Sermons Intended to Show a Sober Application of Scriptural Principles to the Realities of Life: With a Preface Addressed to the Clergy |
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Page xix
... dispositions of a more devotional and at the same time a more dutiful complexion — reflect- ing , meek , patient ; minds , therefore , which can never follow such a fiery zeal to all its lengths , yet do not seem to find that settled ...
... dispositions of a more devotional and at the same time a more dutiful complexion — reflect- ing , meek , patient ; minds , therefore , which can never follow such a fiery zeal to all its lengths , yet do not seem to find that settled ...
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... dispositions of the time must have some corresponding strong - hold , no less than the more gentle , they find it in the notions of an inde- fectible grace , bestowed upon themselves , and in a consequent monopoly of the name and ...
... dispositions of the time must have some corresponding strong - hold , no less than the more gentle , they find it in the notions of an inde- fectible grace , bestowed upon themselves , and in a consequent monopoly of the name and ...
Page xxxv
... disposition too high for common 66 66 m " Even with regard to Scripture itself , it is surely the spirit of it , and not the language , which is of eternal application . " ..... " My object , then , has been to bring " the great ...
... disposition too high for common 66 66 m " Even with regard to Scripture itself , it is surely the spirit of it , and not the language , which is of eternal application . " ..... " My object , then , has been to bring " the great ...
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... disposition to do good to others , and to be interested in their welfare , some will imagine that they have no time for it ; and some , that they have no ability . They find themselves b Phil . ii . 21 . obliged to shift as best they ...
... disposition to do good to others , and to be interested in their welfare , some will imagine that they have no time for it ; and some , that they have no ability . They find themselves b Phil . ii . 21 . obliged to shift as best they ...
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... dispositions of this unmanageable kind , is unavoidable . It may be pain and grief to us to see such natures , and we may wish to serve them ; but we cannot : there is no channel of approach to them ; and we must take precaution for ...
... dispositions of this unmanageable kind , is unavoidable . It may be pain and grief to us to see such natures , and we may wish to serve them ; but we cannot : there is no channel of approach to them ; and we must take precaution for ...
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Page 350 - And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem ; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it.
Page 95 - If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone?
Page 411 - And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep ; for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand ; let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
Page 52 - Let no man say when he is tempted ; I am tempted of God ; for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man. But every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed : then, when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin ; and sin, .when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
Page 440 - I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. "And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.
Page 81 - But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of Man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
Page 174 - And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all. And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him, sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more.
Page 173 - Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss. And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but of the ship.
Page 442 - And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
Page 461 - Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you : but I will teach you the good and the right way : Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart : for consider how great things he hath done for you.