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... also eligible , 2. For the benefit of the hearers ; who may un- derftand and retain a fermon with greater ease and profit , when they are before - hand acquainted with the general heads of difcourfe . It is but a bad rule in ALSTED , at ...
... also eligible , 2. For the benefit of the hearers ; who may un- derftand and retain a fermon with greater ease and profit , when they are before - hand acquainted with the general heads of difcourfe . It is but a bad rule in ALSTED , at ...
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... also applicable to the use of exhortation ; only here is the difference , that in this place it properly belongs to diffuafion , in the other to perfuafion . 20. 2. Practical application is ( apos idea ) . for inftruction in ...
... also applicable to the use of exhortation ; only here is the difference , that in this place it properly belongs to diffuafion , in the other to perfuafion . 20. 2. Practical application is ( apos idea ) . for inftruction in ...
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... also refer to in- ward fufferings , in refpect of doubts and desertions ; in which cafe ( befides thofe more general heads of confolation above - mentioned ) it may be proper to speak fomething more particularly from the pro- mifes in ...
... also refer to in- ward fufferings , in refpect of doubts and desertions ; in which cafe ( befides thofe more general heads of confolation above - mentioned ) it may be proper to speak fomething more particularly from the pro- mifes in ...
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... also , could still evade all their ar- guments at length , a grave pious man among st them , of no note for learning , stands up , and be- speaks him with fome downright affectionate ex- preffions , which wrought fo effectually upon the ...
... also , could still evade all their ar- guments at length , a grave pious man among st them , of no note for learning , stands up , and be- speaks him with fome downright affectionate ex- preffions , which wrought fo effectually upon the ...
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... Third edit . one small vol . 12mo . Edinb . 1796. There is also a 4th edit . in 2 vol . 8vo . 1797 , with additions , fermons , & c . price , 10s . advantage , appropriating our talents to our own private use 48 THE CHRISTIAN PREACHER .
... Third edit . one small vol . 12mo . Edinb . 1796. There is also a 4th edit . in 2 vol . 8vo . 1797 , with additions , fermons , & c . price , 10s . advantage , appropriating our talents to our own private use 48 THE CHRISTIAN PREACHER .
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Page 289 - Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned...
Page 105 - In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that believeth on me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
Page 114 - So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
Page 212 - Enter ye in at the strait gate : for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat : because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, that leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it...
Page 359 - They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is. 21 Forsake me not, O LORD: O my God, be not far from me. 22 Make haste to help me, O Lord my salvation.
Page 79 - ... for ye are yet carnal : for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal...
Page 184 - If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death, and those that are ready to be slain; If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
Page 311 - And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.
Page 103 - Lord having taken up his dwelling in it, ver. 16, 17.) we all with open face beholding as in a glafs the glory of the Lord, are changed into the fame image from glory to glory, even by the Spirit of the Lord.
Page 216 - Thou shalt surely die ; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life ; the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity ; but his blood will I require at thine hand.