Sermons on several subjects, Volume 1 |
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Page 36
... hope confirmed ; nay , he sees that God has done exceeding abundantly above all that he could either afk or think ; that he has given him ( what reafon could hardly have the idea of ) eternal happiness in a life to come . Will this man ...
... hope confirmed ; nay , he sees that God has done exceeding abundantly above all that he could either afk or think ; that he has given him ( what reafon could hardly have the idea of ) eternal happiness in a life to come . Will this man ...
Page 63
... hope for no mercy . To accufe our conftitution , is to accuse the author of that conftitution ; to fay we are by any means compelled to fin , is in fact to fay we are tempted of God ; " an affertion not only repugnant to the plaineft ...
... hope for no mercy . To accufe our conftitution , is to accuse the author of that conftitution ; to fay we are by any means compelled to fin , is in fact to fay we are tempted of God ; " an affertion not only repugnant to the plaineft ...
Page 70
... hope to act virtuously , we must learn to think juftly . The furprizing influ- ence which worldly allurements have over our minds , is in a great measure owing to the high opinion we entertain of the pleasures or ad- vantages they fet ...
... hope to act virtuously , we must learn to think juftly . The furprizing influ- ence which worldly allurements have over our minds , is in a great measure owing to the high opinion we entertain of the pleasures or ad- vantages they fet ...
Page 92
... hope that we fhall furvive the grave , and that every argument for it , ex- cept those which Scripture fupplies , is per- fectly vain and nugatory , and unworthy of the leaft regard , is furely running into another extreme , no lefs ...
... hope that we fhall furvive the grave , and that every argument for it , ex- cept those which Scripture fupplies , is per- fectly vain and nugatory , and unworthy of the leaft regard , is furely running into another extreme , no lefs ...
Page 95
... hope of immortality ; that foul and body perish together in the grave , but are both raifed to life again at that general refurrec- tion which the Gospel promifes ; he will affent , probably , without fcruple , to the former part of ...
... hope of immortality ; that foul and body perish together in the grave , but are both raifed to life again at that general refurrec- tion which the Gospel promifes ; he will affent , probably , without fcruple , to the former part of ...
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Popular passages
Page 377 - The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the Gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
Page 247 - Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men...
Page 71 - Thus saith the Lord , Hast thou killed , and also taken possession ? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
Page 257 - At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; if that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
Page 219 - For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom ; but we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness ; but unto them which are called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ the power of God, and the wisdom of God.
Page 32 - And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds •were evil. For every one that doth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God.
Page 356 - For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.
Page 319 - Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice ; and be ye kind one to another, tender hearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
Page 171 - Ye lust, and have not ; ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain ; ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not ; ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
Page 407 - Jesus answered, He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop, he...