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Thomas Secker. SERMON CXXI . ( Preached in 1745. ) Against Extreme Solicitude concerning Worldly Af- fairs ; and the Wisdom of Repofing Unbounded Confidence in the Providence of God . PHIL . iv . 6 , 7- Be careful for nothing but in ...
Thomas Secker. SERMON CXXI . ( Preached in 1745. ) Against Extreme Solicitude concerning Worldly Af- fairs ; and the Wisdom of Repofing Unbounded Confidence in the Providence of God . PHIL . iv . 6 , 7- Be careful for nothing but in ...
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... concerning it here . But there will be need to take fome notice of another , sppointed to be rehearsed in its ftead , on the principal festivals , and several other holidays , and called the creed of St. Atha- nafius ; not that he was ...
... concerning it here . But there will be need to take fome notice of another , sppointed to be rehearsed in its ftead , on the principal festivals , and several other holidays , and called the creed of St. Atha- nafius ; not that he was ...
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... concerning the whole of the gofpel : He that believeth , and is baptized , fhall be faved ; but he that believeth not , fhall be damned * . Our condemnation is no more hard and uncharitable , than his .. And neither is fo ; becaufe both ...
... concerning the whole of the gofpel : He that believeth , and is baptized , fhall be faved ; but he that believeth not , fhall be damned * . Our condemnation is no more hard and uncharitable , than his .. And neither is fo ; becaufe both ...
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... concerning the propriety of this part of it in fome reigns , fince happily there is no room for them in the present . After these particular interceffions , we add a general one for all mankind , efpecially for all Chriftians , and most ...
... concerning the propriety of this part of it in fome reigns , fince happily there is no room for them in the present . After these particular interceffions , we add a general one for all mankind , efpecially for all Chriftians , and most ...
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... concerning that much difregarded branch of worship . As finging is capable of expreffing strongly every state , in which the mind can be , towards every object ; fo there never was perhaps any one nation upon earth , civilized or barba ...
... concerning that much difregarded branch of worship . As finging is capable of expreffing strongly every state , in which the mind can be , towards every object ; fo there never was perhaps any one nation upon earth , civilized or barba ...
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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...