The Works of Thomas Secker, LL.D.: Late Lord Archbishop of Canterbury, Volume 2C. and J. Rivington, 1825 - Sermons, English |
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... hath said , that the knowledge of the holy is understanding . He , who is perfectly holy and righteous himself , must have regard to what is right and fit in others . He , who hath pro- vided with such fatherly care for the common good ...
... hath said , that the knowledge of the holy is understanding . He , who is perfectly holy and righteous himself , must have regard to what is right and fit in others . He , who hath pro- vided with such fatherly care for the common good ...
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... hath nothing to fear it hath nothing to hide , from others or itself . It can bear solitude , and its own inspection . It can even rejoice in the sense of his presence , who is to others inexpressibly terrible ; but to the pious soul an ...
... hath nothing to fear it hath nothing to hide , from others or itself . It can bear solitude , and its own inspection . It can even rejoice in the sense of his presence , who is to others inexpressibly terrible ; but to the pious soul an ...
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... hath used a harsher yet . If any man come to me , and hate not his father and mother , and wife and children , and brethren and sisters , yea and his own life also , he cannot be my disciple . Agreeably to which , St. Paul sets it down ...
... hath used a harsher yet . If any man come to me , and hate not his father and mother , and wife and children , and brethren and sisters , yea and his own life also , he cannot be my disciple . Agreeably to which , St. Paul sets it down ...
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... hath taught us more particularly , how to interpret all his injunctions of this kind , by interpreting himself the hardest of them , ( that of hating every thing which we naturally hold dear ) to bear only the compara- tive sense of ...
... hath taught us more particularly , how to interpret all his injunctions of this kind , by interpreting himself the hardest of them , ( that of hating every thing which we naturally hold dear ) to bear only the compara- tive sense of ...
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... hath cautioned us against , instead of requiring it . We are to deny ourselves and follow Christ : not to deny ourselves and follow guides , equally fallible with ourselves , into whatever extravagancies they direct , that will only ...
... hath cautioned us against , instead of requiring it . We are to deny ourselves and follow Christ : not to deny ourselves and follow guides , equally fallible with ourselves , into whatever extravagancies they direct , that will only ...
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Page 145 - Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see : the blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
Page vi - But above all things, my brethren, swear not; neither by heaven, neither by the earth, | neither by any other oath : but let your yea, be yea; and your nay, nay ; lest ye fall into condemnation.
Page iv - Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy ; that they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate, laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
Page 402 - Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him also shall the son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
Page 138 - Who will shew us any good?" Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.
Page 237 - For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord: whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
Page 340 - When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee. But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: and thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just.
Page 19 - Who said unto his father and to his mother, I have not seen him; neither did he acknowledge his brethren, nor knew his own children: for they have observed thy word, and kept thy covenant.
Page iv - Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall, and prayed unto the Lord, and said, " Remember now, O Lord, I beseech thee, how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart, and have done that which is good in thy sight.
Page 533 - And hardly do we guess aright at things that are upon earth, and with labour do we find the things that are before us: but the things that are in heaven who hath searched out?