Essays to Do Good, Addressed to All Christians, Whether in Publick Or Private Capacities |
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... become such foolish and fulsome adulations , that they are almost useless : Frequently they answer no other purpose than to furnish the critics on " The Manners of the Age " with matter of ridicule . The excellent Mr. Boyle employed but ...
... become such foolish and fulsome adulations , that they are almost useless : Frequently they answer no other purpose than to furnish the critics on " The Manners of the Age " with matter of ridicule . The excellent Mr. Boyle employed but ...
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... become so natural , that the whole world fare the better for them . To these , this book is h bly presented by a great admirer of the good thi daily doing among them ; as knowing , that if where else , yet among them , it will find some ...
... become so natural , that the whole world fare the better for them . To these , this book is h bly presented by a great admirer of the good thi daily doing among them ; as knowing , that if where else , yet among them , it will find some ...
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... become a blessing to the world ? " and , " What may I do , that righteousness may dwell on the earth ??? THE ... becoming an indefatigable tool of the devil , may effect incredible mischief in the world . We have seen some wretched ...
... become a blessing to the world ? " and , " What may I do , that righteousness may dwell on the earth ??? THE ... becoming an indefatigable tool of the devil , may effect incredible mischief in the world . We have seen some wretched ...
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... become , if humbly and wisely applied to it ? This , then , is the next PROPOSAL . Without abridging yourselves of your occasional thoughts on the question , " What good may I do to - day ? " fix a time , now and then , for more ...
... become , if humbly and wisely applied to it ? This , then , is the next PROPOSAL . Without abridging yourselves of your occasional thoughts on the question , " What good may I do to - day ? " fix a time , now and then , for more ...
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... become capable of attending to my instructions , I would frequently admonish them to be sensible of their baptismal en- gagements to the Lord : often remind them of their baptism , and of the duties to which it binds them . I would ...
... become capable of attending to my instructions , I would frequently admonish them to be sensible of their baptismal en- gagements to the Lord : often remind them of their baptism , and of the duties to which it binds them . I would ...
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Page 92 - Be wise now therefore, O ye kings: be instructed, ye judges of the earth. Serve the Lord with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
Page 108 - If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God: and this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Page 46 - For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt save thy husband ? or how knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt save thy wife?
Page 102 - O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Page 106 - Doth Job fear God for nought? Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side ? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
Page 7 - Good,' which I think was written by your father. It had been so little regarded by a former possessor, that several leaves of it were torn out ; but the remainder gave me such a turn of thinking, as to have an influence on my conduct through life ; for I have always set a greater value on the character of a doer of good than any other kind of reputation ; and if I have been, as you seem to think, a useful citizen, the public owes the advantage of it to that book.
Page 146 - Thou crownest the year with thy goodness ; and thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness : and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks ; the valleys also are covered over with corn ; they shout for joy, they also sing.
Page 113 - Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.
Page 35 - Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law, ROMANS 4 1 What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?
Page 94 - He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. And he shall be as the light of the morning when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the. tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.