The Christian's Consolations Against the Fears of Death: With Seasonable Directions how to Prepare Ourselves to Die WellDavis & M'Carty, 1824 - 612 pages |
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... delights to trample upon their enchanting beauties . It stops its ears to the supplica- tions of trembling old age , and takes a pride in casting to the ground those venerable oaks which have been so long rooted in the world . In the ...
... delights to trample upon their enchanting beauties . It stops its ears to the supplica- tions of trembling old age , and takes a pride in casting to the ground those venerable oaks which have been so long rooted in the world . In the ...
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... delight to one who is stretched upon the rack , or burning in the midst of flames , or on the point of being torn to pieces by wild horses ; so the most eloquent and florid discourse can administer no comfort to a poor soul that is just ...
... delight to one who is stretched upon the rack , or burning in the midst of flames , or on the point of being torn to pieces by wild horses ; so the most eloquent and florid discourse can administer no comfort to a poor soul that is just ...
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... these possessions and treasures ? Must it snatch me in a moment from all my pleasures and delights ? Must I be torn from the embraces of my be- What , loved wife , the sight of my dear children , THE CHRISTIAN'S CONSOLATION , 69.
... these possessions and treasures ? Must it snatch me in a moment from all my pleasures and delights ? Must I be torn from the embraces of my be- What , loved wife , the sight of my dear children , THE CHRISTIAN'S CONSOLATION , 69.
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... delights ; but the gate to it is strait , and all choaked up with thorns . 8. I also conclude , that one of the chief reasons why we fear death , is , because we look upon God as a most severe judge , inflamed with anger and indignation ...
... delights ; but the gate to it is strait , and all choaked up with thorns . 8. I also conclude , that one of the chief reasons why we fear death , is , because we look upon God as a most severe judge , inflamed with anger and indignation ...
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... delights and seeming advantages of which it de- prives us . 15. We foolishly imagine that death destroys and reduces us to nothing ; and do not consider , that , with- out touching our essential part , it only takes from us sin , in ...
... delights and seeming advantages of which it de- prives us . 15. We foolishly imagine that death destroys and reduces us to nothing ; and do not consider , that , with- out touching our essential part , it only takes from us sin , in ...
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