The Works of the Most Reverend John Tillotson, Lord Archbishop of Canterbury: In Twelve Volumes, Containing 254 Sermons and Discourses on Several Occassions; Together with the Rule of Faith; Prayers Composed by Him for His Own Life; a Discourse to His Servants Before the Sacrament; and a Form of Prayer Composed by Him for the Use of King William, Volume 6Ware, 1757 - Sermons, English |
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... feek and to fave the finful fons " of men . ' If it had only in general been declared to us , that ' GOD was about to fend his Son into the world upon fome great defign , and been left to us to con- jecture , what his errand and ...
... feek and to fave the finful fons " of men . ' If it had only in general been declared to us , that ' GOD was about to fend his Son into the world upon fome great defign , and been left to us to con- jecture , what his errand and ...
Page 1393
... feek his own glory , you may conclude that God hath not fent him , but whatever he pretends , that he speaks of himself ; but he who by his life , and the course of his actions , demonftrates that he feeks the honour of GoD , and not ...
... feek his own glory , you may conclude that God hath not fent him , but whatever he pretends , that he speaks of himself ; but he who by his life , and the course of his actions , demonftrates that he feeks the honour of GoD , and not ...
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... feek the things of this world , and take pains to get them , is to make life convenient and comfortable ; and confequently he that torments himself about the get- ing of these things , contradicts himself in his own defign , because he ...
... feek the things of this world , and take pains to get them , is to make life convenient and comfortable ; and confequently he that torments himself about the get- ing of these things , contradicts himself in his own defign , because he ...
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... feek after no more . But he deceives himself in this matter ; for when he hath at- tained to that which he proposed to himself , he will be never the nearer being fatisfied . So Solomon tells us , Ecclef . v . 10. " He that loveth ...
... feek after no more . But he deceives himself in this matter ; for when he hath at- tained to that which he proposed to himself , he will be never the nearer being fatisfied . So Solomon tells us , Ecclef . v . 10. " He that loveth ...
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... feek after the true riches . We fhould fo mind the world , as to make heaven our great care ; as to make fure to " provide ourselves bags that wax not old , " a " treasure in the heavens , that faileth not , where " no thief approacheth ...
... feek after the true riches . We fhould fo mind the world , as to make heaven our great care ; as to make fure to " provide ourselves bags that wax not old , " a " treasure in the heavens , that faileth not , where " no thief approacheth ...
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affiftance againſt apoſtle becauſe beſt bleffed cafe caufe cauſe chriftian religion CHRIST church CIII circumcifion confcience confider confideration confifts converfion covetoufnefs covetous defign defire divine doctrine doth duties eftate endeavour eternal evil facrifice faid faith falvation fame fave fcripture fecurity feek feems felves fenfe fent feveral fhall fhew fhould fignify fincere firft firſt fome fouls fpeak ftate ftrength fuch fuffer fufficient fure God's gofpel goodneſs grace greateſt happineſs hath hearts heaven himſelf HOLY infallible inftances itſelf Jews kingdom kingdom of GOD laft likewife LORD lufts mankind mercy mind miſtakes Mofes moft moſt muſt nature neceffary neceffity nefs obedience obfervation ourſelves perfect perfons pleaſed pleaſure prefent profeffion promiſes prophets purpoſe reaſon refolution regeneration repentance rich righteouſneſs SAVIOUR Secondly SERM ſhall ſpeak SPIRIT ſtate temptation thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou tion truth underſtand unto uſe wiſdom XCIX
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Page 1730 - come on the gentiles through JESUS CHRIST, " that we might receive the promife of the SPIRIT «' through faith." And then for the fupporting us under afflictions, the gofpel promifeth an extraordinary affiftance of GOD'S HOLY SPIRIT to us, i Pet. iv. 14. " if ye *' be reproached for the name of
Page 1780 - in vain, but I laboured more abundantly than " they all ; yet not I, but the grace of GOD which " was with me." So that our concurrence and endeavour in the doing of any thing that is good, does not derogate from the grace of GOD, provided that we
Page 1715 - frequently inculcates in the new teftament; St. Paul, Acts xiii. 38, 39. " Be it " known unto you therefore, men and brethren, " that through this man is preached unto you the *' forgivenefs of fins, and by him all that believe ^ are juftified from all
Page 1442 - as it feldom happens to be. This infatiable defire of wealth, GOD plainly condemns by his prophet, Ifa. v. 8. " Wo unto them that join houfe " to houfe, and lay field to field, till there be no place, " that they may be placed alone in the midft of the *' earth.
Page 1725 - Be it known unto you therefore, men and " brethren, that through this man is preached unto " you the forgivenefs of fins, and by him all that " believe are juftified from all things, from which ye
Page 1532 - of your oil, for our lamps are ** gone out-, but the wife anfwered, faying, not fo, '' left there be not enough for us and you, but go '' ye rather to them that fell, and buy for your" felves.
Page 1615 - unto them to this end, that men ought *' always to pray, and not to faint." And to fpeak the truth, they feem at firft fight two of the oddeft of all our SAVIOUR'S parables, as if the defign of them were to
Page 1729 - This only would I learn of you, received " ye the SPIRIT by the works of the law, or by *' the hearing of faith ? " As if he had faid, let this one thing determine that whole matter; were ye made partakers of this great privilege and
Page 1669 - let the opprefied go free, and that ye break " every yoke ? is it not to deal thy bread to the " hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are " caft out to thy houfe? when thou feeft the naked,
Page 1575 - nor for all the multitude that is with him: for there " be more with us than with him. With him is an '' arm of flefh, but with us is the LORD our GOD^ '* to help us, and to fight for us.