A help to knowledge, chiefly religious, in extracts from the most approved writers, arranged by T. Chamberlain1839 |
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... God hath from eternal ages proposed for all that live according to it , and which he hath revealed in Jesus Christ ; and , ac- cording to the apostle's arithmetic , hath put these three parts of it - 1 . sobriety ; 2. justice ; 3. reli ...
... God hath from eternal ages proposed for all that live according to it , and which he hath revealed in Jesus Christ ; and , ac- cording to the apostle's arithmetic , hath put these three parts of it - 1 . sobriety ; 2. justice ; 3. reli ...
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... God , holy , gracious , merciful , the creator and preserver of all things , and a father of the righteous ; the moral law in its utmost height , breadth , and purity ; a state of retribution after death ; the resurrection of the dead ...
... God , holy , gracious , merciful , the creator and preserver of all things , and a father of the righteous ; the moral law in its utmost height , breadth , and purity ; a state of retribution after death ; the resurrection of the dead ...
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... God beholds and will finally judge us with a merciful consideration of our infirmities , a gracious acceptance of ... God , and who , being God , became man for the redemption of man- kind . COLERIDGE . Thus the moral law is our ...
... God beholds and will finally judge us with a merciful consideration of our infirmities , a gracious acceptance of ... God , and who , being God , became man for the redemption of man- kind . COLERIDGE . Thus the moral law is our ...
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... God's portion by the title of creation , so all our labours and care must be wholly employed in the service of God , even all the days of our life , that this life being ended , we live with him for ever . Neither is it sufficient may ...
... God's portion by the title of creation , so all our labours and care must be wholly employed in the service of God , even all the days of our life , that this life being ended , we live with him for ever . Neither is it sufficient may ...
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... God infinitely great , it might seem unreason- able or impossible for us to expect of him eternal joys in heaven , even after the well spending those few minutes which are left for God and God's ser- vice , after we have served ...
... God infinitely great , it might seem unreason- able or impossible for us to expect of him eternal joys in heaven , even after the well spending those few minutes which are left for God and God's ser- vice , after we have served ...
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Page 75 - What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good ? Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. Depart from evil, and do good, seek peace, and pursue it.
Page 76 - Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
Page 46 - He said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; and should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
Page 80 - But every man, when he enters into society, gives up a part of his natural liberty, as the price of so valuable a purchase ; and in consideration of receiving the advantages of mutual commerce, obliges himself to conform to those laws, which the community has thought proper to establish.
Page 84 - He that goeth about to persuade a multitude that they are not so well governed as they ought to be, shall never want attentive and favourable hearers...
Page 77 - ... and duty, to be formed to the greatest degree of vigilance, foresight, and circumspection, in a state of things in which no fault is committed with impunity, and the slightest mistakes draw on the most ruinous consequences - to be led to a guarded and regulated conduct, from a sense that you are...
Page 89 - As for nobility in particular persons, it is a reverend thing to see an ancient castle or building not in decay, or to see a fair timber tree sound and perfect; how much more to behold an ancient noble family, which hath stood against the waves and weathers of time?
Page 43 - Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample. (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ, whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things...
Page 90 - He is called parson, persona, because by his person the church, which is an invisible body, is represented ; and he is in himself a body corporate, in order to protect and defend the rights of the church, which he personates, by a perpetual succession (л).
Page 35 - Though private prayer be a brave design, Yet public hath more promises, more love : And love's a weight to hearts, to eyes a sign. We all are but cold suitors ; let us move Where it is warmest. Leave thy six and seven ; Pray with the most : for where most pray, is heaven.