Letters, and Sketches of Sermons, Volume 2J. Belcher, 1812 - Sermons, American |
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... true , even then I shall be as happy as they or you . ” — Well , Sir , I have no objection to your being happy . " But am I not as well off in this world as you are ? " - Not except you have as much peace in believing- " But I shall ...
... true , even then I shall be as happy as they or you . ” — Well , Sir , I have no objection to your being happy . " But am I not as well off in this world as you are ? " - Not except you have as much peace in believing- " But I shall ...
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... true , I do not pretend to judge the man , not I. It is true I have heard much of him , but that signifies nothing . " I re- marked there were very few able to form a right judgment when they did hear ; much less could they form a ...
... true , I do not pretend to judge the man , not I. It is true I have heard much of him , but that signifies nothing . " I re- marked there were very few able to form a right judgment when they did hear ; much less could they form a ...
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... true . I steadfastly believe it , and my soul rejoiceth in these divine manifestations . " His mother , I believe , was rather silenced than convinced . What a strange variety in human nature ! Were I writing for the public , while ...
... true . I steadfastly believe it , and my soul rejoiceth in these divine manifestations . " His mother , I believe , was rather silenced than convinced . What a strange variety in human nature ! Were I writing for the public , while ...
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... true . After which he selected his text , from the first general Epistle of John , iv . 16 : " And we have known , and believed the love that God hath to us . God is love ; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God , and God in him ...
... true . After which he selected his text , from the first general Epistle of John , iv . 16 : " And we have known , and believed the love that God hath to us . God is love ; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God , and God in him ...
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... true , as our reverend preacher asserts , that the de- struction of hell would be the destruction of heaven ! his heaven , poor gentleman , is based on a very precarious foundation , for the God of truth hath declared in the prophecy of ...
... true , as our reverend preacher asserts , that the de- struction of hell would be the destruction of heaven ! his heaven , poor gentleman , is based on a very precarious foundation , for the God of truth hath declared in the prophecy of ...
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Page 202 - Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away.
Page 177 - ... having abolished in his flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances : for to make in himself of twain one new man, so making peace...
Page 161 - Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high, priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others; for then must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
Page 180 - And God said, This is the token of the covenant which I make between me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations : I do set my bow in the cloud, and it shall be for a token of the covenant between me and the earth.
Page 58 - And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord.
Page 180 - And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed : it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary : and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine.
Page 181 - And said, By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, That in blessing I will bless thee...
Page 200 - Moreover, if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone : if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.
Page 309 - Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden : but of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
Page 307 - Thy people also shall be all righteous: They shall inherit the land for ever, The branch of my planting, the work of my hands, That I may be glorified.