Discourses on Various Subjects, Intended to Have Been Delivered in Philadelphia: To which are Added Some Others Selected from the Same Author |
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... less seasonable at the present day than when it was given . It is even more deserving of attention now than it was then . At that time the christian church was in a state of persecution At least the open profession of christianity was ...
... less seasonable at the present day than when it was given . It is even more deserving of attention now than it was then . At that time the christian church was in a state of persecution At least the open profession of christianity was ...
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... less unfavourable to religion and devotion . It does not Occupy the mind in the same degree ; and it is at- tended with much less anxiety . Nay the principal causes of anxiety to the cultivator of the ground , viz . the uncertainty of ...
... less unfavourable to religion and devotion . It does not Occupy the mind in the same degree ; and it is at- tended with much less anxiety . Nay the principal causes of anxiety to the cultivator of the ground , viz . the uncertainty of ...
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... less than we now have to be accountable for . And if it be true that God has revealed his will to men , and sent messenger after messenger to promote the virtue and ... less léss we be so situated , as never to have MUTUAL EXHORTATION . 17.
... less than we now have to be accountable for . And if it be true that God has revealed his will to men , and sent messenger after messenger to promote the virtue and ... less léss we be so situated , as never to have MUTUAL EXHORTATION . 17.
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... less selfish , and at the same time more intellectual ; being less governed by the impulses of mere sensual appetite , which is the characteristic of brutal nature , and also of a state of childhood . This habit of mind cannot be ...
... less selfish , and at the same time more intellectual ; being less governed by the impulses of mere sensual appetite , which is the characteristic of brutal nature , and also of a state of childhood . This habit of mind cannot be ...
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... less is the gratification of their wishes restrained , the more eager are their desires , and the more confident their expectation of any desired event ; and consequently the more painful is disappoint- ment to them . And since ...
... less is the gratification of their wishes restrained , the more eager are their desires , and the more confident their expectation of any desired event ; and consequently the more painful is disappoint- ment to them . And since ...
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Page 99 - Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church...
Page 91 - I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom; preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and doctrine.
Page 64 - Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Page 48 - I have been in the deep; in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
Page 83 - Christ raised; and if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.
Page 99 - And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God. From henceforth let no man trouble me, for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.
Page 67 - But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Page 67 - Saviour ; knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, and saying ; Where is the promise of his coming ? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
Page 170 - And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live? But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
Page 86 - If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to-morrow we die.