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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... prayed much in private , and constantly read 15 chapters of the Bible in a day . At 14 , he kept days of private fasting and prayer ; devoted a tenth of his little income to pious uses ; and at 16 , became a member of the church . At ...
... prayed much in private , and constantly read 15 chapters of the Bible in a day . At 14 , he kept days of private fasting and prayer ; devoted a tenth of his little income to pious uses ; and at 16 , became a member of the church . At ...
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... prayed for with great fervency . He died Feb. 13 , 1728 , having just com- pleted his 65th year . Such a life , and such a death , will afford to the serious read- er a powerful recommendation of the following pages . The proposals for ...
... prayed for with great fervency . He died Feb. 13 , 1728 , having just com- pleted his 65th year . Such a life , and such a death , will afford to the serious read- er a powerful recommendation of the following pages . The proposals for ...
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... pray for him , as their GOVERNOR . the design of such a book will be acceptable , whatever may be the defective manner of treating its noble sub- ject . To him it wishes that all the blessings of those who devise good , may be forever ...
... pray for him , as their GOVERNOR . the design of such a book will be acceptable , whatever may be the defective manner of treating its noble sub- ject . To him it wishes that all the blessings of those who devise good , may be forever ...
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... a false prophet when I foretel one discouragement more which you will have to * Nemo de nobis unus excellat ; sed si quis extiterit , alio in loco , et apud alios sit . contend with ; I mean - DERISION . And pray PREFACE . 15.
... a false prophet when I foretel one discouragement more which you will have to * Nemo de nobis unus excellat ; sed si quis extiterit , alio in loco , et apud alios sit . contend with ; I mean - DERISION . And pray PREFACE . 15.
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Cotton Mather George Burder. contend with ; I mean - DERISION . And pray let not my prediction be derided . It was long since noted , For ridicule shall frequently prevail , And cut the knot when graver reasons fail * . FRANCIS . It is a ...
Cotton Mather George Burder. contend with ; I mean - DERISION . And pray let not my prediction be derided . It was long since noted , For ridicule shall frequently prevail , And cut the knot when graver reasons fail * . FRANCIS . It is a ...
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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.