Sermons on Practical Subjects: Extracted Chiefly from the Works of Divines of the Last Century. By Richard Burn, ... In Four Volumes. ...T. Cadell, 1774 |
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... greater argument of the deceitfulness of our heart than this , that no man can know it all . It cheats us in the very number of its deceits . But yet we can reduce it all to two heads . We fay concerning a falfe man , Truft him not ...
... greater argument of the deceitfulness of our heart than this , that no man can know it all . It cheats us in the very number of its deceits . But yet we can reduce it all to two heads . We fay concerning a falfe man , Truft him not ...
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... greater argument in the world of our fpi- ritual weakness , and of the falfeness of our hearts in the matters of religion , than the backwardness which moft men have al- ways , and all men have sometimes , to their prayers ; fo weary of ...
... greater argument in the world of our fpi- ritual weakness , and of the falfeness of our hearts in the matters of religion , than the backwardness which moft men have al- ways , and all men have sometimes , to their prayers ; fo weary of ...
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... greater . We are overjoyed at a petty accident , and despise great and eternal pleasures . We believe things , not for their reafons and proper arguments , but as they ferve our turns , be they true or falfe . We long extremely for ...
... greater . We are overjoyed at a petty accident , and despise great and eternal pleasures . We believe things , not for their reafons and proper arguments , but as they ferve our turns , be they true or falfe . We long extremely for ...
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... and beyond the cure of watchfulness and religion . Indeed they are great and many ; but the grace of God VOL . IV . 1 C is is greater and if iniquity abounds , then doth grace SERM . I. Deceitfulness of the Heart . 17.
... and beyond the cure of watchfulness and religion . Indeed they are great and many ; but the grace of God VOL . IV . 1 C is is greater and if iniquity abounds , then doth grace SERM . I. Deceitfulness of the Heart . 17.
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... greater and if iniquity abounds , then doth grace much more abound . And that is our comfort , and our medicine ; which we must thus ufe : Let us watch our heart at every turn . Let us deny it all its defires , that do not directly , or ...
... greater and if iniquity abounds , then doth grace much more abound . And that is our comfort , and our medicine ; which we must thus ufe : Let us watch our heart at every turn . Let us deny it all its defires , that do not directly , or ...
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Page 22 - And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Page 482 - If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar : for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God Whom he hath not seen ? And this commandment have we from Him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.
Page 197 - That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.
Page 410 - For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive ; And plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
Page 119 - But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more ; and they likewise received every man a penny.
Page 59 - Who when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.
Page 27 - Prayer is the peace of our spirit, the stillness of our thoughts, the evenness of recollection, the seat of meditation, the rest of our cares, and the calm of our tempest; prayer is the issue of a quiet mind, of untroubled thoughts, it is the daughter of charity, and the sister of meekness...
Page 413 - And this is the confidence that we have in him, that if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us ; and if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
Page 166 - But I fay unto you, Love your enemies, blefs them that curfe you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which defpitefully ufe you, and perfecute you...