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The reason is plain ; for as it is easy to go through a wide gate and walk in a broad road , so the sinner finds no hinderance to his entering on a life of sin , and little or no difficulty in pursu- ing it . Our corrupt nature strongly ...
The reason is plain ; for as it is easy to go through a wide gate and walk in a broad road , so the sinner finds no hinderance to his entering on a life of sin , and little or no difficulty in pursu- ing it . Our corrupt nature strongly ...
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The reason , added to this commandment , " For I the Lord thy God am a jealous God , " & c . , shows how extremely displeasing to him it is to neglect his worship , or worship him in an improper manner ; and that he will resent this sin ...
The reason , added to this commandment , " For I the Lord thy God am a jealous God , " & c . , shows how extremely displeasing to him it is to neglect his worship , or worship him in an improper manner ; and that he will resent this sin ...
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Have we not reason to cry , in the words of the Liturgy , " Lord , have mercy upon us , for having broken these laws , and incline our hearts to keep them in time to come " ? Proceed we now to the second table of the law .
Have we not reason to cry , in the words of the Liturgy , " Lord , have mercy upon us , for having broken these laws , and incline our hearts to keep them in time to come " ? Proceed we now to the second table of the law .
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The reason is , because we cannot , through the weakness of our fallen nature , keep it perfectly ; and if we fail in one point , we are guilty of all . Therefore it is written ( Gal . iii . 10 ) , " As many as are of the works of the ...
The reason is , because we cannot , through the weakness of our fallen nature , keep it perfectly ; and if we fail in one point , we are guilty of all . Therefore it is written ( Gal . iii . 10 ) , " As many as are of the works of the ...
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What can be the reason of it ? He tells us , ver . 32 , " Because they sought it not by faith . " How then ? " As it were by the works of the law . For they stumbled at that stumbling - stone . " Alas ! how many thousands , called ...
What can be the reason of it ? He tells us , ver . 32 , " Because they sought it not by faith . " How then ? " As it were by the works of the law . For they stumbled at that stumbling - stone . " Alas ! how many thousands , called ...
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Page 35 - Almighty and most merciful Father, We have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. We have offended against thy holy laws. We have left undone those things which we ought to have done; And we have done those things which we ought not to have done; And there is no health in us.
Page 36 - But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord : for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ...
Page 18 - ... and Aaron shall lay both his hands upon the head of the live goat, and confess over him all the iniquities of the children of Israel, and all their transgressions in all their sins, putting them upon the head of the goat, and shall send him away by the hand of a fit man into the wilderness : And the goat shall bear upon him all their iniquities unto a land not inhabited : and he shall let go the goat in the wilderness.
Page 109 - This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that JESUS CHRIST came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief.
Page 145 - And the LORD said unto Noah, Come thou and all thy house into the ark; for thee have I seen righteous before me in this generation.
Page 83 - Marvel not at this : for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in their graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth ; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life ; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
Page 107 - Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup.
Page 41 - And he said, Take now thy son, thine only son Isaac, whom thou lovest, and get thee into the land of Moriah ; and offer him there for a burnt offering upon one of the mountains which I will tell thee of.
Page 18 - Behold, thou art called a Jew, and restest in the law, and makest thy boast of God, and knowest his will, and approvest the things that are more excellent, being instructed out of the law...
Page 115 - For this shall every one that is godly pray unto thee in a time when thou mayest be found: surely in the floods of great waters they shall not come nigh unto him.
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| Title | Village sermons Village sermons, George Burder |
| Author | George Burder |
| Published | 1835 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 27 Mar 2007 |
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