Sermons on the Security and Happiness of a Virtuous Course, on the Goodness of God, and the Resurrection of Lazarus: To which are Added Sermons on the Christian Doctrine, as Received by the Different Denominations of ChristiansBy E.W. Weld and W. Greenough for John West, bookseller & stationer, 1794 - Sermons, American - 270 pages |
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... thing is clear , it is fo , that the upright and the worthy , in all events , and through eve- ry period of duration , muft ftand the beft chance for efcaping mifery and obtaining happinefs . That our happiness hereafter may depend on ...
... thing is clear , it is fo , that the upright and the worthy , in all events , and through eve- ry period of duration , muft ftand the beft chance for efcaping mifery and obtaining happinefs . That our happiness hereafter may depend on ...
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... thing to follow righteoufnefs . Nev- er confent to do a wrong action , or to grat- ify an unlawful paffion . This will give you a fecurity that is worth more than all the treafures of the earth . You may also , on all principles ...
... thing to follow righteoufnefs . Nev- er confent to do a wrong action , or to grat- ify an unlawful paffion . This will give you a fecurity that is worth more than all the treafures of the earth . You may also , on all principles ...
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... thing in the creation ; and , therefore , it must be the principal ground of true happiness . It is the rule by which God meant that we should act ; and , therefore , must be the way to the blifs for which he intended us . That Being ...
... thing in the creation ; and , therefore , it must be the principal ground of true happiness . It is the rule by which God meant that we should act ; and , therefore , must be the way to the blifs for which he intended us . That Being ...
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... thing like happi- nefs , it is becaufe he joins to his debauch- ery fomething laudable ; and his tender and focial feelings are not extirpated . In like manner ; if a covetous man has any thing befides perplexity and gloominess in his ...
... thing like happi- nefs , it is becaufe he joins to his debauch- ery fomething laudable ; and his tender and focial feelings are not extirpated . In like manner ; if a covetous man has any thing befides perplexity and gloominess in his ...
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... thing to convince an at- tentive person of the truth I am infifting up- on . Virtue has a great deal of peculiar hap- pinefs ; and that happiness has many ex-- cellent qualities which belong to no other happiness . It is , for inftance ...
... thing to convince an at- tentive person of the truth I am infifting up- on . Virtue has a great deal of peculiar hap- pinefs ; and that happiness has many ex-- cellent qualities which belong to no other happiness . It is , for inftance ...
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Page 156 - Son of God, begotten of his Father before all worlds, God of God, Light of Light, very God of very God, begotten, not made, being of one substance with the Father, by whom all things were made; who for us men and for our salvation came down from heaven, and was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary, and was made man, and was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate.
Page 108 - Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council and said, "What do we? For this man doeth many miracles. If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him, and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation.
Page 153 - First, I learn to believe in God the Father, who hath made me and all the world. Secondly, in God the Son, who hath redeemed me, and all mankind. Thirdly, in God the holy Ghost, who sanctifieth me, and all the elect people of God.
Page 207 - John to the seven churches which are in Asia: Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come; and from the seven Spirits which are before his throne; 5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth.
Page 219 - I lay down my life, that I may take it again. No one taketh it away from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again.
Page 224 - Jesus : who, being in the form of God, thought it no robbery to be equal with God...
Page 219 - Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father.
Page 173 - Christ and therefore cannot be saved much less can men not professing the Christian Religion be saved in any other way whatsoever be they never so diligent to frame their lives according to the light of nature and the law of that religion they do profess and to assert and maintain that they may is very pernicious and to be detested CHAP.
Page 158 - PREDESTINATION to Life is the everlasting purpose of God, whereby (before the foundations of the world were laid) he hath constantly decreed by his counsel secret to us, to deliver from curse and damnation those whom he hath chosen in Christ out of mankind, and to bring them by Christ to everlasting salvation, as vessels made to honour.
Page 93 - And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave-clothes : and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.