Several Discourses Preached at the Temple Church, Volume 1J. Whiston and B. White ... W. Owen ... and E. Baker, 1764 - Sermons, English |
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... true Happiness , by which they can attain to the last Perfection and Dignity of their Nature , does not , in the present Circumstances of the World , depend on human Reasoning or Inventions : For , was this the Cafe , we need not to go ...
... true Happiness , by which they can attain to the last Perfection and Dignity of their Nature , does not , in the present Circumstances of the World , depend on human Reasoning or Inventions : For , was this the Cafe , we need not to go ...
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... true Notions of God and of our- felves , right Conceptions of his Holiness and Purity , and of the Nature of divine Wor- ship : It has taught us a Religion , in the Practice of which our present Ease and Com- fort , and our Hopes of ...
... true Notions of God and of our- felves , right Conceptions of his Holiness and Purity , and of the Nature of divine Wor- ship : It has taught us a Religion , in the Practice of which our present Ease and Com- fort , and our Hopes of ...
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... will teach us wherein the true Excellency of Religion confifts . If eternal Life and future Happiness are what we aim at , that will be the best Religion , Religion , which will most certainly lead us to eternal 18 DISCOURSE I.
... will teach us wherein the true Excellency of Religion confifts . If eternal Life and future Happiness are what we aim at , that will be the best Religion , Religion , which will most certainly lead us to eternal 18 DISCOURSE I.
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... true Revelation , and yet to say that Natural Religion is a better Guide , is to say that we are wiser than God , and know better how to please him C 4 without without his Directions than with them . Upon this State DISCOURSE I. 23.
... true Revelation , and yet to say that Natural Religion is a better Guide , is to say that we are wiser than God , and know better how to please him C 4 without without his Directions than with them . Upon this State DISCOURSE I. 23.
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... true with respect to the highest Order of Beings , as well as to the lowest ; for this Plea , now made for human Reafon , would be presumptuous in the Mouth of an Angel , and inconfiftent with the Subjection he owes to God . 2. As to ...
... true with respect to the highest Order of Beings , as well as to the lowest ; for this Plea , now made for human Reafon , would be presumptuous in the Mouth of an Angel , and inconfiftent with the Subjection he owes to God . 2. As to ...
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Page 161 - Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, and CHANGED the glory of the uncorruptible God into AN IMAGE made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things.
Page 78 - He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
Page 352 - For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now, if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.
Page 273 - Ye men of Israel, hear these words ; Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, (which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know...
Page 280 - Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, The Lord God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations.
Page 283 - See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me...
Page 352 - Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet'; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, 'Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.' '"Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Page 212 - Who is he that condemneth ? It is Chrift that died; yea rather that is rifen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who alfo maketh intercejjion for us.
Page 238 - For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
Page 164 - Becaufe he hath appointed a day in the which he will judge the world in righteoufnefs, by that man whom he hath ordained ; whereof he hath given aflurance unto all men, in that he hath raifed him from the dead.