and ten thousand at thy right hand; but it shall not come nigh thee.