Sermons, tr. by R. Robinson (H. Hunter)1800 |
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... presents the temptations of a christian under the image of a combat , particularly , of a wrestling . In ordinary com- bats there is some proportion between the combatants : but in this , which engageth the christian , there is no ...
... presents the temptations of a christian under the image of a combat , particularly , of a wrestling . In ordinary com- bats there is some proportion between the combatants : but in this , which engageth the christian , there is no ...
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... present to each of us that enticement , which of all others , is the most agreeable to us . See his conduct to David . He could not entice him by the idea of a throue to become a parricide , and to stain his hands with the blood of the ...
... present to each of us that enticement , which of all others , is the most agreeable to us . See his conduct to David . He could not entice him by the idea of a throue to become a parricide , and to stain his hands with the blood of the ...
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... present world exhibits to my view . Christians , we no longer preach to you to limit your desires . Expand them , be ambitious , be covetous , be greedy of pleasure : but be so in a supreme degree . Jerusalem , en- large the place of ...
... present world exhibits to my view . Christians , we no longer preach to you to limit your desires . Expand them , be ambitious , be covetous , be greedy of pleasure : but be so in a supreme degree . Jerusalem , en- large the place of ...
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... present to you a deplorable family , whose cries and tears will pierce your hearts , and who , by straightning the ties that bind you to the earth , will raise obstacles to prevent the ascent of your souls to God . He will alarm you ...
... present to you a deplorable family , whose cries and tears will pierce your hearts , and who , by straightning the ties that bind you to the earth , will raise obstacles to prevent the ascent of your souls to God . He will alarm you ...
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... present in bo- dy , you may be absent in spirit ; or with laying aside your tem- poral cares , and your most turbulent passions , at the church- gates , in order to take them up again , as soon as divine ser- vice ends ? The king ...
... present in bo- dy , you may be absent in spirit ; or with laying aside your tem- poral cares , and your most turbulent passions , at the church- gates , in order to take them up again , as soon as divine ser- vice ends ? The king ...
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Page 297 - He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
Page 161 - Now, if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?
Page 261 - Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful, but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened : professing themselves to be wise, they became fools. And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
Page 159 - He shall grow up before him as a tender plant, and as a root out of a dry ground: He hath no form nor comeliness; and when we shall see Him, there is no beauty that we should desire Him. He is despised and rejected of men; a Man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from Him ; He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.
Page 267 - LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man ; and he saw : and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
Page 108 - These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not; but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
Page 208 - Ye men of Israel, hear these words ; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, (which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know...
Page 64 - For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith...
Page 189 - For in CHRIST JESUS neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision, but a new creature. And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of GOD.
Page 120 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because ye build the tombs of the prophets and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, and say, 'If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.