The emptiness and vanity of a life spent in the pursuit of wordly [sic] profit, ease or pleasure, compared with a life wholly employed in endeavouring to glorify God, and do good to mankind: illustrated in an extract of the life and death of the pious lady Elizabeth HastingsHenry Miller, 1767 - 16 sidor |
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... himself wholly unto God . I never , fays Eugenius , was fo deeply affected with the wifdom and importance of religion , as when I faw , how poorly and meanly the learned Octavius was to leave the world , thro ' the want ⚫ of it . How ...
... himself wholly unto God . I never , fays Eugenius , was fo deeply affected with the wifdom and importance of religion , as when I faw , how poorly and meanly the learned Octavius was to leave the world , thro ' the want ⚫ of it . How ...
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... himself , than he who has had the fame care to procure an hundred thousand of any thing else . But farther : Let it ... himself to God , at his first set- ting out in the world , refolving to purfue his business no farther than was ...
... himself , than he who has had the fame care to procure an hundred thousand of any thing else . But farther : Let it ... himself to God , at his first set- ting out in the world , refolving to purfue his business no farther than was ...
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... himself to do every thing in this life , as a fervant of God , and to make the wisdom and holinefs of the gospel the rule and measure of his defiring and using every gift of God . And as the holiness of Chriftianity confecrates all ...
... himself to do every thing in this life , as a fervant of God , and to make the wisdom and holinefs of the gospel the rule and measure of his defiring and using every gift of God . And as the holiness of Chriftianity confecrates all ...
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... himself with furnishing his houfe with those things , than to entitle himself to an eternal reward , by giving them to those that wanted eyes and hands ; might we not juftly reckon him mad ? for after we have fatisfied our own fober and ...
... himself with furnishing his houfe with those things , than to entitle himself to an eternal reward , by giving them to those that wanted eyes and hands ; might we not juftly reckon him mad ? for after we have fatisfied our own fober and ...
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... himself a ransom for all , to be teftified in due time . 1 Tim . 2 : 1. Our bleffed Saviour , the only begotten Son of God , full of Grace and Truth , in whofe mouth was no guile , himself declares , That this is the condemnation , that ...
... himself a ransom for all , to be teftified in due time . 1 Tim . 2 : 1. Our bleffed Saviour , the only begotten Son of God , full of Grace and Truth , in whofe mouth was no guile , himself declares , That this is the condemnation , that ...
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The Emptiness and Vanity of a Life Spent in the Pursuit of Wordly [Sic ... Elizabeth Hastings Ingen förhandsgranskning - 2016 |
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Sida 15 - For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour ; Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus ; Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
Sida 16 - death of the wicked, but that the wicked turn ** from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from " your evil ways; for why will ye die, O houfe " of Ifrael ?
Sida 15 - I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; for kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
Sida 3 - What greater motive to a religious life, than the vanity, the poorness of all worldly enjoyments ? And yet who can help seeing and feeling this every day of his life ? What greater call to look towards God, than the pains, the sickness, the crosses, and vexations of this life ; and yet whose eyes and ears are not daily witnesses of them ? What miracles could...
Sida 13 - Lord, what is it that I see ? Oh, the greatness of the glory that is revealed in me ! that is before me...
Sida 4 - For these reasons, says he, my friends, I have left off all taverns ; the wine of those places is not good enough for me in this decay of nature. I must now be nice in what I drink. I...
Sida 6 - ... of boots and spurs when he died. Now if this was really the case, I believe it would be readily granted, that a life of such business was as poor and ridiculous as any that can be invented. But it would puzzle...
Sida 9 - His right hand, Come, ye blessed of My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world : for 1 was an hungred, and ye gave Me meat : I was thirsty, and ye gave Me drink : I was a stranger, and ye took Me in : naked, and ye clothed Me : I was sick, and ye visited Me : I was in prison, and ye came unto Me.
Sida 16 - unto me, and be ye faved, all the ends of the *' earth: For I am God, and there is none elfe.
Sida 15 - not to condemn the world, but that the. " world through him might be faved.