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... the Management and Difpatch of Affairs ; ' tis that which gives us an inward Peace and Calmness in doing them , which brings down a Blessing upon our Labours . b 3 The The Prince of Conti fpent much Time in Meditation , To the Reader .
... the Management and Difpatch of Affairs ; ' tis that which gives us an inward Peace and Calmness in doing them , which brings down a Blessing upon our Labours . b 3 The The Prince of Conti fpent much Time in Meditation , To the Reader .
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... Affairs and Employment , furnish him every day with occafions of finding his greatest Intereft interfere with the Obfervation of the Law of GOD , and that it is certain he cannot be faved , but by giving , on thofe occafions ( fo to ...
... Affairs and Employment , furnish him every day with occafions of finding his greatest Intereft interfere with the Obfervation of the Law of GOD , and that it is certain he cannot be faved , but by giving , on thofe occafions ( fo to ...
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... Affairs without Confufion and Perplexity , who co- vet not other Mens Goods , nor prodigally Spend their ovn , and who are circumfpect in all their Actions , & c . Who to Kings are inftead of John the Baptift , to the Egyptians of a ...
... Affairs without Confufion and Perplexity , who co- vet not other Mens Goods , nor prodigally Spend their ovn , and who are circumfpect in all their Actions , & c . Who to Kings are inftead of John the Baptift , to the Egyptians of a ...
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... Affairs have Recourfe to God , and put more Confidence in their Prayers than in their own Labour and Industry . " He ought not to judg of the Goodness of his Undertakings by their Success , but only by their Fidelity , with which he has ...
... Affairs have Recourfe to God , and put more Confidence in their Prayers than in their own Labour and Industry . " He ought not to judg of the Goodness of his Undertakings by their Success , but only by their Fidelity , with which he has ...
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... Affairs , to do justice to his Creditors , not to be rigorous to his Debtors , to make Reftitution if he finds himself poffeft of any thing which in right belongs to others , to be exact in paying his Domefticks , to feek no- thing but ...
... Affairs , to do justice to his Creditors , not to be rigorous to his Debtors , to make Reftitution if he finds himself poffeft of any thing which in right belongs to others , to be exact in paying his Domefticks , to feek no- thing but ...
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Page 15 - But ye shall not be so : but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.
Page 8 - THEREFORE, O YE KINGS, AND UNDERSTAND; LEARN, YE that be judges of the ends of the earth. Give ear, ye that rule the people, and glory in the multitude of nations. For power is given you of the Lord, and sovereignty from the Highest, who shall try your works, and search out your counsels.
Page 5 - God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty ; and base things of the world, and things which are despised, hath God chosen; yea, and things that are not, to bring to nought things that are, that no flesh should glory in his presence.
Page xiv - Bonaparte's career, and yet could earnestly desire that war, in its later stages, " to be carried on with all the heart, and all the soul, and all the strength of this mighty empire...
Page 39 - ... yea, what indignation, yea, what fear, yea, what vehement defire, yea, what zeal, yea, what revenge ! in all things ye have approved your felves to be clear in this matter.
Page 8 - For power is given you of the Lord, and sovereignty from the Highest, who shall try your works, and search out your counsels. Because, being ministers of his kingdom, ye have not judged aright, nor kept the law, nor walked after the counsel of God...
Page 5 - ... our great Master hath taught us, by saying, it is more easy for a camel to pass through a needle's eye.