The Causes of the Decay of Christian PietyR. Norton, 1667 - 452 páginas |
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... nature , fo apt to impregnate the hearts and lives of its profelytes , that it is hard to imagine , that that any branch fhould want a due fertility that is Chap.I. I Chap I He character of Christian Religion, monstrating its aptitude ...
... nature , fo apt to impregnate the hearts and lives of its profelytes , that it is hard to imagine , that that any branch fhould want a due fertility that is Chap.I. I Chap I He character of Christian Religion, monstrating its aptitude ...
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... natural effects of the interior habit . Where the love of God is feated in the Heart , ' twill operate in all the faculties , keep them in a bufie endeavour of doing acceptable fervice : when fear is planted there , it will break forth ...
... natural effects of the interior habit . Where the love of God is feated in the Heart , ' twill operate in all the faculties , keep them in a bufie endeavour of doing acceptable fervice : when fear is planted there , it will break forth ...
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... nature of the things promised , we shall find they are not grofs and carnal , fuch as may court and gratifie the bestial part of us ; but fuch as are proportioned to the fu- pream and leading principle , as feast a Soul , and fuit with ...
... nature of the things promised , we shall find they are not grofs and carnal , fuch as may court and gratifie the bestial part of us ; but fuch as are proportioned to the fu- pream and leading principle , as feast a Soul , and fuit with ...
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... nature of the promifes directs to this , fo does the great tranfcendent value en- courage and animate . Hope is the grand exciter of industry , and as the object of Hope is more or lefs defirable , fo is the endeavour more intenfe or ...
... nature of the promifes directs to this , fo does the great tranfcendent value en- courage and animate . Hope is the grand exciter of industry , and as the object of Hope is more or lefs defirable , fo is the endeavour more intenfe or ...
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... Nature ; fo that if the love of Chrift cannot , yet the love of our felves may constrain us . How must it then affront and baffle the en- ticements of fin , when we compare its empty vanishing pleasures with thofe folid and durable joys ...
... Nature ; fo that if the love of Chrift cannot , yet the love of our felves may constrain us . How must it then affront and baffle the en- ticements of fin , when we compare its empty vanishing pleasures with thofe folid and durable joys ...
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againſt alfo atteft becauſe befides bufie cafe caft caufe cauſe certainly Chrift Chriftian Church Confcience confequently confider confideration defign defign'd defire difcern diffentions Difputes divine eafie Efay fadly fafe faid faith fame fecure feems felf felves fenfe ferve feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince fingle firft firſt fome fpeaks fpiritual ftand ftill ftrength fuch fuffer fuppofe give Gods greateſt guilt Heaven himſelf holy impoffible induſtry inftance intereft leaſt lefs leſs lufts meaſure meer Miſchiefs moft moſt muft muſt neceffary never obferve Paffions perfons phancy Piety pleaſure poffible prefent pretend promifes publick purpoſe reafon refift reft Religion Satan ſhall Souls ſtate ſtill ſuch thefe themſelves ther theſe thing thofe thoſe tion tis fure truth twere twill univerfal unleſs us'd uſe vertue vice wherein whileft whofe whoſe worfe worſe zeal
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Página 5 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thy heart, and in the sight of thine eyes : but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Página 405 - 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?
Página 10 - For, we know that if our earthly houfe of this tabernacle were diflblved, we have a building of GOD, an houfe not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
Página 236 - Let us fall into the hands of God, and not into the hands of men; for they are severe and cruel judges of each other.•
Página 406 - If there be therefore any confolation in Chrift, if any comfort. of love, if any fellow/hip of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies ; fulfil ye my joy, that ye be like minded, having the fame love, being of one accord, of one mind.
Página 247 - Certainly," says Bishop Fell, " the first propagators of our faith proceeded at another rate ; they well knew, that not the brain but'the heart was the proper soil of that celestial plant, and therefore did not amuse their proselytes with curious questions, but set them to the active part of their religion.