The whole duty of man. With Private devotionsfor J. Baskett, 1721 |
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Page ii
... according to their Durablenefs : What is moft Lafting , is moft Worth . Now the Soul is a Thing that will laft for ever : When Wealth , Beauty , Strength , nay , our very Bodies themselves , fade away , the Soul fill continues ...
... according to their Durablenefs : What is moft Lafting , is moft Worth . Now the Soul is a Thing that will laft for ever : When Wealth , Beauty , Strength , nay , our very Bodies themselves , fade away , the Soul fill continues ...
Page ix
... Secondly , Not to falten our Affections on this World , but to raife them according to the Precept of the Apoftle , Col. 3. 2 Sin : Set Set your Affections on Things above , and not on Of the Neceffity of Caring for the Soul . IX.
... Secondly , Not to falten our Affections on this World , but to raife them according to the Precept of the Apoftle , Col. 3. 2 Sin : Set Set your Affections on Things above , and not on Of the Neceffity of Caring for the Soul . IX.
Page xi
... according to the Opinion of those who are belt skill'd in them : Now certainly Go D , who made our Souls , best knows the Worth of them ; and fince he prizes them fo bigh , let us ( if it be but in Reverence to him ) be ashamed to ...
... according to the Opinion of those who are belt skill'd in them : Now certainly Go D , who made our Souls , best knows the Worth of them ; and fince he prizes them fo bigh , let us ( if it be but in Reverence to him ) be ashamed to ...
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... according to our Saviour's Rule , Mat . 6. 21. their Heart would be with him . Nay , further yet ; it is too plain that many of us fet fo little value on this enjoying of God , that we prefer the vileft and basest Sins before him , and ...
... according to our Saviour's Rule , Mat . 6. 21. their Heart would be with him . Nay , further yet ; it is too plain that many of us fet fo little value on this enjoying of God , that we prefer the vileft and basest Sins before him , and ...
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... according to that of the Wife Man , Prov . 16. 7. When a Man's Ways please the Lord , he maketh even his Enemies to be at Peace with him . A notable Ex- ample of this we have in Jacob , Gen. 32 . who when his Brother Efau was coming ...
... according to that of the Wife Man , Prov . 16. 7. When a Man's Ways please the Lord , he maketh even his Enemies to be at Peace with him . A notable Ex- ample of this we have in Jacob , Gen. 32 . who when his Brother Efau was coming ...
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Page 30 - Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? Behold the fowls of the air, for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns ; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
Page 277 - Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, When it is in the power of thine hand to do it. Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, And to-morrow I will give: When thou hast it by thee.
Page 464 - For innumerable troubles are come about me ; my sins have taken such hold upon me that I am not able to look up : yea, they are more in number than the hairs of my head, and my heart hath failed me.
Page 439 - GOD, Thou that art the GOD of my health : and my tongue shall sing of Thy righteousness.
Page 477 - O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night? Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied, as a mighty man that cannot save?
Page 399 - I will lay me down in peace, and take my reft, for it is thou, Lord, only that makeft me dwell in fafety.
Page 437 - O remember not the sins and offences of my youth : but according to Thy mercy think Thou upon me, O LORD, for Thy goodness.
Page 30 - And why take ye thought for raiment ? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: and yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.
Page 421 - Thou art my God, and I will thank thee : thou art my God, and I will praise thee.
Page 398 - I shall fear to die in ; but that whether I live, I may live unto the Lord ; or whether I die, I may die unto the Lord ; so that living and dying I may be thine, through Jesus Christ.