Discourses on Various Subjects, Intended to Have Been Delivered in Philadelphia: To which are Added Some Others Selected from the Same Author |
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... interests , their duties here , and their expec- tations hereafter , they will not listen even to their maker . On Sundays , which the laws of most chris- tian countries prevent men from giving to business , many never go to any place ...
... interests , their duties here , and their expec- tations hereafter , they will not listen even to their maker . On Sundays , which the laws of most chris- tian countries prevent men from giving to business , many never go to any place ...
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... who read find nothing that interests them but what relates to the events of the time , or the politics of the day . " This state of things might lead men to look This MUTUAL EXHORTATION . 11 IV. The times in which we live may, ...
... who read find nothing that interests them but what relates to the events of the time , or the politics of the day . " This state of things might lead men to look This MUTUAL EXHORTATION . 11 IV. The times in which we live may, ...
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... now are from the beginning ; so that if the race of men had a maker , he has ceased to give any attention to them , or their conduct ; and consequenly that they they are at full liberty to consult their own interest 14 ON THE DUTY OF.
... now are from the beginning ; so that if the race of men had a maker , he has ceased to give any attention to them , or their conduct ; and consequenly that they they are at full liberty to consult their own interest 14 ON THE DUTY OF.
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... interest , and live as they please , without any regard to him . Also philosophers , having all the passions of other men , the same love of pleasure , the same ardour of ambition , and the same attachment to gain , that ac- tuate other ...
... interest , and live as they please , without any regard to him . Also philosophers , having all the passions of other men , the same love of pleasure , the same ardour of ambition , and the same attachment to gain , that ac- tuate other ...
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... interest- ing object of attention and contemplation to all christians . We should never forget that religion is only a means to a certain end ; and if we do not make this use of it , it would have been better for us never to have had it ...
... interest- ing object of attention and contemplation to all christians . We should never forget that religion is only a means to a certain end ; and if we do not make this use of it , it would have been better for us never to have had it ...
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Page 99 - Who now rejoice in my sufferings for you, and fill up that which is behind of the afflictions of Christ in my flesh for his body's sake, which is the church...
Page 91 - I charge thee therefore before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, who shall judge the quick and the dead at His appearing and His kingdom; preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all long-suffering and doctrine.
Page 64 - Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, To an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you, Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
Page 48 - I have been in the deep; in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren; in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
Page 83 - Christ raised; and if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.
Page 99 - And as many as walk according to this rule, peace be on them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God. From henceforth let no man trouble me, for I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus.
Page 67 - But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Page 67 - Saviour ; knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, and saying ; Where is the promise of his coming ? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
Page 170 - And he said, While the child was yet alive, I fasted and wept: for I said, Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me, that the child may live? But now he is dead, wherefore should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.
Page 86 - If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to-morrow we die.