The Works of George Bull, D.D. Lord Bishop of St. David's, Volume 1At the Clarendon Press, 1827 - Christian life |
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... so is most fitly understood of the divine mercy . And this may suffice for the explanation of my text , the sense whereof now appears to be this : Do and practise the works of righteousness , of piety to 4 SERM . I. The Necessity of.
... so is most fitly understood of the divine mercy . And this may suffice for the explanation of my text , the sense whereof now appears to be this : Do and practise the works of righteousness , of piety to 4 SERM . I. The Necessity of.
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... appear , if we apply it to such as are in agone mortis , at the point of death . Suppose a man to have lived in a course of wicked- ness for fifty or sixty years , and being now upon his deathbed , to be attrite for his sins , that is ...
... appear , if we apply it to such as are in agone mortis , at the point of death . Suppose a man to have lived in a course of wicked- ness for fifty or sixty years , and being now upon his deathbed , to be attrite for his sins , that is ...
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... appears , she evidently and many ways destroys the necessity of them . And yet very many among us are so foolish as to believe the pretence ; yea , and to make the preaching up of good works a character of a papist . He is a papist ...
... appears , she evidently and many ways destroys the necessity of them . And yet very many among us are so foolish as to believe the pretence ; yea , and to make the preaching up of good works a character of a papist . He is a papist ...
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... - " universal judgment , ver . 13 , 14. " is repeated with little varia- tion in Sermon VIII . , which appears to have been written first . ] death , should go to God and the heavenly beings subsists after Death . 29.
... - " universal judgment , ver . 13 , 14. " is repeated with little varia- tion in Sermon VIII . , which appears to have been written first . ] death , should go to God and the heavenly beings subsists after Death . 29.
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... appear to be only a wretched shift , to avoid the force of the plainest text . For in this sense our Sa- viour might have as well denied , that it is in the power of a man to kill the body of another man , that is , to destroy it ...
... appear to be only a wretched shift , to avoid the force of the plainest text . For in this sense our Sa- viour might have as well denied , that it is in the power of a man to kill the body of another man , that is , to destroy it ...
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Page 181 - But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required; and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.
Page 218 - Thou hast a few names even in Sardis which have not defiled their garments; and they shall walk with me in white: for they are worthy.
Page 56 - Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the LORD : (for we walk by faith, not by sight :) we are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the LORD.
Page 110 - For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. For he that is mighty hath done to me great things; and holy is his name. And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation.
Page 247 - Even unto this present hour we both hunger, and thirst, and are naked, and are buffeted, and have no certain dwellingplace ; and labour, working with our own hands...
Page 196 - Behold, thou hast made my days as an handbreadth; and mine age is as nothing before thee: verily every man at his best state is altogether vanity.