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... perfect good : even the worst of men have not lost this regard for themselves , nor can they possibly divest themselves of it . And though , alas ! it is but too true , that , as we are naturally blind , we run ourselves upon misery ...
... perfect good : even the worst of men have not lost this regard for themselves , nor can they possibly divest themselves of it . And though , alas ! it is but too true , that , as we are naturally blind , we run ourselves upon misery ...
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... perfect and complete good , which is suited and adapted to intelligent nature ; I say , to intelligent nature , because the brute creatures cannot be said to be happy , but in a very improper sense . Happiness cannot be ascribed to ...
... perfect and complete good , which is suited and adapted to intelligent nature ; I say , to intelligent nature , because the brute creatures cannot be said to be happy , but in a very improper sense . Happiness cannot be ascribed to ...
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... perfect ease as is constantly accompanied with the most perfect satisfaction and su preme delight ; and if the term had not been degraded by the mean uses to which it has been prostituted , I should not scruple to call it pleasure . And ...
... perfect ease as is constantly accompanied with the most perfect satisfaction and su preme delight ; and if the term had not been degraded by the mean uses to which it has been prostituted , I should not scruple to call it pleasure . And ...
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... perfect good which is suited to intelligent nature . It is not to be doubted but the felicity of the Deity , as well as his being , is in himself and from Happiness . 39 Of human felicity, and that it cannot be found either in the earth ...
... perfect good which is suited to intelligent nature . It is not to be doubted but the felicity of the Deity , as well as his being , is in himself and from Happiness . 39 Of human felicity, and that it cannot be found either in the earth ...
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... perfect rest , we now proceed to inquire what this good is , and where it may be found . The first thing , and at the same time a very consider- able step towards this discovery , will be , to show where and in what things this perfect ...
... perfect rest , we now proceed to inquire what this good is , and where it may be found . The first thing , and at the same time a very consider- able step towards this discovery , will be , to show where and in what things this perfect ...
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Page 126 - hope. 6. My soul waiteth for the Lord, more than they that watch for the morning ; I say, more than they that watch for the morning. 7. Let Israel hope in the Lord, for with the Lord there is mercy, and with him is plenteous redemption. 8. And he shall redeem Israel from all his iniquities.
Page 96 - in your minds ; He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He. came unto his own, and his. own received him not ; but as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God. John i,
Page 3 - altogether from the speech of God. It burns within, especially in the time of affliction, as was the case of Jeremiah : Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name: but his word was in my heart as a burning fire shut up in my
Page 43 - one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar. IMPURITY well discovered to a man, is half cured. Whensoever God graciously shews a man his own unsanctifiedness, there he goes on to cleanse and sanctify him. The light that discovers, is followed
Page 48 - Ver. 9. And he said, Go and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. 10. Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes ; lest
Page 43 - blessed incendiaries of the world, setting it on fire with the love of Christ. Ver. 7- And he, laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips, and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin is purged. Thine iniquity is taken away, how impure soever before. This free grace is wonderful, to make some
Page 117 - Therefore it is not without reason, that the royal psalmist boasts not of his victories nor the splendor of his royal crown, but of this one advantage ; The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance, and of my cup. Thou maintainest my lot; and, on the justest grounds, he immediately adds, The lines have fallen to me in pleasant
Page 40 - Psal. xcvii, 2. Clouds and darkness are round about him ; righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne; not a signal of displeasure, as some take it. He dwells in light that is inaccessible, and round about is thick darkness, shutting out the
Page 59 - is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? For all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee. This, the apostle gives, as the sovereign preservative against the swelling poison of self-conceit, What hast thou that thou didst not
Page 24 - 1 am a stranger with thee and a sojourner, as all my fathers were. In the law, God recommends strangers to the care and compassion of his people; now David returns the argument to him to persuade him to deal kindly with him