Sermons, partly illustrative of the devotional services of the Church of England

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C. & J. Rivington, 1827 - 422 pages

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Page 151 - about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone ? Bid her therefore that she help me. And Jesus answered, and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful, and troubled about many things, but one thing is needful, and Mary
Page 25 - Where is the wise ? where is the scribe ? where is the disputer of this world ? hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world ? For after that, in the wisdom of God, the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
Page 139 - state I am therewith to be content. I know both how to be abased, and I know how to abound ; every where, and in all things, I am instructed both to be full and to be hungry, both to abound and to suffer need ; I can do all things through Christ
Page 215 - the Lord said in his heart, I will not again curse the ground any more for man's sake, for the imagination of man's heart is evil from his youth : neither will I again srnite any more every thing living as I have done. While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat,
Page 88 - and milk, without money and without price. Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread ? and your labour for that which satisfieth not ? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. Incline your ear, and come unto me:
Page 382 - depth saith, it is not in me ; and the sea saith, it is not with me. It cannot be gotten for gold, neither shall silver be weighed for the price thereof.... No mention shall be made of coral or of pearls, for the price of wisdom is above rubies .... Whence then cometh
Page 28 - Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened, and the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him ; and a voice came from heaven which said, Thou art my beloved son ; in thee I am well pleased.
Page 252 - Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things that we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip, for if the word spoken by angels was steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward, how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation
Page 175 - In this was manifested the love of God towards us, because that God sent his only-begotten Son into the world, that we might live through him. Herein is love ; not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins."* Again,
Page 217 - He found him in a desert land and in the waste howling wilderness ; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings, so the Lord alone did lead

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