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Page xvi
... prepare the scene to many noble de- signs , which may be opened at some time or other , if ever we are so happy as to endeavour to carry on our constitution to perfection ; which in our pre- sent distracted , if not desperate state , is ...
... prepare the scene to many noble de- signs , which may be opened at some time or other , if ever we are so happy as to endeavour to carry on our constitution to perfection ; which in our pre- sent distracted , if not desperate state , is ...
Page xxxvii
... prepare such a mean well in their separation from us , to consider better of the grounds on which they main- tain it . And that will best enforce the arguments that we have to lay before them . And as for such as divide from us with bad ...
... prepare such a mean well in their separation from us , to consider better of the grounds on which they main- tain it . And that will best enforce the arguments that we have to lay before them . And as for such as divide from us with bad ...
Page 42
... prepare them for the judgment and life to come . This is the function of a Clergy - man ; who , that he may perform all these duties with more advantage , and better effect , ought to behave himself so well , that his own conversation ...
... prepare them for the judgment and life to come . This is the function of a Clergy - man ; who , that he may perform all these duties with more advantage , and better effect , ought to behave himself so well , that his own conversation ...
Page 53
... prepare them for that terrible cala- mity , yet this was only to save some few among them : For the sins of the nation were grown to that height , that though Moses and Samuel , Noah , Job , and Daniel , had been then alive , to ...
... prepare them for that terrible cala- mity , yet this was only to save some few among them : For the sins of the nation were grown to that height , that though Moses and Samuel , Noah , Job , and Daniel , had been then alive , to ...
Page 61
... prepare for his second coming , we find the characters of good and bad Clergymen stated , in opposition to one another , under the figure of stew- ards : ( Luke xii . 42. ) The good are both wise and faithful , they wait for his coming ...
... prepare for his second coming , we find the characters of good and bad Clergymen stated , in opposition to one another , under the figure of stew- ards : ( Luke xii . 42. ) The good are both wise and faithful , they wait for his coming ...
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Page 55 - The diseased have ye not strengthened, neither have ye healed that which was sick, neither have ye bound up that which was broken, neither have ye brought again that which was driven away, neither have ye sought that which was lost; but with force and with cruelty have ye ruled them.
Page 67 - I charge thee therefore, before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at his appearing, and his kingdom ; preach the word, be instant in season, out of season, reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and doctrine.
Page xx - Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them; wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?
Page 54 - A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land; The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof (Jer.5:22-31).
Page 66 - And the servant of the Lord must not strive ; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves, if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth...
Page 57 - The law of truth was in his mouth, and iniquity was not found in his lips: he walked with me in peace and equity, and did turn many away from iniquity.
Page 70 - Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves : for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
Page 118 - Be to the flock of Christ a shepherd, not a wolf; feed them, devour them not. Hold up the weak, heal the sick, bind up the broken, bring again the outcasts, seek the lost. Be so merciful, that you be not too remiss; so minister discipline, that you forget not mercy...
Page 114 - WILL you be diligent in prayers, and in reading of the Holy Scriptures, and in such studies as help to the knowledge of the same, laying aside the study of the world and the flesh?
Page 118 - Take heed unto thyself, and unto the doctrine ; continue in them : for in doing this thou shalt both save thyself, and them that hear thee.