Sermons on Various Subjects, Volume 2Rivington, 1825 |
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... truths of the religion it had embraced , but now in parti- cular excited by sentiments of the warmest friendship for the person whom he addressed ; by a sense , as it should seem , of responsibility for his conduct , and by the most ...
... truths of the religion it had embraced , but now in parti- cular excited by sentiments of the warmest friendship for the person whom he addressed ; by a sense , as it should seem , of responsibility for his conduct , and by the most ...
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... but loses the source and prin- ciple of his own enjoyment . These being truths drawn from experience , we are authorized to teach what is their necessary result that it is incumbent upon every man , who is 6 SERMONS .
... but loses the source and prin- ciple of his own enjoyment . These being truths drawn from experience , we are authorized to teach what is their necessary result that it is incumbent upon every man , who is 6 SERMONS .
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... truth alone is immutable , might it not be added that nothing but learning is permanent ? The writings of Greece have long survived every place which they commemorate . We have Homer in our hands - we seek in vain for Troy . The ...
... truth alone is immutable , might it not be added that nothing but learning is permanent ? The writings of Greece have long survived every place which they commemorate . We have Homer in our hands - we seek in vain for Troy . The ...
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... ; I will add , none in which alacrity of spirits is better sustained . Few things are more exhilara- ting than the successful investigation of an important truth or even where probability alone is attainable , the 12 SERMONS .
... ; I will add , none in which alacrity of spirits is better sustained . Few things are more exhilara- ting than the successful investigation of an important truth or even where probability alone is attainable , the 12 SERMONS .
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William Paley. truth or even where probability alone is attainable , the discovery or prosecution of a just argument is an employment always grateful to a sound and cultivated understanding . It seems scarcely necessary that we should ...
William Paley. truth or even where probability alone is attainable , the discovery or prosecution of a just argument is an employment always grateful to a sound and cultivated understanding . It seems scarcely necessary that we should ...
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Page 68 - Moreover, brethren I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand, by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures...
Page 311 - Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Page 291 - But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
Page 70 - Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly; not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God; even to us who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead.
Page 55 - Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
Page 325 - And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging : to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening.
Page 73 - Cephas, then of the twelve; after that he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.
Page 319 - But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice...
Page 349 - Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things, which are most surely believed among us, even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eye-witnesses and ministers of the word...