Sermons on several subjects, publ. by B. Porteus and G. Stinton, Volume 2 |
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Page 100
... surely fuf- fice us , but will prove fome Means in the Hands of Divine Wifdom for bringing forth at length general Good out of all Evil . Being therefore thus Labourers together with God , why should we not be happy in our Proportion ...
... surely fuf- fice us , but will prove fome Means in the Hands of Divine Wifdom for bringing forth at length general Good out of all Evil . Being therefore thus Labourers together with God , why should we not be happy in our Proportion ...
Page 162
... Surely these are material Questions . Yet they make a Shift either to feel or to acknowledge no- thing of their Force ; but whatever they like to join in , peremptorily infift , that it is harmless , ufeful , neceffary , juft what they ...
... Surely these are material Questions . Yet they make a Shift either to feel or to acknowledge no- thing of their Force ; but whatever they like to join in , peremptorily infift , that it is harmless , ufeful , neceffary , juft what they ...
Page 278
... Surely then to refrain from doing Harm is a very important Duty : and no Request can be jufter for one of us to make to another , than that if we may not hope for any of those Acts of pofitive Goodnefs from him , which yet human Nature ...
... Surely then to refrain from doing Harm is a very important Duty : and no Request can be jufter for one of us to make to another , than that if we may not hope for any of those Acts of pofitive Goodnefs from him , which yet human Nature ...
Page 308
... Surely Self- infpection then is abfolutely neceffary : and if we fet about the Work honestly , it is by no Means difficult . What paffes within our Breasts is not far from us : what hath passed there formerly may , in general , be ...
... Surely Self- infpection then is abfolutely neceffary : and if we fet about the Work honestly , it is by no Means difficult . What paffes within our Breasts is not far from us : what hath passed there formerly may , in general , be ...
Page 320
... Surely this Cafe is much too clear to admit of Doubt . And therefore let us all zealously pursue the Advice given to Job : If Iniquity be in thine Hand , put it far away , and let not Wickedness dwell in thy Tabernacle . For then shalt ...
... Surely this Cafe is much too clear to admit of Doubt . And therefore let us all zealously pursue the Advice given to Job : If Iniquity be in thine Hand , put it far away , and let not Wickedness dwell in thy Tabernacle . For then shalt ...
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Page 114 - And He humbled thee, and suffered thee to hunger, and fed thee with manna, which thou knewest not, neither did thy fathers know ; that He might make thee know that man doth not live by bread only, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of the LORD doth man live.
Page i - And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve ; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell : but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
Page 387 - Try me, O God, and seek the ground of my heart ; prove me, and examine my thoughts. Look well if there be any way of wickedness in me ; and lead me in the way everlasting.
Page 383 - And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Page 164 - Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample. (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ, whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things...
Page 352 - This was he, whom we had sometimes in derision, and a proverb of reproach: We fools accounted his life madness, and his end to be without honour: How is he numbered among the children of God, and his lot is among the saints!
Page iii - I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment, which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning. Again, a new commandment I write unto you ; which thing is true in him and in you : because the darkness is past, and the true light now shineth.
Page 193 - Brethren, I write no new commandment unto you, but an old commandment which ye had from the beginning. The old commandment is the word which ye have heard from the beginning.
Page 232 - Elihu saith, accepteth not the persons of princes, nor regardeth the rich more than the poor ; for they are all the work of his hands.
Page i - Finally, brethren, whatfoever things are ' true, whatfoever things are honeft, whatfoever things ' are juft, whatfoever things are pure, whatfoever things ' are lovely, whatfoever things are of good report : If ' there be any virtue, and if there be any praife, think