Sermons on several subjectsT. Payne, 1789 - Sermons, English |
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... must for ever defpair either of following or un- derstanding them ; whilft others have de- fcribed it in fuch warm and indelicate terms , as are much better fuited to the grofsnefs of earthly paffion , than the purity of spiritual ...
... must for ever defpair either of following or un- derstanding them ; whilft others have de- fcribed it in fuch warm and indelicate terms , as are much better fuited to the grofsnefs of earthly paffion , than the purity of spiritual ...
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... must confult our own breasts , and confider a little how we feel ourselves affected towards the eminently great and good among our fellow - creatures . Now , when we obferve any one of this character going on steadily and uniformly in ...
... must confult our own breasts , and confider a little how we feel ourselves affected towards the eminently great and good among our fellow - creatures . Now , when we obferve any one of this character going on steadily and uniformly in ...
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... must affect us ftrongly and powerfully . For , al- though the love of God is not a sudden start of paffion ; but a sober , rational , religious fentiment , acquired by reflexion , and im- proved by habit ; yet , as I before obferved , it ...
... must affect us ftrongly and powerfully . For , al- though the love of God is not a sudden start of paffion ; but a sober , rational , religious fentiment , acquired by reflexion , and im- proved by habit ; yet , as I before obferved , it ...
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... must try and examine yourselves whether you really love God or not . In all this there is nothing vifionary or fanatical , no- thing but what the cooleft heads and the calmeft fpirits may easily rise to , nothing but what reafon ...
... must try and examine yourselves whether you really love God or not . In all this there is nothing vifionary or fanatical , no- thing but what the cooleft heads and the calmeft fpirits may easily rise to , nothing but what reafon ...
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... must have the seventh too , or they are undone . They grudge their Maker even that flender pittance of time which he has referved to himself ; they prostitute the whole , or the greater part of it , to the most trifling or moft unworthy ...
... must have the seventh too , or they are undone . They grudge their Maker even that flender pittance of time which he has referved to himself ; they prostitute the whole , or the greater part of it , to the most trifling or moft unworthy ...
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abfolutely againſt alfo almoſt alſo amuſements anſwer antient becauſe beſt bleffings cafe cauſe Chrift Chriſtian circumſtances confequence confideration courſe defires diftinct divine doctrine duty eſpecially eſtabliſhed exiſtence facred faid falvation fame fcripture feem felves fenfe fentiments fhall fign fincere fion firſt flaves fome fometimes foul fpirit friendſhip ftate ftill ftrength fubftance fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuppofe fupport furely Goſpel greateſt happineſs heart himſelf human impoffible inftance inſtead itſelf juſt leaſt lefs leſs Lord mafter mankind Matth meaſure ment mind moft moral moſt muft muſt nature neceffary obferve occafion ourſelves paffions peace philofophers pleaſe pleaſure poffible prefent puniſhment purpoſe queſtion raiſed reaſon refpects reft religion ſee ſeem ſenſe SERMON SERMON ſeveral ſhall ſhort ſhould ſhow ſome ſtand ſtate ſtill ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thouſand tion truth underſtanding univerfal uſe utmoſt virtue Weft whole wiſdom
Popular passages
Page 383 - 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 broken-hearted, 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 383 - And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was written, The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the Gospel to the poor...
Page 261 - 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 221 - 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 365 - 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 267 - For a small moment have I forsaken thee, but with great mercies will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment ; 'but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer.
Page 34 - 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 323 - 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 173 - 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 413 - 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...