Sermons on Various Subjects, Evangelical, Devotional and Practical: Adapted to the Promotion of Christian Piety, Family Religion, and Youthful Virtue, Volume 4by Isaiah Thomas, Jun.; Sold at his respective bookstores in Boston and Worcester., 1810 - Congregational churches |
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... misery , and the latter to happiness , in- conceivable in degree , and interminable in dura- tion ; then the pious believer has infinitely the ad- · vantage . He is safe ; the Atheist is undone . All the hazard therefore is on the side ...
... misery , and the latter to happiness , in- conceivable in degree , and interminable in dura- tion ; then the pious believer has infinitely the ad- · vantage . He is safe ; the Atheist is undone . All the hazard therefore is on the side ...
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... misery beyond the present life . But I would ask this man , Are you sure , that your conclusion is just ? -You think that if there is a God , you are in danger . But whence arises your danger ? Surely not from God's government , but ...
... misery beyond the present life . But I would ask this man , Are you sure , that your conclusion is just ? -You think that if there is a God , you are in danger . But whence arises your danger ? Surely not from God's government , but ...
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... misery . Why not ? If vice in its own nature tends to misery , how will you escape misery without renouncing vice ? You say , perhaps , " If there is no God , there is no future existence ; and if no existence , then no misery . " Is ...
... misery . Why not ? If vice in its own nature tends to misery , how will you escape misery without renouncing vice ? You say , perhaps , " If there is no God , there is no future existence ; and if no existence , then no misery . " Is ...
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... misery ; for , admitting there were no God , still he may exist hereafter , as well as here ; and if he does exist , his corruptions and vices may render him miserable eternally , as well as for the present . 4. He who wishes , there ...
... misery ; for , admitting there were no God , still he may exist hereafter , as well as here ; and if he does exist , his corruptions and vices may render him miserable eternally , as well as for the present . 4. He who wishes , there ...
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... misery of the future world , in case this would be most for God's glory . For such a state of mind , if it were possible , would be nothing less , than a willingness to retain an eternal enmity to God , for his greater glory ; and the ...
... misery of the future world , in case this would be most for God's glory . For such a state of mind , if it were possible , would be nothing less , than a willingness to retain an eternal enmity to God , for his greater glory ; and the ...
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Page 47 - As every man hath received the gift, even so minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. " If any man speak, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus Christ, to whom be praise and dominion for ever and ever.
Page 31 - Then said they unto him, Where is thy Father? Jesus answered, Ye neither know me, nor my Father : if ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also.
Page 20 - If any man sin, we have an advocate with the Father: and he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but for the sins of the whole world,
Page 367 - Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
Page 52 - Even as I please all men in all things, not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved.
Page 172 - And he commanded the chariot to stand still: and they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he baptized him.
Page 249 - I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; "Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed to the yoke; turn thou me, and I shall be turned; for thou art the Lord my God.
Page 366 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Page 198 - I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth.
Page 8 - And they say, How doth God know ? and is there knowledge in the Most High ? 12 Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world ; they increase in riches.