Sermons on various subjects, with a preface [by J. Duchal].1748 |
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... piety . Her daughter Abernethy had , with great fuccefs , imitated the fair pattern fhe had every day before her ; and Mr. Abernethy found himself every way happy in the conjugal relation . His congregation at Antrim was a large one ...
... piety . Her daughter Abernethy had , with great fuccefs , imitated the fair pattern fhe had every day before her ; and Mr. Abernethy found himself every way happy in the conjugal relation . His congregation at Antrim was a large one ...
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... piety and charity breathes , as is rarely to be met with . THE reader will , I believe , be pleased with an account of the reasons of his spend ing fo much time in the fecret exercises of devotion , in his own words , which are as ...
... piety and charity breathes , as is rarely to be met with . THE reader will , I believe , be pleased with an account of the reasons of his spend ing fo much time in the fecret exercises of devotion , in his own words , which are as ...
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... piety and tenderness of affection . He had attained to a confiderable degree of learning in the languages and philofophy , as well as divinity . His fermons were full of the pa- thetic , which was natural to him , and without any ...
... piety and tenderness of affection . He had attained to a confiderable degree of learning in the languages and philofophy , as well as divinity . His fermons were full of the pa- thetic , which was natural to him , and without any ...
Page lxiv
... piety ; and , without doubt , acted from a principle of zeal for God : And , in affemblies conftituted as the fynod is , there will always be a confiderable part , which cannot enter deeply into the merits of fuch a cause , but will be ...
... piety ; and , without doubt , acted from a principle of zeal for God : And , in affemblies conftituted as the fynod is , there will always be a confiderable part , which cannot enter deeply into the merits of fuch a cause , but will be ...
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... piety much has been al- ready faid , but it deferves a particular re- mark , that piety appeared in him in the most amiable manner , and like itself , manly and rational ; there was nothing gloomy , nothing stiff or unnatural in his ...
... piety much has been al- ready faid , but it deferves a particular re- mark , that piety appeared in him in the most amiable manner , and like itself , manly and rational ; there was nothing gloomy , nothing stiff or unnatural in his ...
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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