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ion; interdict. The law of God, in the ten commandments, consists mostly of prohibitions. Tillotson.

gns only for a day, without any prospect to, or provision for, the remaining part of life Tillotson.

f matter chanced just then to rally together, and to form themselves into this new world. Tillotson.

natural and eternal reason for that goodness and virtue, and against vice and wickedness. Tillotson.

. Nothing so excellent but a man may fasten upon something belonging to it, to reduce it. Tillotson. Having reduced Their foe to misery beneath their fears. Milton. Hester Prynne was shocked at the condition to which she found the clergyman reduced. Hawthorne.

l in their lamps, carried likewise a reserve in some other vessel for a continual supply. Tillotson.

y, which, with respect to the various benefits men received from him, had several titles. Tillotson.

ng done our duty, and, for the rest, it offers us the best security that Heaven can give. Tillotson.

, thought, or endeavor. Pleasure and peace do naturally result from a holy and good life. Tillotson. Resulting trust (Law), a trust raised by implication for the benefit of a party granting an estate. The phrase is also applied to a trust raised by implication for the benefit of a party who advances the purchase money…

embraced a religion which contains the most exact rules for the government of our lives. Tillotson.

with sports your serious hours. Dryden. The proper use of wit is to season conversation. Tillotson.

Many sagacious persons will find us out, . . . and see through all our fine pretensions. Tillotson.

my duteous service. Shak. God requires no man's service upon hard and unreasonable terms. Tillotson.

ing aside all other considerations, I will endeavor to know the truth, and yield to that. Tillotson.

To be singular in anything that is wise and worthy, is not a disparagement, but a praise. Tillotson.

latter is more mean and base, and that which we properly call "slander", or "Backbiting." Tillotson. [We] make the careful magistrate The mark of slander. B. Jonson.

with the greatest seriousness, to inquire into those matters, whether they be so or not. Tillotson. He is Sir Robert's son, and so art thou. Shak.

ce and hatred are very fretting and vexatious, and apt to make our minds sore and uneasy. Tillotson.

. God may defer his judgments for a time, and give a people a longer space of repentance. Tillotson.

To trifle. "He sports with his own life." Tillotson.