Sermons and Tracts, Volume 2George Wilson, 1825 - Children's sermons |
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... hand ? Then contented piety is gain indeed . For the godly man neither meddles with quarrels , nor engages with immoderate heat in disputed ques- tions , nor hazards overwhelming disasters by adventurous speculation . He stands aside ...
... hand ? Then contented piety is gain indeed . For the godly man neither meddles with quarrels , nor engages with immoderate heat in disputed ques- tions , nor hazards overwhelming disasters by adventurous speculation . He stands aside ...
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... mind , and that the best evidence of sincere religion is to exer- cise it on difficult occasions . 2. In the next place , the principles we have been considering should lead us to acknowledge the hand of 22 THE DUTY OF CONTENTMENT.
... mind , and that the best evidence of sincere religion is to exer- cise it on difficult occasions . 2. In the next place , the principles we have been considering should lead us to acknowledge the hand of 22 THE DUTY OF CONTENTMENT.
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Daniel Wilson. been considering should lead us to acknowledge the hand of God in the events which have come upon us . To dwell on an unfavourable har- vest , or on the distress among farmers and agriculturists , or on the decay of trade ...
Daniel Wilson. been considering should lead us to acknowledge the hand of God in the events which have come upon us . To dwell on an unfavourable har- vest , or on the distress among farmers and agriculturists , or on the decay of trade ...
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... hand , then , is the first step to national repent- ance and national deliverance . " Submission , " as a good author observes , " is the only reason- ing between a creature and his Creator , and contentment in his will is the best ...
... hand , then , is the first step to national repent- ance and national deliverance . " Submission , " as a good author observes , " is the only reason- ing between a creature and his Creator , and contentment in his will is the best ...
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... it was lodged in the hands of pagan and cruel masters , when persecutions raged against the infant cause of Christ , and many plausible reasons for discontent or resistance might have been urged . UNDER PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES . 25.
... it was lodged in the hands of pagan and cruel masters , when persecutions raged against the infant cause of Christ , and many plausible reasons for discontent or resistance might have been urged . UNDER PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES . 25.
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Page 371 - I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; "Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke; turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God.
Page 309 - And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them: "Verily I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury: for all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.
Page 358 - And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; for this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many, for the remission of sins.
Page 374 - They did promise and vow three things in my name. First, that I should renounce the devil and all his works, the pomps and vanities of this wicked world, and all the sinful lusts of the flesh.
Page 360 - For even Christ our passover is sacrificed for us : therefore let us keep the feast, not with old leaven, neither with the leaven of malice and wickedness ; but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth.
Page 309 - And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much. And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.
Page 66 - And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life ; and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son, hath life ; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.
Page 403 - WE are accounted righteous before God, only for the merit of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ by faith, and not for our own works or deservings...
Page 176 - The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Page 363 - Christ is repeatedly described as "eating the flesh and drinking the blood of the Son of Man.