Sermons Preached in the High Church of Edinburgh at the Anniversary Meetings ...M. Gary, 1785 - Sermons |
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... fame time , obnoxious to positive fuffering or punishment ? This appears highly probable , even in the eye of reason , weak and bedimmed as it is . The doctrine of a moral providence neceffarily im- plies , plies , that the violation of ...
... fame time , obnoxious to positive fuffering or punishment ? This appears highly probable , even in the eye of reason , weak and bedimmed as it is . The doctrine of a moral providence neceffarily im- plies , plies , that the violation of ...
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... fame condition in which the Almighty placed it at first , and meant it to continue , the affertion would not be more false than foreign to the purpose . That God fhould have created an order of beings under the neceffity of finning ...
... fame condition in which the Almighty placed it at first , and meant it to continue , the affertion would not be more false than foreign to the purpose . That God fhould have created an order of beings under the neceffity of finning ...
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... fame rule take place under the moral government of God ? We per- ceive the human mind improving in every other kind of knowledge ; why , then , fhould it be thought , that religion and morals are the only things in which man is debarred ...
... fame rule take place under the moral government of God ? We per- ceive the human mind improving in every other kind of knowledge ; why , then , fhould it be thought , that religion and morals are the only things in which man is debarred ...
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... fame debility is apparent in the executive as in the directing faculties of man . We are as inca- pable of purifying ourselves from the pollutions of fin , and of yielding an acceptable obedience to the law of God , as of discovering ...
... fame debility is apparent in the executive as in the directing faculties of man . We are as inca- pable of purifying ourselves from the pollutions of fin , and of yielding an acceptable obedience to the law of God , as of discovering ...
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... fame time , that we are still the objects of mercy . He does not entertain us with a general and unnite . resting representation of the divine benevolence , but proclaims the good tidings of great joy , that God is actually reconciling ...
... fame time , that we are still the objects of mercy . He does not entertain us with a general and unnite . resting representation of the divine benevolence , but proclaims the good tidings of great joy , that God is actually reconciling ...
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Page 37 - Marvel not at this : for the hour is coming, in which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life ; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
Page 45 - After this I beheld, and lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations and kindreds and people and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands ; And cried with a loud voice ; saying; Salvation to our God which sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb.
Page 52 - 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 39 - And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. 44 And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes ; and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.
Page 66 - Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give ; not grudgingly, or of necessity : for God loveth a cheerful giver. And God is able to make all grace abound toward you ; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work : (As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; He hath given to the poor; His righteousness remaineth for ever.
Page 34 - Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee.
Page 27 - He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Page 37 - For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward ; how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him...
Page 22 - Toward us who believe, according to the working of his mighty power which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead (and set him at his own right hand, in the heavenly places, far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world but in that which is to come.