The Works of the Most Reverend John Tillotson, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury: In Twelve Volumes, Containing 254 Sermons and Discourses on Several Occassions; Together with the Rule of Faith; Prayers Composed by Him for His Own Life; a Discourse to His Servants Before the Sacrament; and a Form of Prayer Composed by Him for the Use of King William, Volume 7Ware, 1757 - Sermons, English |
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Page 35
... best ? let us but be true to ourselves , and obey the dictates of our own minds , and give leave to our own confcience to counfel us , and tell us what we ought to do , and we fhall be " a law to ourselves , " I proceed to the Sixth and ...
... best ? let us but be true to ourselves , and obey the dictates of our own minds , and give leave to our own confcience to counfel us , and tell us what we ought to do , and we fhall be " a law to ourselves , " I proceed to the Sixth and ...
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... courfe which is taken , and openly avowed and juftified by fome , as the safest and best way to make men religious , and to bring them to happi- D 2 SERM . happiness ; namely , by taking away from neceffary in religion . 5i.
... courfe which is taken , and openly avowed and juftified by fome , as the safest and best way to make men religious , and to bring them to happi- D 2 SERM . happiness ; namely , by taking away from neceffary in religion . 5i.
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... best way to bring men to do the will of GOD , were to keep men from know- ing it . For what elfe can be the meaning of that maxim fo current in the church of Rome , " that ignorance is the mother of devotion ? " or of that ftrange and ...
... best way to bring men to do the will of GOD , were to keep men from know- ing it . For what elfe can be the meaning of that maxim fo current in the church of Rome , " that ignorance is the mother of devotion ? " or of that ftrange and ...
Page 56
... best way in the world to maintain peace in the chriftian church , would be to let the people know nothing at all in religion ; and the beft way to fecure the ignorance of the people would be to keep the priests as igno- rant as the ...
... best way in the world to maintain peace in the chriftian church , would be to let the people know nothing at all in religion ; and the beft way to fecure the ignorance of the people would be to keep the priests as igno- rant as the ...
Page 66
... best way to know GoD , is to be like him our felves , and to have the lively image of his perfecti- ons imprinted upon our fouls ; and the best way to understand the chriftian religion , is ferioufly to fet about the practice of it ...
... best way to know GoD , is to be like him our felves , and to have the lively image of his perfecti- ons imprinted upon our fouls ; and the best way to understand the chriftian religion , is ferioufly to fet about the practice of it ...
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Page 80 - For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
Page 268 - Wherefore lift up the hands which hang down, and the feeble knees; And make straight paths for your feet, lest that which is lame be turned out of the way; but let it rather be healed.
Page 338 - God; 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 212 - For if by one man's offence death reigned by one, much more they which receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness, shall reign in life by one, Jesus Christ.
Page 197 - The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage : But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage : Neither can they die any more : for they are equal unto the angels ; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
Page 80 - Doth Job fear God for nought ? Hast not thou made an hedge about him, and about his house, and about all that he hath on every side ? thou hast blessed the work of his hands, and his substance is increased in the land. But put forth thine hand now, and touch all that he hath, and he will curse thee to thy face.
Page 80 - Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God: for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man ; but every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
Page 40 - A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
Page 25 - If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin : but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
Page 235 - For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God : but that which beareth thorns and briers is rejected, and is nigh unto cursing ; whose end is to be burned.