Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions, Volume 5Clarendon Press, 1823 - Apologetics |
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Page 44
... short , should it look no further than only to keep men from being swine , and goats , and tigers , without improving the principles of humanity into positive and higher per- fections . The soul may be cleansed from all blots , and yet ...
... short , should it look no further than only to keep men from being swine , and goats , and tigers , without improving the principles of humanity into positive and higher per- fections . The soul may be cleansed from all blots , and yet ...
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... short as it is , yet it equals the business of the day . God , that knows the exact proportions of things , took the mea- sure of both , and found that the compass of our lives would fully grasp and take in all our occasions . Are there ...
... short as it is , yet it equals the business of the day . God , that knows the exact proportions of things , took the mea- sure of both , and found that the compass of our lives would fully grasp and take in all our occasions . Are there ...
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... short and limited , so , on the other side , the work to be done is both difficult and neces- sary . 1. And first for its difficulty : though this has been sufficiently intimated in what was discoursed of be- fore , yet , for the ...
... short and limited , so , on the other side , the work to be done is both difficult and neces- sary . 1. And first for its difficulty : though this has been sufficiently intimated in what was discoursed of be- fore , yet , for the ...
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... short , can there be a more cogent argument , to induce a man to be covetous of every moment , and to make his industry piece out the scantiness of his opportunities ? He that has far to go , and much to do , surely is concerned to rise ...
... short , can there be a more cogent argument , to induce a man to be covetous of every moment , and to make his industry piece out the scantiness of his opportunities ? He that has far to go , and much to do , surely is concerned to rise ...
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... short , it was only an interruption , not an abolition of her happiness . 2. But secondly , I add , that he who is pillaged or murdered in the resolute performance of his duty , is not properly prevailed against . It has been a constant ...
... short , it was only an interruption , not an abolition of her happiness . 2. But secondly , I add , that he who is pillaged or murdered in the resolute performance of his duty , is not properly prevailed against . It has been a constant ...
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Page 262 - Seeing then, that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought we to be in all holy conversation and godliness...
Page 40 - For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness : there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Page 472 - ... the same shall drink of the wine of the wrath of God, which is poured out without mixture into the cup of his indignation ; and he shall be tormented with fire and brimstone in the presence of the holy angels, and in the presence of the Lamb : and the smoke of their torment ascendeth up for ever and ever: and they have no rest day nor night, who worship the beast and his image, and whosoever receiveth the mark of his name.
Page 364 - For the grave cannot praise thee, death cannot celebrate thee: They that go down into the pit cannot hope for thy truth. The living, the living, he shall praise thee, as I do this day: The father to the children shall make known thy truth.
Page 440 - Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.
Page 355 - in whose presence is fulness of joy, and at whose right hand there are pleasures for evermore?
Page 181 - And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily : so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the Lord fighteth for them against the Egyptians.
Page 127 - Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness ; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
Page 469 - And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.
Page 433 - O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture? 2 . Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.