The Posthumous Works of Jeremiah Seed, M.A. Late Rector of Enham in Hampshire. And Fellow of Queen's College, Oxford: Consisting of Sermons, Letters, Essays, &c. in Two Volumes. Published from the Author's Original Manuscrips [sic].M. Seed, and sold, 1750 - Sermons, English |
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Page 19
... fhould be buried in it's Ruins : and like him , destroyed more Enemies to the true Religion at and by their Deaths , than they did in their Lives . Out of a numberless Lift of Martyrs let us fingle out St. Simeon Bishop of Jerusa- lem ...
... fhould be buried in it's Ruins : and like him , destroyed more Enemies to the true Religion at and by their Deaths , than they did in their Lives . Out of a numberless Lift of Martyrs let us fingle out St. Simeon Bishop of Jerusa- lem ...
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... fhould gain Intelligence of his Designs . A Man must be either very careless or very laborious to be an Unbeliever . He must labour very hard and ftruggle against Conviction to darken and pervert the strong- eft Evidences , and to ...
... fhould gain Intelligence of his Designs . A Man must be either very careless or very laborious to be an Unbeliever . He must labour very hard and ftruggle against Conviction to darken and pervert the strong- eft Evidences , and to ...
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... fhould in that Cafe be Freedom from Thought ; fince every Thought , that he could send abroad , would bring Home this melancholy Truth ; that he was a miferable Creature , ever im- portunate in his Demands for Happiness , but never to ...
... fhould in that Cafe be Freedom from Thought ; fince every Thought , that he could send abroad , would bring Home this melancholy Truth ; that he was a miferable Creature , ever im- portunate in his Demands for Happiness , but never to ...
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... fhould be erro- neous , then he who has made it our bound- en Duty , by the Exigences of human Af- fairs and by the Laws of our Nature , to clofe with fuch Proofs , defigned it should be fo ; and confequently must be , in the laft ...
... fhould be erro- neous , then he who has made it our bound- en Duty , by the Exigences of human Af- fairs and by the Laws of our Nature , to clofe with fuch Proofs , defigned it should be fo ; and confequently must be , in the laft ...
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... fhould move some hundreds of Miles in a Minute , and fome thoufands in an Hour , with a Velocity unperceived by us , and yet more rapid than that of a Cannon Ball . Thus again , when it is proved that Light comes from the Sun ; we do ...
... fhould move some hundreds of Miles in a Minute , and fome thoufands in an Hour , with a Velocity unperceived by us , and yet more rapid than that of a Cannon Ball . Thus again , when it is proved that Light comes from the Sun ; we do ...
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Page 159 - How art thou fallen from heaven, 0 Lucifer, son of the morning ! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations...
Page 203 - He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord ; And he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks ; And he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.
Page 292 - And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him : and they wept.
Page 205 - I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh away ; and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
Page 119 - Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
Page 302 - My only 71 question at present is, la thine heart right as my heart is with thy heart ? If it be, give me thine hand.
Page 1 - For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the .power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
Page 162 - He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
Page 119 - This is the catholic faith : which except a man believe faithfully he cannot be saved.
Page 202 - And the harp, and the viol, the tabret and pipe, and wine are in their feafts: but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither confider the operation of his hands.