An essay of particular advice to the young gentry, by the author of Youths grand concern [signed J.G.]. |
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Side 17
... Endeavours to tempt the Great and Potent , the Rich and Noble , becaufe if he prevails with them to efpoufe the Intereft of his Kingdom , they may be much more ferviceable to him in the pro- moting thereof , than meaner Perfons can . He ...
... Endeavours to tempt the Great and Potent , the Rich and Noble , becaufe if he prevails with them to efpoufe the Intereft of his Kingdom , they may be much more ferviceable to him in the pro- moting thereof , than meaner Perfons can . He ...
Side 20
... Endeavours , which ' were used by thofe that did it before him . And fuch Endeavours will naturally arife from that Emulation , which Illuftrious Examples are apt to excite in every ingenious and generous Mind . I will first mention ...
... Endeavours , which ' were used by thofe that did it before him . And fuch Endeavours will naturally arife from that Emulation , which Illuftrious Examples are apt to excite in every ingenious and generous Mind . I will first mention ...
Side 30
... Endeavours for the Advancement of the true Worship and Service of God , and the Suppreffion and Extirpation of all Ido- latry , Superftition , Profaneness , and other Abuses ; infomuch that when the Emperor of Germany de- manded by his ...
... Endeavours for the Advancement of the true Worship and Service of God , and the Suppreffion and Extirpation of all Ido- latry , Superftition , Profaneness , and other Abuses ; infomuch that when the Emperor of Germany de- manded by his ...
Side 60
... Endeavours to bring 4 my Relations and Dependents to a Love and Reli- 66 ance on him , who never fails those that trust him . " But above all , I will be sure to live well , because the virtuous Life of a Clergy - man is the most ...
... Endeavours to bring 4 my Relations and Dependents to a Love and Reli- 66 ance on him , who never fails those that trust him . " But above all , I will be sure to live well , because the virtuous Life of a Clergy - man is the most ...
Side 102
... Endeavours they still come short of thofe eminent Degrees of Piety and Virtue which were confpicuous in fome of the excellent Patterns here set before them . O noble and generous Youth ! If you ftudiously fol- low these great Examples ...
... Endeavours they still come short of thofe eminent Degrees of Piety and Virtue which were confpicuous in fome of the excellent Patterns here set before them . O noble and generous Youth ! If you ftudiously fol- low these great Examples ...
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Side 168 - He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Side 167 - Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy ; that they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate, laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
Side 181 - Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.
Side 3 - He made him ride on the high places of the earth, That he might eat the increase of the fields; And he made him to suck honey out of the rock, And oil out of the flinty rock...
Side 61 - I might not die eternally! and my hope is that I shall shortly leave this valley of tears, and be free from all fevers and pain; and, which will be a more happy condition, I shall be free from sin, and all the temptations and anxieties that attend it; and this being past, I shall dwell in the New Jerusalem; dwell there with men made perfect; dwell where these eyes shall see my Master and Saviour Jesus; and with Him see my dear mother and all my relations and friends.
Side 147 - It was ordained for the procreation of children, to be brought up in the fear and nurture of the Lord, and to the praise of his holy name.
Side 59 - Chrysostom to commend and declare it ; a life, that if it were related by a pen like his, there would then be no need for this age to look back into times past for the examples of primitive piety; for they might be all found in the life of George Herbert.
Side 56 - I need not their help, to reprove the vanity of those many love-poems that are daily writ and consecrated to Venus ; nor to bewail that so few are writ, that look towards God and heaven. For my own part, my meaning (dear mother) is in these sonnets, to declare my resolution to be, that my poor abilities in poetry shall be all and ever consecrated...
Side 60 - I beseech him that my humble and charitable life may so win upon others as to bring glory to my JESUS, whom I have this day taken to be my Master and Governor; and I am so proud of his service that I will always observe, and obey, and do his will; and always call him Jesus my Master...
Side 59 - Woodnot looked in at the churchwindow, and saw him lie prostrate on the ground before the altar: at which time and place (as he after told Mr. Woodnot) he set some rules to himself, for the future manage of his life; and then and there made a vow, to labour to keep them.