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... 25 . For what is a man advantaged , if he gain the whole world , and lose himself , or be cast away ? EPIG . One paradox the Moth and Man entangles : She burns her legs off — and still seeks the candles : So thoughtless he , bilk'd ...
... 25 . For what is a man advantaged , if he gain the whole world , and lose himself , or be cast away ? EPIG . One paradox the Moth and Man entangles : She burns her legs off — and still seeks the candles : So thoughtless he , bilk'd ...
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12 pages Amidst these fragrant ANON Author beautifully printed Beloved come-if BERNARD BARTON best belov'd BIBLE Blow gently winds-ye Bridegroom chang'd chap Children children of Israel Christ Christian Church Cloth boards cloud thy COMPANION Cottage Cruikshank death Divine dost earth EMBLEM enticing EPIG Essay ETERNITY Fifth edition folly fragrant flowers-and constant gilt edges Glory heart heaven Holy honours hope Illustrated ISAIAH JAMES JANEWAY JOHN LL.D Lord Lord's Supper Love-whilst Mammon may'st Missionary morocco Mount Sinai muse neat cloth neat Wrapper neatly half-bound night nightingale is mute Numbers numerous Cuts o'er pleasure PRAYER Price 4d PSALM QUARLES regenerated Soul RELIGION Religious Return my best roan Satan Scripture Second Edition seek sewed silk Sinner Spirit Stepney stiff covers sweet TEMPLE BAR thee thine anchor weigh Third Edition Thou hast thought Thousand thunderings thy prolonged stay thyself Tract unto vanity Young zephyrs play
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Page 64 - O my dove, that art in the clefts of the rock, in the secret places of the stairs, Let me see thy countenance, let me hear thy voice ; For sweet is thy voice, and thy countenance is comely.
Page 77 - And I saw an angel come down from heaven, having the key of the bottomless pit and a great chain in his hand. And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him a thousand years...
Page 69 - I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, thy transgressions, and, as a cloud, thy sins : return unto me ; for I have redeemed thee.
Page 44 - Vanity of vanities, saith the Preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity. What profit hath a man of all his labour which he taketh under the sun?
Page 90 - Israel, ye approach this day unto battle against your enemies : let not your hearts faint, fear not, and do not tremble, neither be ye terrified because of them ; for the Lord your God is he that goeth with you, to fight for you against your enemies, to save you.
Page 44 - For whosoever will save his life shall lose it : but whosoever will lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it. 25 For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world, and lose himself, or be cast away...
Page 64 - I will rise now, And go about the city in the streets, And in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
Page 84 - But it is good for me to draw near to God : I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.
Page 71 - Sea, going before them by day in a pillar of cloud, and by night, in a pillar of fire.
Page 2 - Before the knowledge of letters, God was known by hieroglyphics. And indeed what are the heavens, the earth, nay, every creature, but Hieroglyphics and Emblems of His glory?