The Oracles of God: Four Orations. For Judgment to Come, an Argument, in Nine Parts |
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... judge from a va- cant face and an unawakened tone , and a facility of enduring interruption , it is often as truly inflicted upon the soul as ever penance was upon the flesh of a miserable monk . Or , upon another occasion , when one ...
... judge from a va- cant face and an unawakened tone , and a facility of enduring interruption , it is often as truly inflicted upon the soul as ever penance was upon the flesh of a miserable monk . Or , upon another occasion , when one ...
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... judge , when ye see the cold knife of the surgeon enter the patient's flesh , or the heavy wain grind onward to the neck of a fallen child . Despise pain , I wot not what it means . Bodily pain you may despise in a good cause , but let ...
... judge , when ye see the cold knife of the surgeon enter the patient's flesh , or the heavy wain grind onward to the neck of a fallen child . Despise pain , I wot not what it means . Bodily pain you may despise in a good cause , but let ...
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... JUDGE THE WORLD IN RIGHTEOUSNESS . TO THE REV . ROBERT GORDON , MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL , EDINBURGH . MY WORTHY FRIEND , THE design of the following Argument , which with all affection and esteem I dedicate to you , is to re- cover the ...
... JUDGE THE WORLD IN RIGHTEOUSNESS . TO THE REV . ROBERT GORDON , MINISTER OF THE GOSPEL , EDINBURGH . MY WORTHY FRIEND , THE design of the following Argument , which with all affection and esteem I dedicate to you , is to re- cover the ...
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... judge , is to have the eyes of his mind as much as possible unveiled from any prejudice , and the affections of his nature unrestrained by any ancient habit from moving with natural freedom to whatever may have charms in his eye . For ...
... judge , is to have the eyes of his mind as much as possible unveiled from any prejudice , and the affections of his nature unrestrained by any ancient habit from moving with natural freedom to whatever may have charms in his eye . For ...
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... Judge , and everlasting glory ; life would become full not only of good endeavours but joyful prospects , were men convinced and mindful of the last day , which is to sum up all the past and decide all the future of their existence ...
... Judge , and everlasting glory ; life would become full not only of good endeavours but joyful prospects , were men convinced and mindful of the last day , which is to sum up all the past and decide all the future of their existence ...
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Page 209 - Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye clothed me not; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
Page 252 - And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off. It is better for thee to enter halt into life than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched. Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Page 16 - I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh; when your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me...
Page 231 - Many will say to me in that day, "Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name, and in thy name cast out devils, and in thy name done many wonderful works?" And then will I profess unto them, "I never knew you; depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
Page 121 - His name shall be called Jesus, for he shall save his people from their sins.
Page 125 - Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundations of the earth ; and the heavens are the work of thine hands : they shall perish, but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment, and as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed : but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
Page 192 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod ; and the delighted spirit To bathe in fiery floods, or to reside In thrilling regions of thick-ribbed ice ; To be imprisoned in the viewless winds, And blown with restless violence round about The pendent world...
Page 209 - Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
Page 16 - Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; But ye have set at naught all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh...
Page 209 - Come ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was an hungred and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger and ye took me in: naked and ye clothed me: I was sick and ye visited me: I was in prison and ye came unto me.