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By worldly Concerns , I do not only mean Busineffes which an Eflate , or Trade ,
or Family , or Office , or fenfual Pleafures cause , but Bolinefs of Study and
Learning too ; and one may be as much taken up with his Study , as another is
with his ...
By worldly Concerns , I do not only mean Busineffes which an Eflate , or Trade ,
or Family , or Office , or fenfual Pleafures cause , but Bolinefs of Study and
Learning too ; and one may be as much taken up with his Study , as another is
with his ...
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How great hath beep thy care of my temporal concerns , but how far greater thy
care of the concerns of my Soul ? How Itrong have been the convictions thou hast
vouchsafed me ? How great the light thou hast imparted to me ? How bright that ...
How great hath beep thy care of my temporal concerns , but how far greater thy
care of the concerns of my Soul ? How Itrong have been the convictions thou hast
vouchsafed me ? How great the light thou hast imparted to me ? How bright that ...
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its Nature and Tendency , this Circumspection in things , which concern a
Christian's Soul , is able to shed Wisdom ... In all Probability it was the attentive
Consideration of his Spiritual Concerns , that made David both valiant and
prudent in ...
its Nature and Tendency , this Circumspection in things , which concern a
Christian's Soul , is able to shed Wisdom ... In all Probability it was the attentive
Consideration of his Spiritual Concerns , that made David both valiant and
prudent in ...
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want Power to consider , how to manage the Estate God hath given him in this
World , to God's Glory , and his Neighbour's Good : And though Men , that are
very confiderate in their Soul - concerns , do not always use that Prudence we
have ...
want Power to consider , how to manage the Estate God hath given him in this
World , to God's Glory , and his Neighbour's Good : And though Men , that are
very confiderate in their Soul - concerns , do not always use that Prudence we
have ...
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... the concerns of his Body , or Estate , fur the concerns of his better part , derides
Salvation , and does not believe that there is such a thing , or if there be , that it is
of so much value , as the Dirt and Dung he grovels in . It's true , Manasses's ...
... the concerns of his Body , or Estate , fur the concerns of his better part , derides
Salvation , and does not believe that there is such a thing , or if there be , that it is
of so much value , as the Dirt and Dung he grovels in . It's true , Manasses's ...
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Page 327 - In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. His going forth Is from the end of the heaven and his circuit unto the ends of It: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
Page 232 - Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; And see ye indeed, but perceive not. Make the heart of this people fat, And make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; Lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed.
Page 177 - Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
Page 232 - For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
Page 7 - Jesus : who, being in the form of God, thought it no robbery to be equal with God : but made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men : and being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
Page 37 - God said, let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowls of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Page 231 - Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel : for the Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
Page 10 - For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more. And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews ; to them that are under the law...
Page 422 - Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves; For a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him? And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.
Page 71 - For I say unto you. That unto every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him.
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| Title | The great law of consideration: or, A discourse, wherein the nature, usefulness, and absolute necessity of consideration in order to a truly serious and religious life, is laid open |
| Author | Anthony Horneck |
| Edition | 10 |
| Publisher | Samuel Chapman, 1721 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 25 Apr 2007 |
| Length | 440 pages |
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