Essays to Do Good, Addressed to All Christians, Whether in Public Or Private CapacitiesT.H. Miller, and H. Gray & Company, 1824 - 148 pages |
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... physicians 98 rich men ladies 106 112 Miscellaneous proposals to gentlemen 113 Proposals to church , civil and military officers 118 lawyers 120 Societies for the reformation of manners 129 A catalogue of desirable things 143 Conclusion ...
... physicians 98 rich men ladies 106 112 Miscellaneous proposals to gentlemen 113 Proposals to church , civil and military officers 118 lawyers 120 Societies for the reformation of manners 129 A catalogue of desirable things 143 Conclusion ...
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... physician so . The grand desire of his heart was , that his own will might be entirely swallowed up in the will of God . " At that time he had some things in hand , which he would gladly have lived to finish ; but , said he , " I desire ...
... physician so . The grand desire of his heart was , that his own will might be entirely swallowed up in the will of God . " At that time he had some things in hand , which he would gladly have lived to finish ; but , said he , " I desire ...
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... physicians , is , " By a man's outward acts of vig- our , you judge of his internal health . ” * The actions of men are more certain indications of what is within , than all their sayings . But there is yet another consideration upon ...
... physicians , is , " By a man's outward acts of vig- our , you judge of his internal health . ” * The actions of men are more certain indications of what is within , than all their sayings . But there is yet another consideration upon ...
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... physicians . Not only such monks as Aegidius Atheniensis and Constantius Afer , but bishops , as Bochelt and Albicus ... physician to the flock ; and we * Nihil appetit , nihil ardet , nihil somniat , nisi Jesum Christum . have known ...
... physicians . Not only such monks as Aegidius Atheniensis and Constantius Afer , but bishops , as Bochelt and Albicus ... physician to the flock ; and we * Nihil appetit , nihil ardet , nihil somniat , nisi Jesum Christum . have known ...
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... physicians and Raphaels to their people . In a more populous town , however , you will probably choose rather to procure some re- ligious and accomplished physician to settle in your neighbourhood , and make medical studies only your ...
... physicians and Raphaels to their people . In a more populous town , however , you will probably choose rather to procure some re- ligious and accomplished physician to settle in your neighbourhood , and make medical studies only your ...
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Page 92 - Be wise now therefore, O ye kings : be instructed, ye judges of the earth. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
Page 106 - Doth Job fear God for nought? Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side ? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
Page 146 - Thou crownest the year with thy goodness ; and thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness : and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks ; the valleys also are covered over with corn ; they shout for joy, they also sing.
Page 35 - Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law, ROMANS 4 1 What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?
Page 38 - But the end of the charge is love out of a pure heart and a good conscience and faith unfeigned...
Page 7 - Good," which I think was written by your father.* It had been so little regarded by a former possessor, that several leaves of it were torn out; but the remainder gave me such a turn of thinking, as to have an influence on my conduct through life ; for I have always set a greater value on the character of a doer of good, than on any other kind of reputation ; and if I have been, as you seem to think, a useful citizen, the public owes the advantage of it to that book.
Page 108 - If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God: and this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Page 106 - Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy ; that they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate, laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
Page 94 - He shall judge the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
Page 94 - He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. And he shall be as the light of the morning when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the. tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.