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Page 25
... vanity of these , and all external things , have cast about for some higher course . They see a necessity of withdrawing a man from externals , that do nothing but mock and de- ceive those most that trust most to them , but can- not ...
... vanity of these , and all external things , have cast about for some higher course . They see a necessity of withdrawing a man from externals , that do nothing but mock and de- ceive those most that trust most to them , but can- not ...
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... vanity , it must needs fall down again into vexation . There is a word or two in the Hebrew for idols , that sig- nify withal troubles , and terrors " , and so it is cer- tainly . All our idols prove so to us ; they fill us with nothing ...
... vanity , it must needs fall down again into vexation . There is a word or two in the Hebrew for idols , that sig- nify withal troubles , and terrors " , and so it is cer- tainly . All our idols prove so to us ; they fill us with nothing ...
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... vanity covering the whole face of the earth . We study to abase our souls , and to make them content with less than they are made for ; yea , we strive to make them carnal , that they may be pleased with sensible things . And in this ...
... vanity covering the whole face of the earth . We study to abase our souls , and to make them content with less than they are made for ; yea , we strive to make them carnal , that they may be pleased with sensible things . And in this ...
Page 96
... vanity , and gathering vexation , but whose thoughts are on that blessed life above trouble . Certainly they that pass for fools in the world , are the only children of wisdom ; that have renounced their lusts and their own wills , have ...
... vanity , and gathering vexation , but whose thoughts are on that blessed life above trouble . Certainly they that pass for fools in the world , are the only children of wisdom ; that have renounced their lusts and their own wills , have ...
Page 105
... day , all their life , in a chace of vanity ! 2dly , The next thing is , the power and virtue of this means for its end . That baptism hath a. b Isa . 1. 11 . Rom . viii . 33 , 34 . k Isa VER . 21. ] the first Epistle of Peter . 105.
... day , all their life , in a chace of vanity ! 2dly , The next thing is , the power and virtue of this means for its end . That baptism hath a. b Isa . 1. 11 . Rom . viii . 33 , 34 . k Isa VER . 21. ] the first Epistle of Peter . 105.
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