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- Afflictions have the same use and end to our souls, that frosty weather hath upon those clothes that are laid and bleaching, they alter the…
- Whatsoever we have over-loved, idolized, and leaned upon, God has from time to time broken it, and made us to see the vanity of it;…
- Turn in upon yourselves, get into your closets, and now resolve to dwell there. You have been strangers to this work too long; you have…
- How often has providence convinced its observers, upon a sober recollection of the events of their lives, that if the Lord had left them to…
- Ah, did we but rightly understand what the demerit of sin is, we would rather admire the bounty of God than complain of the straithandedness…
- When the world smiles upon us, and we have got a warm nest, how do we prophesy of rest and peace in those acquisitions, thinking…
- You may look upon some providences once and again, and see little or nothing in them, but look "seven times," that is, meditate often upon…
- It is the duty of the saints, especially in times of straights, to reflect upon the performances of Providence for them in all the states…
- I look upon every good man, as a good book, lent by its owner for another to read, and transcribe the excellent notions and golden…
- It is a common thing for men to benumb their own arms, and make them as dead and useless by leaning too much upon them:…
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