Three Decades of Sermons, Lately Preached to the University ...: In OxfordT. Robinson, 1660 |
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... sweet , to folace our selves in all va- riety of voluptuousnesse , and epicurisme , to stretch out our selves in beds of Ivory , to drinke wine in bowles , and yet remaine insensible of the afflictions of fofeph ? If by such projects as ...
... sweet , to folace our selves in all va- riety of voluptuousnesse , and epicurisme , to stretch out our selves in beds of Ivory , to drinke wine in bowles , and yet remaine insensible of the afflictions of fofeph ? If by such projects as ...
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... sweet is it to mee of a sudden to want those sweet vanities ! One drop of a racking confcience fwallowes up an ocean of ungodly joy . Onely foule delights leave a sweet rellish in the spirit , but carnall pleasures leave a sting in ...
... sweet is it to mee of a sudden to want those sweet vanities ! One drop of a racking confcience fwallowes up an ocean of ungodly joy . Onely foule delights leave a sweet rellish in the spirit , but carnall pleasures leave a sting in ...
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... sweets ; will there not in all these be bitternesse in the end ? Thus drawing an induction from these and the reft , I may hence collect an univerfall conclusion : That nothing under the sunne is worthy of the labour , and pur- fuite of ...
... sweets ; will there not in all these be bitternesse in the end ? Thus drawing an induction from these and the reft , I may hence collect an univerfall conclusion : That nothing under the sunne is worthy of the labour , and pur- fuite of ...
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... sweet frame of resignation , that thou canft willingly part with thy choicest pleasures , and comforts for Jesus Chrift : As those in the Revelations cast down their crownes , fo cast down thy chiefest comforts at the feet of Christ ...
... sweet frame of resignation , that thou canft willingly part with thy choicest pleasures , and comforts for Jesus Chrift : As those in the Revelations cast down their crownes , fo cast down thy chiefest comforts at the feet of Christ ...
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... sweet contented posture : Ofttimes theres more tranquility , and fetlednesse of spirit in a condition ebbing , then flowing , in ragges rather then robes : Othen labour for a contented mind , and then thou wilt be rich even in thy ...
... sweet contented posture : Ofttimes theres more tranquility , and fetlednesse of spirit in a condition ebbing , then flowing , in ragges rather then robes : Othen labour for a contented mind , and then thou wilt be rich even in thy ...
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Page 115 - I pray for them ; I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me, for they are thine ; and all mine are thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them.
Page 168 - And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus; and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven; and he fell to the earth and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
Page 40 - Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God.
Page 30 - Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven ; and he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
Page 68 - Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls : who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.
Page 177 - Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive the things that God hath prepared for them that love him ;" and the eternal Father, who dwelleth in light unapproachable, no man hath seen or can see.
Page 215 - Paul has told us ; requiring that we should ' pray for kings, and for all that are in authority ; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty :
Page 77 - O thou afflicted, tossed with tempest, and not comforted, behold, I will lay thy stones with fair colours, and lay thy foundations with sapphires ; and I will make thy windows of agates, and thy gates of carbuncles, and all thy borders of pleasant stones.
Page 167 - I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them...
Page 142 - Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.