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... raised him to the highest dignities . He is not exactly of the description of writers I have been mentioning : but he is , indeed and in truth , a com- bination of all excellencies . Scougal , Burnet , Lucas , and John Smith , excelled ...
... raised him to the highest dignities . He is not exactly of the description of writers I have been mentioning : but he is , indeed and in truth , a com- bination of all excellencies . Scougal , Burnet , Lucas , and John Smith , excelled ...
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... raised to the bench , by Cromwell ? And again , that a judge of Crom- well's should be , not only reinstated by Charles II . , but compelled by him , against his own will , to accept of the very highest judicial trust ? Such is the ...
... raised to the bench , by Cromwell ? And again , that a judge of Crom- well's should be , not only reinstated by Charles II . , but compelled by him , against his own will , to accept of the very highest judicial trust ? Such is the ...
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... raised above earth , and so animated with the purest and most exalted affections , as , even in this world , to enjoy , by anticipation , the felicity of heaven . And lastly , we cannot but value those observances , in which christians ...
... raised above earth , and so animated with the purest and most exalted affections , as , even in this world , to enjoy , by anticipation , the felicity of heaven . And lastly , we cannot but value those observances , in which christians ...
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... raised Martin ‡ and Hilarion S beyond what can be reasonably believed . After them , Socrates , Theodoret , Sozomen ] ] , and Palladius¶ took a pleasure to tell uncouth stories of the monks of Thebaïs , and Nitria . And those who came ...
... raised Martin ‡ and Hilarion S beyond what can be reasonably believed . After them , Socrates , Theodoret , Sozomen ] ] , and Palladius¶ took a pleasure to tell uncouth stories of the monks of Thebaïs , and Nitria . And those who came ...
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... raise their style a little too high , when they write concerning them . I confess , I knew him as much , as the looking often upon him could amount to . The last year of his being in London , he came always on Sundays , when he could go ...
... raise their style a little too high , when they write concerning them . I confess , I knew him as much , as the looking often upon him could amount to . The last year of his being in London , he came always on Sundays , when he could go ...
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Page 263 - But if our Gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost: in whom the God of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.
Page 332 - For men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight ; sometimes for ornament and reputation ; and sometimes to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction ; and most times for lucre and profession ; and seldom sincerely to give a true account of their gift of reason, to the benefit and use of men...
Page 386 - The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
Page xvii - GOD, from whom all holy desires, all good counsels, and all just works do proceed : Give unto thy servants that peace which the world cannot give ; that both our hearts may be set to obey thy commandments, and also that by thee we, being defended from the fear of our enemies, may pass our time in rest and quietness, through the merits of Jesus Christ our Saviour.
Page lxiv - Thus saith the Lord, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and yc shall find rest for your souls.
Page xiii - For the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God, neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.
Page liii - But let my due feet never fail To walk the studious cloister's pale, And love the high embowed roof, With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows, richly dight, Casting a dim religious light.
Page 385 - What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good? 275 Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. Depart from evil, and do good; seek peace, and pursue it.
Page 16 - So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again.
Page 332 - ... as if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit, or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect, or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon, or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention, or a shop for profit and sale ; and not a rich store-house for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.