The Works of Thomas Secker...J. Dickson, 1792 - Sermons, English |
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... themselves to a prudent degree of lownefs , till they have learnt how to exert themselves more properly . But all who are , or can be qua- lified , and there are few who cannot , fhould bear fuch a part as they are able . It may be done ...
... themselves to a prudent degree of lownefs , till they have learnt how to exert themselves more properly . But all who are , or can be qua- lified , and there are few who cannot , fhould bear fuch a part as they are able . It may be done ...
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... themselves ; alte- rations come in by infenfible degrees : one man leaves out , or varies , or adds one little circumftance ; the next , another ; till it grow imperceptibly into a different thing . In one age a doctrine is delivered as ...
... themselves ; alte- rations come in by infenfible degrees : one man leaves out , or varies , or adds one little circumftance ; the next , another ; till it grow imperceptibly into a different thing . In one age a doctrine is delivered as ...
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... themselves , even with perfecution to help them , can neither prevent or end any more than we . And in matters of pro- perty indeed , fome decifion , right or wrong , must be made . Society could not fubfift without it : but what need ...
... themselves , even with perfecution to help them , can neither prevent or end any more than we . And in matters of pro- perty indeed , fome decifion , right or wrong , must be made . Society could not fubfift without it : but what need ...
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... themselves would beflow grace and mercy upon them , would forgive the guilt of their fins , deliver them from hell , and grant them a place in heaven . What pretence is there now in Christianity for fuch things as thefe ? and what doth ...
... themselves would beflow grace and mercy upon them , would forgive the guilt of their fins , deliver them from hell , and grant them a place in heaven . What pretence is there now in Christianity for fuch things as thefe ? and what doth ...
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... themselves then . For not a few of their own writers frankly own they do worship images , and with the fame degree of worship that they pay to the persons whose images they are . And for the crofs particularly , in their public offices ...
... themselves then . For not a few of their own writers frankly own they do worship images , and with the fame degree of worship that they pay to the persons whose images they are . And for the crofs particularly , in their public offices ...
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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...