Sermons Preached on Several Occasions: By James BurroughsT. Browne, 1733 - 275 pages |
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... best and most perfect beings . That man is wife who follows a good example . But what greater examples are there , what more worthy of imitation , than those of an- gels , of Christ , and of God himself ? To be religious , is to live ...
... best and most perfect beings . That man is wife who follows a good example . But what greater examples are there , what more worthy of imitation , than those of an- gels , of Christ , and of God himself ? To be religious , is to live ...
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... best provifion we can against them . A pru- dent man forefeeth the evil , and bideth himself ; faith Solomon , Prov . XXII . 3 . but the fmple pass on , and are punished , i . e . a wife man forefees dangers , and endeavours to fhun ...
... best provifion we can against them . A pru- dent man forefeeth the evil , and bideth himself ; faith Solomon , Prov . XXII . 3 . but the fmple pass on , and are punished , i . e . a wife man forefees dangers , and endeavours to fhun ...
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... best and most perfect beings ; because he lays the fureft foundation for peace and tranquillity ; because he aims at a good end , and ufes proper means to attain it ; and because he fecures himself from the greatest and most in ...
... best and most perfect beings ; because he lays the fureft foundation for peace and tranquillity ; because he aims at a good end , and ufes proper means to attain it ; and because he fecures himself from the greatest and most in ...
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... best beloved of God who are moft like unto him : and revelation per- fectly agrees herewith ; which affures us that the righteous Lord loveth righteouf- nefs , and his countenance doth behold the upright , but the wicked and him who ...
... best beloved of God who are moft like unto him : and revelation per- fectly agrees herewith ; which affures us that the righteous Lord loveth righteouf- nefs , and his countenance doth behold the upright , but the wicked and him who ...
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... best and most perfect being , and to main- tain communion with him by prayer and praife ; if for a man to obtain the victory over his own lufts , and those temptations which affault him from without , and to gain any readiness in doing ...
... best and most perfect being , and to main- tain communion with him by prayer and praife ; if for a man to obtain the victory over his own lufts , and those temptations which affault him from without , and to gain any readiness in doing ...
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Page 155 - I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ...
Page 39 - Who will render to every man according to his deeds: To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life : But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil...
Page 68 - But now the righteousness of God without the Law is manifested, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets; even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference...
Page 11 - Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools. And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.
Page 41 - Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God ? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old ? Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul...
Page 97 - Now them that are such we command and exhort, by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
Page 80 - Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
Page 220 - Trust in him. at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us.
Page 3 - But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding? Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. The depth saith, It is not in me; and the sea saith, It is not with me.
Page 180 - Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause...