Sermons: By Laurence Sterne, ...Joseph Wenman, 1785 |
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... Scripture to a grateful enjoyment of the blessings and advantages of life make it evident . The Apos . tle tells us in the text , -That God's commandments are not griveous . He has plca . fure in the prosperity of his people , and wills ...
... Scripture to a grateful enjoyment of the blessings and advantages of life make it evident . The Apos . tle tells us in the text , -That God's commandments are not griveous . He has plca . fure in the prosperity of his people , and wills ...
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... Scripture , --- of our sufficiency being of God ; - some understanding thein so , as to leave no meaning at all in them ; -others , too much : -he one interpreting the gifts and influences of the spirit , so as to destroy the truth of ...
... Scripture , --- of our sufficiency being of God ; - some understanding thein so , as to leave no meaning at all in them ; -others , too much : -he one interpreting the gifts and influences of the spirit , so as to destroy the truth of ...
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... Scripture , and wreiting them to extremcs equally pernicious . To begin with the first ; of whom , fhould you inquire the explanation and meaning of this or other tests , --wherein the allittance of God's grace and holy spirit is ...
... Scripture , and wreiting them to extremcs equally pernicious . To begin with the first ; of whom , fhould you inquire the explanation and meaning of this or other tests , --wherein the allittance of God's grace and holy spirit is ...
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... Scripture , are to be understood by way of accoinmodation , to fignify the natural or acquired gitts of a man's mind- : such as memory , fancy , wit and cloquence ; which , in a strict philofophical fenfe , may be called fpiritual ...
... Scripture , are to be understood by way of accoinmodation , to fignify the natural or acquired gitts of a man's mind- : such as memory , fancy , wit and cloquence ; which , in a strict philofophical fenfe , may be called fpiritual ...
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... Scripture can conceive , no other , to be consistent with themfelves . than what has been giren- > And though in vindication of human liberty , it is as certain on the other hand , that education precepts , examples , pious inclinations ...
... Scripture can conceive , no other , to be consistent with themfelves . than what has been giren- > And though in vindication of human liberty , it is as certain on the other hand , that education precepts , examples , pious inclinations ...
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