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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... weak and broken staff , Lean not upon it , for that will alfo deceive you . The man deceives because he is falfe , and the ftaff because it is weak ; and the heart , because it › is both . So that it is deceitful above all things ; that ...
... weak and broken staff , Lean not upon it , for that will alfo deceive you . The man deceives because he is falfe , and the ftaff because it is weak ; and the heart , because it › is both . So that it is deceitful above all things ; that ...
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... weak . When we have the growth of a man , we have the weakneffes of a child . The heart of man hath not ftrength ... weakness , and of the falfeness of our hearts in the matters of religion , than the backwardness which moft men have al ...
... weak . When we have the growth of a man , we have the weakneffes of a child . The heart of man hath not ftrength ... weakness , and of the falfeness of our hearts in the matters of religion , than the backwardness which moft men have al ...
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... weak heart is ftrong in paf- fions , violent in defires , irresistible in its appetites , and furious in its anger ... weak and fick unto death . This is not the ftrength of health , but of furiouf- nefs and disease . It is weakness in ...
... weak heart is ftrong in paf- fions , violent in defires , irresistible in its appetites , and furious in its anger ... weak and fick unto death . This is not the ftrength of health , but of furiouf- nefs and disease . It is weakness in ...
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... weak- ness . And we may try it in one or two familiar inftances . One of the great ftrengths , or rather weakneffes , of the heart is , that it is strong , violent , and active in a wrong cause . Take an extortioner , an oppreffor , a ...
... weak- ness . And we may try it in one or two familiar inftances . One of the great ftrengths , or rather weakneffes , of the heart is , that it is strong , violent , and active in a wrong cause . Take an extortioner , an oppreffor , a ...
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... weak alfo in its own refolutions and purposes . We refolve against fin , when the opportunity is over ; and lay it afide , as long as the temptation pleases ; even till the temptation comes again , and no lon- ger . How many men are ...
... weak alfo in its own refolutions and purposes . We refolve against fin , when the opportunity is over ; and lay it afide , as long as the temptation pleases ; even till the temptation comes again , and no lon- ger . How many men are ...
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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.
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