Sermons and Discourses on Several Subjects and Occasions, Volume 1C. and R. Ware, T. Longman, and J. Johnson, 1774 - Sermons, English |
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... allow , that man was made for fome end or other ; and that he is capable of per- ceiving , that end . For then , let us fearch and enquire never fo much , we fhall find no other ac- cout of him that we can reft upon fo well . If we fay ...
... allow , that man was made for fome end or other ; and that he is capable of per- ceiving , that end . For then , let us fearch and enquire never fo much , we fhall find no other ac- cout of him that we can reft upon fo well . If we fay ...
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... allowed , that the end of man's creation was , to praise and glorify God . For that cannot but be the most noble and excellent act of any being , which beft anfwers the end and defign of it . Other parts of devotion , fuch as confeffion ...
... allowed , that the end of man's creation was , to praise and glorify God . For that cannot but be the most noble and excellent act of any being , which beft anfwers the end and defign of it . Other parts of devotion , fuch as confeffion ...
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... allowed , I fuppofe , that its being done without the mixture of that end , or with as little of it as is poffible , recommends it fo much the more , and raises the price of it . Doth Job fear God for nought ? Jobi . 9. was an objection ...
... allowed , I fuppofe , that its being done without the mixture of that end , or with as little of it as is poffible , recommends it fo much the more , and raises the price of it . Doth Job fear God for nought ? Jobi . 9. was an objection ...
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... allowed me ) no very eafy and natural one : they must be racked ere they can be brought to confefs this meaning . However it was what that learned perfon was led into by a former explication he had made of a parallel parallel place in ...
... allowed me ) no very eafy and natural one : they must be racked ere they can be brought to confefs this meaning . However it was what that learned perfon was led into by a former explication he had made of a parallel parallel place in ...
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... allow ourselves to be troublesome . And being found and known to be of this eafy and complying temper ; this very thing will invite ill fpirits , and ill men , to make their attempts upon us . And then the Exercife of the virtue itself ...
... allow ourselves to be troublesome . And being found and known to be of this eafy and complying temper ; this very thing will invite ill fpirits , and ill men , to make their attempts upon us . And then the Exercife of the virtue itself ...
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Page 207 - But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
Page 206 - For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off. It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
Page 130 - It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
Page 29 - Brethren, if any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him ; let him know that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins.
Page 59 - It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it.
Page 195 - Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD our God, until that he have mercy upon us. 3 Have mercy upon us, O LORD, have mercy upon us : for we are exceedingly filled with contempt. 4 Our soul is exceedingly filled with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt of the proud.
Page 59 - And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God? It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
Page 86 - For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts.
Page 124 - All the fountains of the great deep were broken up, and the windows of heaven were opened.
Page xii - The archers have sorely grieved him, and shot at him, and hated him : but his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty God of Jacob : (from thence is the Shepherd, the Stone of Israel...