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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... excellent defigns , to which your upright and boun- tiful heart is religioufly inclined . What may we not promife ourselves from the influence of your Lordship's conduct in fo eminent a ftation ? from your known courage and fervency in ...
... excellent defigns , to which your upright and boun- tiful heart is religioufly inclined . What may we not promife ourselves from the influence of your Lordship's conduct in fo eminent a ftation ? from your known courage and fervency in ...
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... excellent qualities belong to your Lordfhip , and are a confef- fed part of your character . A When we compare the good which you have done , my Lord , with that which you have received , it brings to mind the appofite paffage of the ...
... excellent qualities belong to your Lordfhip , and are a confef- fed part of your character . A When we compare the good which you have done , my Lord , with that which you have received , it brings to mind the appofite paffage of the ...
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... excellent and important duty of praise and thankf- giving : A fubject , not unfit to be difcourfed of , at this time : whether we confider , either the more than ordinary coldnefs that appears of late in men's tempers towards the ...
... excellent and important duty of praise and thankf- giving : A fubject , not unfit to be difcourfed of , at this time : whether we confider , either the more than ordinary coldnefs that appears of late in men's tempers towards the ...
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... excellent ; as it must needs be , if what hath been laid down be 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 ...
... excellent ; as it must needs be , if what hath been laid down be 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 ...
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... excellent work ; a work common to the church triumphant and Militant , and which lifts us up into a communion and Fellowship with angels . The matter , about which it is converfant , is always the perfections of God's Nature ; and the ...
... excellent work ; a work common to the church triumphant and Militant , and which lifts us up into a communion and Fellowship with angels . The matter , about which it is converfant , is always the perfections of God's Nature ; and the ...
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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...