The Works of Thomas Secker...J. Dickson, 1792 - Sermons, English |
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... surely our intention is very plain ; to beg that travellers , on their lawful occafions , may be fecured from robbers and pirates , amongst other accidents : and if we add in our minds a further re- queft , that these wretches alfo may ...
... surely our intention is very plain ; to beg that travellers , on their lawful occafions , may be fecured from robbers and pirates , amongst other accidents : and if we add in our minds a further re- queft , that these wretches alfo may ...
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... surely be so preffing an occafion , but that it may very fafely be deferred till after church , if not altogether omitted . In the finging of pfalms , different perfons use different pof- tures . The profe pfalms , I believe , are , and ...
... surely be so preffing an occafion , but that it may very fafely be deferred till after church , if not altogether omitted . In the finging of pfalms , different perfons use different pof- tures . The profe pfalms , I believe , are , and ...
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... surely cannot be a thing neceffary . Letting it alone is undoubtedly fafe ; whether practifing it be fo , the church of Rome would do well to confider . They tell us indeed that they only beg the prayers of the faints in heaven , as we ...
... surely cannot be a thing neceffary . Letting it alone is undoubtedly fafe ; whether practifing it be fo , the church of Rome would do well to confider . They tell us indeed that they only beg the prayers of the faints in heaven , as we ...
Page 112
... surely then it is our concern to fee it fo too . For what can it avail us , to imagine pleafing falfehoods , when we are to stand so foon , in- deed ftand always , before a judge , who difcerns the very bot- tom of our fouls , and to ...
... surely then it is our concern to fee it fo too . For what can it avail us , to imagine pleafing falfehoods , when we are to stand so foon , in- deed ftand always , before a judge , who difcerns the very bot- tom of our fouls , and to ...
Page 255
... surely scarce any one ever miffed then of doing as he ought . We are unhappily too well acquainted with them to judge thus ; and fee the cafe to be fo very much otherwise , that , had we no other guide to direct our inquiries than our ...
... surely scarce any one ever miffed then of doing as he ought . We are unhappily too well acquainted with them to judge thus ; and fee the cafe to be fo very much otherwise , that , had we no other guide to direct our inquiries than our ...
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Popular passages
Page 547 - For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.
Page 313 - At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it ; if that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
Page 592 - And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment. That ye may approve things that are excellent ; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ ; being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
Page 50 - And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the Church : but if he neglect to hear the Church, let him be unto thee as a heathen man and a Publican.
Page xiv - Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another ; and the Lord hearkened, and heard it : and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.
Page 253 - ... then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father; for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Page 57 - Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind...
Page 578 - 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 154 - Let none of us go without his part of our voluptuousness: let us leave tokens of our joyfulness in every place: for this is our portion, and our lot is this.
Page 253 - If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: "then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord...