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... kind and feafonable In- stance of your Goodness , equally a- greeable and obliging to me , whe- ther it flow'd from a particular Re- gard to the dear Deceas'd , or from a charitable and compaffionate Dispo- fition to the Fatherless and ...
... kind and feafonable In- stance of your Goodness , equally a- greeable and obliging to me , whe- ther it flow'd from a particular Re- gard to the dear Deceas'd , or from a charitable and compaffionate Dispo- fition to the Fatherless and ...
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... mourn --- : and weep . Laughter , what fort of it is here condemned . Such as proceeds from Self - Sufficiency . The Jews much given to this kind of Laughter . Our Our Saviour the Object of their Derision . Enquiry into A TABLE of.
... mourn --- : and weep . Laughter , what fort of it is here condemned . Such as proceeds from Self - Sufficiency . The Jews much given to this kind of Laughter . Our Our Saviour the Object of their Derision . Enquiry into A TABLE of.
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... Kind , if we could subsist at all , we should be without Language , and almost with- out Ideas , except what the hard Ne- ceffity of supporting our own Being would furnish us with , and instead of Philosophers , we should come out meer ...
... Kind , if we could subsist at all , we should be without Language , and almost with- out Ideas , except what the hard Ne- ceffity of supporting our own Being would furnish us with , and instead of Philosophers , we should come out meer ...
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... kind in these Circumstances have not made a due Use of their Reason ; but then to support their Parallel , they should shew us that they have made as undue a Use of their Senses . I think it is now evident that these Writers have no ...
... kind in these Circumstances have not made a due Use of their Reason ; but then to support their Parallel , they should shew us that they have made as undue a Use of their Senses . I think it is now evident that these Writers have no ...
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... kind , as they are absolutely out of the reach of our Knowledge ; so it is the most absurd and audacious thing ima- ginable , for Man to arraign God of Partiality , and to set himself up for a Judge of those Dispensations , which appear ...
... kind , as they are absolutely out of the reach of our Knowledge ; so it is the most absurd and audacious thing ima- ginable , for Man to arraign God of Partiality , and to set himself up for a Judge of those Dispensations , which appear ...
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Page 179 - But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher : then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.
Page 169 - For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think ; but to think soberly, according as God- hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
Page 48 - What shall we do then ? 11 He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none ; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.
Page 13 - And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; that ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ; being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
Page 121 - Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousand of his saints, to execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
Page 106 - For circumcision verily profiteth, if thou keep the law : but if thou be a breaker of the law, thy circumcision is made uncircumcision.
Page 85 - BLESSED Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning; Grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience and comfort of thy holy Word, we may embrace, and ever hold fast, the blessed hope of everlasting life, which thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ.
Page 128 - For the word of God is quick and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight : but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
Page 126 - But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment : yea, I judge not mine own self. For I know nothing by myself, yet am I not hereby justified ; but He that judgeth me is the Lord.
Page 106 - And shall not uncircumcision which is by nature, if it fulfil the law, judge thee, who by the letter and circumcision dost transgress the law?