Sermons and EssaysW. W.Woodward, no. 52, corner of Second and Chestnut streets. W. M'Culloch, printer., 1811 - Sermons, English - 20 pages |
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... given by human laws for restraining wick- edness , because , otherwise , bad as we are , we should still be worse . For which reason he greatly approved of the design . of the friendly society lately erected in Glasgow , who are ...
... given by human laws for restraining wick- edness , because , otherwise , bad as we are , we should still be worse . For which reason he greatly approved of the design . of the friendly society lately erected in Glasgow , who are ...
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... given to hospitality . And was al- ways ready to distribute to the necessitous to the utmost of his power , if not beyond it . His kind and affectionate heart to those who were in any sort of trouble , whether of body or mind , was such ...
... given to hospitality . And was al- ways ready to distribute to the necessitous to the utmost of his power , if not beyond it . His kind and affectionate heart to those who were in any sort of trouble , whether of body or mind , was such ...
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... short account that has been given of it be blest of God to every reader . GLASGOW , April , 1755. S JOHN GILLIES . EXTRACTS OF LETTERS TO THE PUBLISHER OF THE GLASGOW EDITION xvi The Life and Character of the Author .
... short account that has been given of it be blest of God to every reader . GLASGOW , April , 1755. S JOHN GILLIES . EXTRACTS OF LETTERS TO THE PUBLISHER OF THE GLASGOW EDITION xvi The Life and Character of the Author .
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... given , to Jesus he resign'd . Swift was his race , with health , and vigour blest ; Soft was his passage to the land of rest . His work concluded , e'er the day was done , Sudden the Saviour stoop'd and caught him to his Throne ...
... given , to Jesus he resign'd . Swift was his race , with health , and vigour blest ; Soft was his passage to the land of rest . His work concluded , e'er the day was done , Sudden the Saviour stoop'd and caught him to his Throne ...
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... given us the faculty of reason , by which no doubt men avoid many sinful actions ; and , if they improved it right , would hate every sin . We are , obliged in justice to thank God for giving us that faculty , and to blame our sins ...
... given us the faculty of reason , by which no doubt men avoid many sinful actions ; and , if they improved it right , would hate every sin . We are , obliged in justice to thank God for giving us that faculty , and to blame our sins ...
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Page 194 - God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power: 12 That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Page 241 - Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshly tables of the heart.
Page 192 - And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
Page 245 - The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of his power to usward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead...
Page 235 - Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently...
Page 251 - As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord ; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
Page 232 - A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you ; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments and do them.
Page 64 - For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord; and there is none else.
Page 231 - They are said to put off the old man, and to put on the new man ; to be quickened, and, as it were, raised from the dead.
Page 30 - He is the Rock, his work is perfect : for all his ways are judgment : a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.