The Hope of the GospelA collection of 12 sermons on New Testament texts. |
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... Lord never came to deliver men from the consequences of their sins while yet those sins remained : that would be to cast out of window the medicine of cure while yet the man lay sick ; to go dead against the very laws of being . Yet men ...
... Lord never came to deliver men from the consequences of their sins while yet those sins remained : that would be to cast out of window the medicine of cure while yet the man lay sick ; to go dead against the very laws of being . Yet men ...
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... Lord's side , as he has always been on ours , and he begins to deliver us from them . Anything in you , which , in your own child , would make you feel him not so pleasant as you would have him , is something wrong . This may mean much ...
... Lord's side , as he has always been on ours , and he begins to deliver us from them . Anything in you , which , in your own child , would make you feel him not so pleasant as you would have him , is something wrong . This may mean much ...
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... Lord sorry for his pain . He cries aloud , ' Come unto me , all ye that labour and are heavy laden , and I will give you rest . ' He does not say , ' Come unto me , all ye that feel the burden of your sins ; ' he opens his arms to all ...
... Lord sorry for his pain . He cries aloud , ' Come unto me , all ye that labour and are heavy laden , and I will give you rest . ' He does not say , ' Come unto me , all ye that feel the burden of your sins ; ' he opens his arms to all ...
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... Lord knows what they need ; they know only what they want . They want ease ; he knows they need purity . Their very existence is an evil , of which , but for his resolve to purify them , their maker must rid his universe . How can he ...
... Lord knows what they need ; they know only what they want . They want ease ; he knows they need purity . Their very existence is an evil , of which , but for his resolve to purify them , their maker must rid his universe . How can he ...
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... Lord will deliver him from his sins . That is like the lawyer's ' Who is my neighbour ? ' The spirit of such a mode of receiving the offer of the Lord's deliverance , is the root of all the horrors . of a corrupt theology , so ...
... Lord will deliver him from his sins . That is like the lawyer's ' Who is my neighbour ? ' The spirit of such a mode of receiving the offer of the Lord's deliverance , is the root of all the horrors . of a corrupt theology , so ...
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Page 193 - For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.
Page 60 - Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor ; he hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
Page 152 - In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes : even so, Father ; for so it seemed good in thy sight.
Page 40 - And when they saw him, they were amazed : and his mother said unto him, Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing.
Page 185 - Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven: therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward.
Page 176 - Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick, and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.
Page 54 - Before I understood this place Appointed for my second race, Or taught my soul to fancy aught But a white, celestial thought; When yet I had not walked above A mile or two from my first love, And looking back — at that short space — Could see a glimpse of his bright face...
Page 172 - Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men.
Page 152 - All things are delivered unto Me of My Father : and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father ; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal Him.
Page 147 - Blessed are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.