The Practical Works of Richard Baxter: with a Life of the Author and a Critical Examination of His Writings by William Orme, Volume 23J. Duncan, 1830 |
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Page 57
... loth to go any further , till affliction calls to us , as the angel to Elijah , " Up , thou hast a great way to go . " How oft have I been ready to think myself at home , till sickness hath roundly told me , I was mistaken ! and how apt ...
... loth to go any further , till affliction calls to us , as the angel to Elijah , " Up , thou hast a great way to go . " How oft have I been ready to think myself at home , till sickness hath roundly told me , I was mistaken ! and how apt ...
Page 60
... loth that any thing should ail it ? Indeed , we must not wrong it ourselves , for that is forbidden us ; nor may we deny it any thing that is fit for a servant , that so it may be useful to us , while we are forced to use it . But if ...
... loth that any thing should ail it ? Indeed , we must not wrong it ourselves , for that is forbidden us ; nor may we deny it any thing that is fit for a servant , that so it may be useful to us , while we are forced to use it . But if ...
Page 62
... loth again to be deprived of their fellowship . And even so , though thy strangeness to God and another world do make thee loth to leave this flesh ; yet , when thou hast been but one day or hour there , if we may so speak of that ...
... loth again to be deprived of their fellowship . And even so , though thy strangeness to God and another world do make thee loth to leave this flesh ; yet , when thou hast been but one day or hour there , if we may so speak of that ...
Page 98
... loth to displease men , and so desirous to keep in credit and favour with them , that it makes us most un- conscionably neglect our known duty . A foolish physician he is , and a most unfaithful friend , that will let a sick man die for ...
... loth to displease men , and so desirous to keep in credit and favour with them , that it makes us most un- conscionably neglect our known duty . A foolish physician he is , and a most unfaithful friend , that will let a sick man die for ...
Page 103
... loth that private men should teach them , to tell me , what , if a man fall down in a swoon in the streets , though it be your father or superior , would you not take them up presently , and use all means you could to recover him ? or ...
... loth that private men should teach them , to tell me , what , if a man fall down in a swoon in the streets , though it be your father or superior , would you not take them up presently , and use all means you could to recover him ? or ...
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Page 328 - For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory...
Page 254 - Can a woman forget her sucking child, That she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, Yet will I not forget thee.
Page 111 - Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him, let him know, that he *which converteth the sinner from the error of his way, shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
Page 80 - For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.
Page 94 - And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labour among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you; and to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake.
Page 355 - I said, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue : I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
Page 458 - Happy are the people that are in such a case ; yea, blessed are the people who have the Lord for their God.
Page 94 - Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves : for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.
Page 243 - For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion: in the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me; he shall set me up upon a rock.
Page 247 - Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee : hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast.