...poflibly •ciefcribe the yearnings of fuch a tender parent's heart ? Surely your Ladyfhip is called to cut off a right hand, and pluck out a right eye ; " But it is the LORD, let him do what feemeth him good." This was the language of Eli, whofe fons...

...danger of being infected by their example — then to Hy them, as I would the plague ; then to cut oft' a right hand, and pluck out a right eye, and break through every fo.,dr.ef=, and every attachment, that would deftroy my highoir, my eternal intereft. No ties, that...

...Lord. And when they v>re brought to hate fin, as die enrrr.y and rrim'erer rf Chrift, and to be willing to cut off a right hand and pluck out a right eye for Chrift, and to fay with Ephriim, " \Vhat l.ave I to do any more with idolt ?" and with David, "...

...irreclaimable, and myfelf in the leaft poffible danger of being infected by their example, then to fly them as I would the plague ; then to cut off a right hand, and pluck out a right eye, and break through every foudnefs, and every c 4 atta-u attachment, that would deftroy my higheft, my eternal intereft. No ties...

...a dislike to his precepts; they cannot bear so much strictness: to be required to deny themselves, to cut off a right hand, and pluck, out a right eye, and to crucify the flesh with its affections and lusts are hard sayings, to which they will not submit....

...require perfect secrecy, in the bestowment of charity. Christians are commanded not to love the •world, to cut off a right hand and pluck out a right eye, when they cause them to sin : hence some have inferred that all piety consists in a total disregard...

...and myself in the least possible danger of being infected by their example — then to fly them as I would the plague ; then to cut off a right hand, and...or ought to be so indissoluble, as those which for ever bind us to our Creator and Redeemer. Next to the bonds of nature, are those of choice. Married...

...for the Lord's sake, you freely resign the things of the world, deny self, and proceed with boldness to cut off a right hand, and pluck out a right eye, to you he is indeed precious. 3. Another evidence, that Christ is precious to us, is a readiness to...

...of complaining, commence vigorously the work of sanctification, to mortify the deeds of the body, " to cut off a right hand, and pluck out a right eye," Matt. v. 29. When you have searched out the leaven, purge it out, " 1 Cor. v. 7. Lay aside " every...

...ourselves— To mortify our members upon earth—To take up our cross and follow Christ—Yea, even to cut off a right hand, and pluck out a right eye, rather than suffer our whole bodies to be cast into hell!" The very fact that our evil passions and...