The Plain Teacher: Shewing the Advantage of Man's Prudent and Pious Conduct, from Entering Into Business to His Leaving it Off ...Kimber, Conrad, 1807 - 223 pages |
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... principles and rules here laid down , being faithfully applied to particular cases , will generally be found sufficient for his direction ; though after all it must be owned , that the religi ous fear of GOD , and a sincere love to our ...
... principles and rules here laid down , being faithfully applied to particular cases , will generally be found sufficient for his direction ; though after all it must be owned , that the religi ous fear of GOD , and a sincere love to our ...
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... principles of wisdom and justice , virtue and goodness , which are to be in continual exercise ; and the infinite Creator and Proprietor of the universe , claims our constant obedience to his laws , as well as our devout ascriptions of ...
... principles of wisdom and justice , virtue and goodness , which are to be in continual exercise ; and the infinite Creator and Proprietor of the universe , claims our constant obedience to his laws , as well as our devout ascriptions of ...
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... principles , and from a convic- tion that idleness was injurious to the con- stitutions and morals of men , and very un- just and mischievious to society , the anci ent Greeks and Romans appointed magis- trates to see that no persons ...
... principles , and from a convic- tion that idleness was injurious to the con- stitutions and morals of men , and very un- just and mischievious to society , the anci ent Greeks and Romans appointed magis- trates to see that no persons ...
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... principles of vir- tue and religion are not wholly extinguish- ed ; as the continual curse of GOD must necessarily be attendant upon them . The prospect of gain may blind the eyes of men , and carry them on in such a course without ...
... principles of vir- tue and religion are not wholly extinguish- ed ; as the continual curse of GOD must necessarily be attendant upon them . The prospect of gain may blind the eyes of men , and carry them on in such a course without ...
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... principles of religion . We may justly impute the mis- carriage of thousands , to their unadvised and irreligious introduction into life ; they go to universities and trades , without any sense of duty or danger , and being unarm- ed ...
... principles of religion . We may justly impute the mis- carriage of thousands , to their unadvised and irreligious introduction into life ; they go to universities and trades , without any sense of duty or danger , and being unarm- ed ...
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Page 41 - And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind : for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
Page 75 - He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame.
Page 148 - He that loveth silver shall not be satisfied with silver; nor he that loveth abundance with increase: this is also vanity.
Page 189 - For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Because the carnal mind is enmity against God: for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. So then they that are in the flesh cannot please God.
Page 52 - If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the Lord of Hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings : yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.
Page 202 - But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also, and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
Page 40 - Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting, get understanding. Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her.
Page 32 - Teach me, my God and King, ^ In all things Thee to see, * And what I do in anything, To do it as for Thee. All may of Thee partake: Nothing can be so mean Which with this tincture (for Thy sake) Will not grow bright and clean. A servant with this clause Makes drudgery divine: Who sweeps a room as for Thy laws, Makes that and th
Page 173 - My son, keep thy father's commandment, and forsake not the law of thy mother: bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. When thou goest, it shall lead thee ; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee ; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of instruction are the way of life: to keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman.
Page 199 - It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it ? neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? but the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.