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Page 39
... paffion but there is no virtue in it : it is not fo much as the effect of choice ; for a man muft neceffarily grieve , when he is fure he has made himself miferable . It never was made part of a virtuous man's character , that he lived ...
... paffion but there is no virtue in it : it is not fo much as the effect of choice ; for a man muft neceffarily grieve , when he is fure he has made himself miferable . It never was made part of a virtuous man's character , that he lived ...
Page 78
... paffions , which by turns ufurp the do- minion , and leave little room for thought or reflec- tion ; fo that a cool head and a warm heart feems to be one of the rareft compofitions in nature . How applicable fuch tempers are to religion ...
... paffions , which by turns ufurp the do- minion , and leave little room for thought or reflec- tion ; fo that a cool head and a warm heart feems to be one of the rareft compofitions in nature . How applicable fuch tempers are to religion ...
Page 83
... paffion , or pre- sumption , or other infirmities , yet the way to their repentance is more open and eafy ; their minds , not being hardened by fin , are awakened by the gentleft calls , and the sense of virtue revives upon the first ...
... paffion , or pre- sumption , or other infirmities , yet the way to their repentance is more open and eafy ; their minds , not being hardened by fin , are awakened by the gentleft calls , and the sense of virtue revives upon the first ...
Page 84
Thomas Sherlock (bp. of London.) no fooner does the paffion cool , and confcience be- gin to speak , but the heart travails with repentance , and feels the pangs of godly forrow . How dif- ferent were the calls to repentance which the ...
Thomas Sherlock (bp. of London.) no fooner does the paffion cool , and confcience be- gin to speak , but the heart travails with repentance , and feels the pangs of godly forrow . How dif- ferent were the calls to repentance which the ...
Page 118
... paffions which confpire together to deliver us up as a prey to those who lie in wait for our ruin . This , if any thing , will ena- ble us to rescue ourselves , by arming us with refo- lution to withstand the temptations which we are ...
... paffions which confpire together to deliver us up as a prey to those who lie in wait for our ruin . This , if any thing , will ena- ble us to rescue ourselves , by arming us with refo- lution to withstand the temptations which we are ...
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Popular passages
Page 49 - In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, And rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. His going forth is from the end of the heaven, And his circuit unto the ends of it : And there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
Page 376 - For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly ; neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh : but he is a Jew, which is one inwardly ; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter ; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
Page 358 - 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 455 - ... that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of his power to usward who believe according to the working of his mighty power, .which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead...
Page 359 - Verily I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.
Page 175 - A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
Page 49 - There is no speech nor language, Where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth, And their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun...
Page 288 - What, could ye not watch with me one hour? Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Page 455 - ... far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come: and hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
Page 420 - ... who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high ; being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.