Sermons on Several Subjects1764 - Sermons, English - 351 pages |
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... reasonably be ima- gined , that nature muft go always on with such a steady and determined direc- tion , that in no cafe . the misery , or happiness of rational creatures is to be regarded ; this were to give us an uncom- fortable ...
... reasonably be ima- gined , that nature muft go always on with such a steady and determined direc- tion , that in no cafe . the misery , or happiness of rational creatures is to be regarded ; this were to give us an uncom- fortable ...
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... reasonable to believe them than to truft to our own experience , that can fhew no real abfurdity , or pal- pable contradiction , in fuch a wonderful event . It appears easier in this cafe to give credit to them , than to imagine that ...
... reasonable to believe them than to truft to our own experience , that can fhew no real abfurdity , or pal- pable contradiction , in fuch a wonderful event . It appears easier in this cafe to give credit to them , than to imagine that ...
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... reasonable man cannot but be fatisfied with fo ftrong and affecting a proof . He will think fuch an interpofition of provi- dence worthy of the moral Governor of the world , though it go beyond all his own private conceptions . Indeed ...
... reasonable man cannot but be fatisfied with fo ftrong and affecting a proof . He will think fuch an interpofition of provi- dence worthy of the moral Governor of the world , though it go beyond all his own private conceptions . Indeed ...
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... facts in the gospel his- tory , together with the prophecies , the truth of the Christian religion is fairly and reasonably established to all generations . C 3 SERM . 1 } 23 SERMON II . On the Shortnefs of On Miracles . 21.
... facts in the gospel his- tory , together with the prophecies , the truth of the Christian religion is fairly and reasonably established to all generations . C 3 SERM . 1 } 23 SERMON II . On the Shortnefs of On Miracles . 21.
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... reasonable ground of our adoration of him . For when we confider him as the eternal king , who was for ever before all things , this must give us awful fentiments of his tranfcendent nature and perfection . This must represent him , as ...
... reasonable ground of our adoration of him . For when we confider him as the eternal king , who was for ever before all things , this must give us awful fentiments of his tranfcendent nature and perfection . This must represent him , as ...
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Page 314 - For I am with thee, saith the Lord, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.
Page 96 - And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.
Page 313 - And yet for all that, when they be in the land of their enemies, I will not cast them away, neither will I abhor them, to destroy them utterly, and to break my covenant with them : for I am the LORD their God.
Page 339 - Whose dominion is an everlasting dominion, and his kingdom is from generation to generation. And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing ; and he doeth according to his will in the armies of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth...
Page 92 - God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble. Therefore will not we fear, though the earth be removed, And though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea; Though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, Though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof.
Page 265 - And behold, I come quickly, and my reward is with me, to give to every man according as his work shall be.
Page 259 - All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
Page 82 - When he uttereth his voice there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth ; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.
Page 213 - If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.