Essays to Do Good, Addressed to All Christians, Whether in Publick Or Private Capacities |
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... reason the Ephori laid a fine on Agesilaus ; " Because he possessed , above all other men , the hearts of the Lacedæmonians . " You have read the reason why the Ephesians expelled the best of their citizens ; " If any are determined to ...
... reason the Ephori laid a fine on Agesilaus ; " Because he possessed , above all other men , the hearts of the Lacedæmonians . " You have read the reason why the Ephesians expelled the best of their citizens ; " If any are determined to ...
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... reason , to publish this confession : " To love the public ; to study the universal good ; and to promote the interest of the whole world , as far as it is in our power , is surely the highest goodness , and constitutes that temper ...
... reason , to publish this confession : " To love the public ; to study the universal good ; and to promote the interest of the whole world , as far as it is in our power , is surely the highest goodness , and constitutes that temper ...
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... reason shall be my rhetoric ; to Christians , whose conscience shall be my eloquence . " : Though the assertion may fly like a chain - shot amongst us , and rake down all before it , I will again and again assert , that every one of us ...
... reason shall be my rhetoric ; to Christians , whose conscience shall be my eloquence . " : Though the assertion may fly like a chain - shot amongst us , and rake down all before it , I will again and again assert , that every one of us ...
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... reason and honour work- ing in them ; and that I may proceed in their educa- tion , chiefly on those principles . Therefore I will wholly avoid that fierce , harsh , crabbed usage of the children , that would make them dislike and ...
... reason and honour work- ing in them ; and that I may proceed in their educa- tion , chiefly on those principles . Therefore I will wholly avoid that fierce , harsh , crabbed usage of the children , that would make them dislike and ...
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... reason to rejoice in your neighbourhood . " The righteous is more excellent than his neigh- bour ; " but we shall scarcely allow him to be so , un- less he be more excellent as a neighbour : he must excel in the duties of good ...
... reason to rejoice in your neighbourhood . " The righteous is more excellent than his neigh- bour ; " but we shall scarcely allow him to be so , un- less he be more excellent as a neighbour : he must excel in the duties of good ...
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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.