The Works, Moral and Religious, of Sir Matthew Hale, Knt. ...: The Whole Now First Collected and Revised. To which are Prefixed His Life and Death, Volume 2R. Wilks and sold by J. White, 1805 |
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Page 32
... efteem it the folly of children and prodigals in this , that they have no profpect for the future how they fhall fubfift hereafter . Now the wifdom of a man that feareth God difcovereth itself in this , that it provides and lays up a ...
... efteem it the folly of children and prodigals in this , that they have no profpect for the future how they fhall fubfift hereafter . Now the wifdom of a man that feareth God difcovereth itself in this , that it provides and lays up a ...
Page 106
... efteem of God , our life to come , and our duty . 2. Adverfity ; as fickness and diseases , poverty , lofs of friends and eftate , public or private difturbances or calamities , and the like : And though oftentimes these are occafioned ...
... efteem of God , our life to come , and our duty . 2. Adverfity ; as fickness and diseases , poverty , lofs of friends and eftate , public or private difturbances or calamities , and the like : And though oftentimes these are occafioned ...
Page 113
... efteem this life the uttermoft term or limit of their happiness or mifery ; and therefore make it their whole business , by all means poffible , to make their lives here as fplendid and glorious , as delightful and pleasant as it is ...
... efteem this life the uttermoft term or limit of their happiness or mifery ; and therefore make it their whole business , by all means poffible , to make their lives here as fplendid and glorious , as delightful and pleasant as it is ...
Page 121
... efteem of the re- proaches , and fcorns , and perfecutions of men for righteoufnefs fake ; and fo much the rather because that very favour with God , and that very crown of hap- piness that he expects , is enhanced by thefe very scorns ...
... efteem of the re- proaches , and fcorns , and perfecutions of men for righteoufnefs fake ; and fo much the rather because that very favour with God , and that very crown of hap- piness that he expects , is enhanced by thefe very scorns ...
Page 124
... efteem of his own external happiness ; keeps him in a high and juft valuation of heaven ; keeps him temperate , fober , watchful , hum- ble , faithful , juft ; makes him mindful of his account , and ftudious and induftrious for the ...
... efteem of his own external happiness ; keeps him in a high and juft valuation of heaven ; keeps him temperate , fober , watchful , hum- ble , faithful , juft ; makes him mindful of his account , and ftudious and induftrious for the ...
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Page 457 - Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth : therefore let thy words be few.
Page 169 - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, 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 460 - Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, which was the son of God.
Page 475 - And God spake unto Moses, and said unto him, I am the Lord: and I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH was I not known to them.
Page 506 - As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord ; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
Page 405 - O LORD, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight.
Page 504 - Remember the former things of old: For I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me, Declaring the end from the beginning, And from ancient times the things that are not yet done, Saying, My counsel shall stand, And I will do all my pleasure...
Page 460 - But now, O Lord, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
Page 381 - This was he, whom we had sometimes in derision, and a proverb of reproach: we fools accounted his life madness, and his end to be without honour: how is he numbered among the children of God, and his lot is among the saints!
Page 576 - What shall I render unto the Lord, for all his benefits towards me ? I will take the Cup of Salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord...