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... ourselves , or consider our wealth itself , every where we may discern various reasons obliging us , and various motives inducing us to the practice of these duties . In regard to God , of dis- I We may consider , that , by exercising ...
... ourselves , or consider our wealth itself , every where we may discern various reasons obliging us , and various motives inducing us to the practice of these duties . In regard to God , of dis- I We may consider , that , by exercising ...
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... ourselves , of our lives , of our liberties , ) so cannot we ever properly be owners of any thing ; there are no pos- sible means by which we can acquire any absolute title to the least mite ; the principal right to what we seem to get ...
... ourselves , of our lives , of our liberties , ) so cannot we ever properly be owners of any thing ; there are no pos- sible means by which we can acquire any absolute title to the least mite ; the principal right to what we seem to get ...
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... ourselves , yet upon urgent occasion allow him nothing ? Do we not strangely prevaricate , when we would seem to appease God's anger , and purchase his favour by our submissions , yet refuse to do that which he declares most pleasing to ...
... ourselves , yet upon urgent occasion allow him nothing ? Do we not strangely prevaricate , when we would seem to appease God's anger , and purchase his favour by our submissions , yet refuse to do that which he declares most pleasing to ...
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... ourselves thereby somewhat of divinity , and becoming little gods to our neighbour ' . Nothing , saith St Chrysostom , maketh us so near equal to God as beneficences : and , Be , saith St Gregory Nazianzen , a god to the unfortunate ...
... ourselves thereby somewhat of divinity , and becoming little gods to our neighbour ' . Nothing , saith St Chrysostom , maketh us so near equal to God as beneficences : and , Be , saith St Gregory Nazianzen , a god to the unfortunate ...
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... ourselves of the chief advantages our wealth may afford . I. 4 We should also do well to consider , that a poor man , even as such , is not to be disregarded , and that poverty itself is no such contemptible thing as we may be prone to ...
... ourselves of the chief advantages our wealth may afford . I. 4 We should also do well to consider , that a poor man , even as such , is not to be disregarded , and that poverty itself is no such contemptible thing as we may be prone to ...
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Page 22 - He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Page 366 - How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God ! How great is the sum of them ! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I awake, I am still with thee.
Page 454 - Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob; 8.
Page 495 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Page 396 - And again the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel, and he moved David against them to say, Go, number Israel and Judah.
Page 258 - He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dung-hill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, and he hath set the world upon them.
Page 471 - Thus saith the LORD ; If ye can break my covenant of the day, And my covenant of the night, And that there should not be day and night in their season. Then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, That he should not have a son to reign upon his throne ; And with the Levites the priests, my ministers.
Page 404 - Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail : that they may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.
Page 19 - Depart from me ye cursed into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels; for I was an hungered and ye gave me no meat ; I was thirsty and ye gave me no drink ; I was a stranger and ye took me not in ; naked and ye clothed me not ; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.