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... Diversion from without , and those who live in the World , who are furrounded with innumerable Temptati- ons , fubject to a multitude of Diftractions , and to a Diffi- pation of Mind by the Com- merce merce of the World : Such have need ...
... Diversion from without , and those who live in the World , who are furrounded with innumerable Temptati- ons , fubject to a multitude of Diftractions , and to a Diffi- pation of Mind by the Com- merce merce of the World : Such have need ...
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... Diversion as they imagine , and that a Chriftian is oblig'd to look on them as Evil . Provided one will be Sincere one will eafily be convinc'd of this , if we examine the Nature of Plays , their Origine , their Circum- ftances , and ...
... Diversion as they imagine , and that a Chriftian is oblig'd to look on them as Evil . Provided one will be Sincere one will eafily be convinc'd of this , if we examine the Nature of Plays , their Origine , their Circum- ftances , and ...
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... Diversions ; can there be any Blindness equal to this ? If this Difcourfe may open the Eyes of any one , I fhall have attain'd the End I propos'd to my felf : For those who are full of the Maxims of the World , and of the Flefh , and ...
... Diversions ; can there be any Blindness equal to this ? If this Difcourfe may open the Eyes of any one , I fhall have attain'd the End I propos'd to my felf : For those who are full of the Maxims of the World , and of the Flefh , and ...
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... Diversion , or think them- felves not Guilty in being prefent at them . Plays are not acted for one Per- fon alone , they are expos'd to all forts , of which the greater part are weak and corrupted , and to whom by confe- quence they ...
... Diversion , or think them- felves not Guilty in being prefent at them . Plays are not acted for one Per- fon alone , they are expos'd to all forts , of which the greater part are weak and corrupted , and to whom by confe- quence they ...
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... Diversion , that is to fay , the greater part of those who go to Plays , cannot do it without Sin , tho ' there was no other reason to make Plays unlawful . But it does not follow from hence that those who really need to unbend their ...
... Diversion , that is to fay , the greater part of those who go to Plays , cannot do it without Sin , tho ' there was no other reason to make Plays unlawful . But it does not follow from hence that those who really need to unbend their ...
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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.