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Page 104
... That they bave so much Business on Earth , that they cannot think of Heaven .
Thus their Spirits become Flell , and their Souls turn to Earth as well as their
Bodies . And the Tindure of Carnality in them is so strong , that like petrefying
Waters ...
... That they bave so much Business on Earth , that they cannot think of Heaven .
Thus their Spirits become Flell , and their Souls turn to Earth as well as their
Bodies . And the Tindure of Carnality in them is so strong , that like petrefying
Waters ...
Page 131
Plenty here is an earnest of a fuller Vintage , and richer Granary intended for him
in the Land of Canaan ; and that his long life on Earth is a pledge of his eternal
life in Heaven : What are thele but temptations , which Consideration would ...
Plenty here is an earnest of a fuller Vintage , and richer Granary intended for him
in the Land of Canaan ; and that his long life on Earth is a pledge of his eternal
life in Heaven : What are thele but temptations , which Consideration would ...
Page 309
... God will accuse me , because having furnished me with all the Motives and
Encouragements imaginable , to mind Heaven more than Earth ; I preferred this
Earth before all the joys of Heaven ; and how thall I bear up under all this weight
?
... God will accuse me , because having furnished me with all the Motives and
Encouragements imaginable , to mind Heaven more than Earth ; I preferred this
Earth before all the joys of Heaven ; and how thall I bear up under all this weight
?
Page 342
Canst thou see how plentifully the Earth provides for Mankind , and forgeč what
provision God makes for thee that thou may'st not miss of the Crown of
Righteousness hereafter ? And when thou seeft how all things the Earth
produces , praise ...
Canst thou see how plentifully the Earth provides for Mankind , and forgeč what
provision God makes for thee that thou may'st not miss of the Crown of
Righteousness hereafter ? And when thou seeft how all things the Earth
produces , praise ...
Page 356
God love a little Slime and Earth ? O my God ! how wonderful is thy Love ? It is all
Ocean ; here is no shore to set my feet op ! Beastonished at it , Oye Heavens ,
and tremble , thou Earth : The Eternal , the Immense Creator of Heaven and Earth
...
God love a little Slime and Earth ? O my God ! how wonderful is thy Love ? It is all
Ocean ; here is no shore to set my feet op ! Beastonished at it , Oye Heavens ,
and tremble , thou Earth : The Eternal , the Immense Creator of Heaven and Earth
...
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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.
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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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