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... LIVES , EN- " CYCLOPEDIAS , CRITICISM , and ROMANCE . " . ( See " Strictures on Female Education , " by Hannah More - a work of uncommon merit , and at this time , in particular , of iRimable value . ) of less than twenty - five years ...
... LIVES , EN- " CYCLOPEDIAS , CRITICISM , and ROMANCE . " . ( See " Strictures on Female Education , " by Hannah More - a work of uncommon merit , and at this time , in particular , of iRimable value . ) of less than twenty - five years ...
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... from pride , ob- ftinacy , or principle , have gone so far , as to lay down their lives , rather than retract ; but I defy history to fhew one , who ever made his own fufferings and death a necef- fary part 34 PREFATORY OBSERVATIONS , & e .
... from pride , ob- ftinacy , or principle , have gone so far , as to lay down their lives , rather than retract ; but I defy history to fhew one , who ever made his own fufferings and death a necef- fary part 34 PREFATORY OBSERVATIONS , & e .
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... live in perpetual difcord , and confequently cannot pay obedience to this commandment by loving one another ; a commandment fo fublime , fo rational , and so beneficial , fo wifely calculated to cor- rect the depravity , diminish the ...
... live in perpetual difcord , and confequently cannot pay obedience to this commandment by loving one another ; a commandment fo fublime , fo rational , and so beneficial , fo wifely calculated to cor- rect the depravity , diminish the ...
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... live in to have had a Creator : fuppofe it to appear from the predominant aim and tendency of the provisions and contrivances obfervable in the universe , that the Deity , when he formed it , confulted for the happiness of his fenfitive ...
... live in to have had a Creator : fuppofe it to appear from the predominant aim and tendency of the provisions and contrivances obfervable in the universe , that the Deity , when he formed it , confulted for the happiness of his fenfitive ...
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... -And lastly , it should be recol- lected , that " there is satisfactory evidence , that many , profefling to be original witnes fes of the christian miracles , paffed their lives in 102 PREFATORY OBSERVATIONS , & c .
... -And lastly , it should be recol- lected , that " there is satisfactory evidence , that many , profefling to be original witnes fes of the christian miracles , paffed their lives in 102 PREFATORY OBSERVATIONS , & c .
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Page 36 - Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, 'Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was an hungred and ye gave me meat, I was thirsty and ye gave me drink, I was a stranger and ye took me in; naked and ye clothed me, I was sick and ye visited me, I was in prison and ye came unto me.
Page 212 - Behold, the eye of the LORD is upon them that fear him, Upon them that hope in his mercy ; To deliver their soul from death, And to keep them alive in famine.
Page 81 - For he shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground : he hath no form nor comeliness ; and when we shall see him, there is no beauty that we should desire him.
Page 242 - 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 230 - 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 269 - 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...
Page 207 - Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
Page 82 - He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied : by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities. Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death : and he was numbered with the transgressors ; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
Page 264 - 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 116 - Even unto this present hour we both hunger and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwelling place, and labour, working with our own hands.