Sermons on various subjects, with a preface [by J. Duchal].1748 |
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Page xliv
... cerning it in the north , which produced ef- fects , at firft not at all thought of by the contending parties . HE had very early in life discovered , and been very fenfible of the pernicious tenden- cies of a party fpirit in matters of ...
... cerning it in the north , which produced ef- fects , at firft not at all thought of by the contending parties . HE had very early in life discovered , and been very fenfible of the pernicious tenden- cies of a party fpirit in matters of ...
Page xci
... cerning hearer might eafily perceive great fer- vor of fpirit , with an exact propriety of words , and very exalted strains of devotion , without any thing of the false sublime , but perfectly suitable to the gravity of a folemn addrefs ...
... cerning hearer might eafily perceive great fer- vor of fpirit , with an exact propriety of words , and very exalted strains of devotion , without any thing of the false sublime , but perfectly suitable to the gravity of a folemn addrefs ...
Page xcii
... cerning and judicious , as will convince them , that this effay , intended as a piece of just re- Spect to his memory , is far from flattering it ; a thing to which indeed there could be no temp- tation , when it is real perplexity how ...
... cerning and judicious , as will convince them , that this effay , intended as a piece of just re- Spect to his memory , is far from flattering it ; a thing to which indeed there could be no temp- tation , when it is real perplexity how ...
Page 8
... cerning other natural appetites and paffions , the first motions whereof are not faulty , tho ' they may be the occafions of , or temptations to fin , when they are not duely regulated and re- strained , which is the province of reason ...
... cerning other natural appetites and paffions , the first motions whereof are not faulty , tho ' they may be the occafions of , or temptations to fin , when they are not duely regulated and re- strained , which is the province of reason ...
Page 13
... cerning them ; to fufpend our consent to their motions , till we have maturely weighed and compared them with the just rules of action , and feen them agreeable ; peremptorily to re- ject their demands when confcience gainsays , or is ...
... cerning them ; to fufpend our consent to their motions , till we have maturely weighed and compared them with the just rules of action , and feen them agreeable ; peremptorily to re- ject their demands when confcience gainsays , or is ...
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Abernethy abfolutely affections againſt alfo apoſtle arifes becauſe beſt cafe cauſe cerning character Chrift chriſtianity confcience confider confideration confifts courfe courſe death defign defires difciples difpofitions divine eſpecially eſteem evil exerciſe faid faith falvation fame fcripture feems felf felves fenfe fermons ferve fervice fhall fhew fincere firft firſt fome forrow fpirit ftate ftill fubject fuch fufferings fufficient fure fynod goodneſs goſpel grace greateſt happineſs heart higheſt himſelf human intereft itſelf Jefus Jews judgment juft juſt leaſt liberty Lord lufts meaſure ment mercy mind minifters moft moral moſt muft muſt nature neceffary nefs obferve occafion offence oppofition ourſelves paffions perfect perfon pleaſe pleaſure preferve preſent principle profeffion publiſhed purpoſes racter reaſon refpect religion repentance righteous righteouſneſs Saviour ſenſe SERM ſhall ſhould ſome ſpeak ſtate ſtrong ſuch temper thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe tion true underſtanding uſe virtue wiſdom