Essay on the Happiness of the Life to ComeR. Cruttwell; and sold by T. Cadell, and C. Dilly, London, 1794 - 189 pages |
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acquire affection affurance alfo almoſt alſo amongſt arife becauſe beſtowed bleffings cauſe celeftial chriſtian circumſtances compariſon confequently confider confolation creatures curiofity defigns defires degree degrees of glory delightful difpofitions earth enjoyment eſtabliſhed eſteem eternal everlaſting evils exerciſe exertions exiſtence faculties fame fatisfaction fecurity feel feli felicity fellow-creatures felves fentiments fhall enjoy fincerely firſt fituation focial fome meaſure fometimes foothing forrow foul fource fpirits frequently friends friendſhip ftate fubject fublime fuch fuffer fuperior fuppofe fures glory goodneſs gratitude greateſt happineſs happy heart heaven heavenly himſelf idea immortality increaſe infinitely intereſt itſelf juſt knowledge leaſt moft moſt muſt neceffary objects occafions ourſelves pain paſt perfect perfon pleaſure poffefs preſent profpect progrefs purſuit raiſe reaſon regard rejoice render requifite ſhall ſhould ſtate ſtudy taſte thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thouſand tion tranquillity tranſporting treaſure underſtanding univerfal unto uſeful utmoſt virtue weakneſs whoſe wiſdom
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Page 187 - Yea, I think it meet as long as I am in this tabernacle, to stir you up by putting you in remembrance; knowing that shortly I must put off this my tabernacle, even as our Lord Jesus Christ hath shewed me.
Page 136 - And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body ; and be ye thankful.
Page 189 - For our light affli&ion, which is but for a moment worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory ; (here this author admits eternal in the ftri<fb fenfe) while we look not at the things which are feen, but at the things which are not feen : for the things which are feen are temporal ; but the things which are not feen are eternal.
Page 34 - ... [I defy him, without an assistant, quoth Dr. Slop.] " In other matters, we may be deceived by false appearances ; and, as the wise man complains, hardly do we guess aright at the things that are upon the earth, and with labour do we find the things that are before us. But...
Page 123 - Ah wherefore! he deserv'd no such return From me, whom he created what I was In that bright eminence, and with his good Upbraided none; nor was his service hard.
Page xxvi - Let your conversation be without covetousness ; and be content with such things as ye have : for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.
Page 135 - Jerufalem, and to an innumerable company of angels : to the general aflembly and church of the firft-born, which are written in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the fpirits of juft men made perfect. And to Jefus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of fprinkling, that fpeaketh better things than that of Abel.
Page iii - As may express them best ; though what if earth Be but the shadow of heaven, and things therein Each to other like, more than on earth is thought...
Page 160 - And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it : for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. And the nations of them which are saved shall walk in the light of it: and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.
Page 134 - Thefe are they which came out of great tribulation, and have warned their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb. Therefore are they before the throne of God, and ferve him day and night in his temple: and he that fitteth on the throne mall dwell among them.