Sermons on Practical Subjects, Volume 3T. Kay and W. Creech, 1796 - Sermons |
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... just , and good ; but to creatures like himself , ignorant , perverfe , and capricious . He who is refolved to please men , muft follow them through all their jarring inconfiftent humours . He muft undo to - morrow what he does to - day ...
... just , and good ; but to creatures like himself , ignorant , perverfe , and capricious . He who is refolved to please men , muft follow them through all their jarring inconfiftent humours . He muft undo to - morrow what he does to - day ...
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... just cause for it . If then we are not able to preferve our own esteem at all times , how can we expect to preferve the approbation of other men ? And now what is your judgement upon the whole ? Is not man - pleasing both a mean and ...
... just cause for it . If then we are not able to preferve our own esteem at all times , how can we expect to preferve the approbation of other men ? And now what is your judgement upon the whole ? Is not man - pleasing both a mean and ...
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... just as fraudulent to impofe upon men , by feeming worse than we are , as by feeming better : And furely it is not wife ; for if we refolve to have the appearance of no more religion T up religion than corrupt minds will allow to be ...
... just as fraudulent to impofe upon men , by feeming worse than we are , as by feeming better : And furely it is not wife ; for if we refolve to have the appearance of no more religion T up religion than corrupt minds will allow to be ...
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... just and rational ? —If his threatenings prevail with you , never fhall you have caufe to complain of their se- verity and if they do not prevail , with what face can you allege , that the penalties are too high , when at the fame time ...
... just and rational ? —If his threatenings prevail with you , never fhall you have caufe to complain of their se- verity and if they do not prevail , with what face can you allege , that the penalties are too high , when at the fame time ...
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... just complaint . But few of those who retail this complaint , are heartily inclined to remove the cause of it . We are melancholy exam- ples of that which we pretend to lament ; and we cease not to ftrengthen the inte refts of a party ...
... just complaint . But few of those who retail this complaint , are heartily inclined to remove the cause of it . We are melancholy exam- ples of that which we pretend to lament ; and we cease not to ftrengthen the inte refts of a party ...
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Page 298 - For to one is given by the Spirit the word of wisdom ; to another the word of knowledge by the same Spirit; To another faith by the same Spirit; to another the gifts of healing by the same Spirit; To another the working of miracles ; to another prophecy ; to another discerning of spirits; to another divers kinds of tongues ; to another the interpretation of tongues : But all these worketh that one and the selfsame Spirit, dividing to every man severally as he will.
Page 345 - Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread ? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Page 286 - But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort ? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.
Page 335 - When the poor and needy seek water, and there is none, and their tongue faileth for thirst, I the Lord will hear them, I the God of Israel will not forsake them. I will open rivers in high places, and fountains in the midst of the valleys: I will make the wilderness a pool of water, and the dry land springs of water.
Page 200 - Lord, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord...
Page 247 - Alleluia ; for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth. Let us be glad and rejoice, and give honour to Him : for the marriage of the Lamb is come, and his wife hath made herself ready.
Page 285 - Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty : for all that is in the heaven, and in the earth is thine ; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Page 64 - 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 300 - Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy ; that they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate, laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
Page 293 - If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, To give glory unto my name, saith the Lord of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: Yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.