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... Christian principles . The Lord's voice crieth unto the city , and the man of wisdom shall see thy name : hear ye the rod , and who hath appointed it . From this sentence of the divinely inspired volume I shall take occasion to make ...
... Christian principles . The Lord's voice crieth unto the city , and the man of wisdom shall see thy name : hear ye the rod , and who hath appointed it . From this sentence of the divinely inspired volume I shall take occasion to make ...
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... Christian patriot is depressed when he contemplates them . It is indeed a matter of thankfulness , that pro- bably in Britain more piety exists than in any o- ther portion of the globe . We are the best of the bad . Yet , after all ...
... Christian patriot is depressed when he contemplates them . It is indeed a matter of thankfulness , that pro- bably in Britain more piety exists than in any o- ther portion of the globe . We are the best of the bad . Yet , after all ...
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... Christianity long has shone , with a lustre almost unequaled in any other nation or age . Yet , how very few are living ... Christians ! What multitudes are swallowed up in the business , or amusements of this world , while the high and ...
... Christianity long has shone , with a lustre almost unequaled in any other nation or age . Yet , how very few are living ... Christians ! What multitudes are swallowed up in the business , or amusements of this world , while the high and ...
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... Christians ! " The voice of the Lord crieth unto the city ! What is its import ? It charges us , not only with a shameful neglect of the Gospel , as a matter of personal concern , but also with indifference res- pecting its diffusion ...
... Christians ! " The voice of the Lord crieth unto the city ! What is its import ? It charges us , not only with a shameful neglect of the Gospel , as a matter of personal concern , but also with indifference res- pecting its diffusion ...
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... Christians , not merely in form , but with affectionate earnestness , to supplicate the Lord , to endue them with his Holy Spirit : to enrich them with his heavenly grace , that they may set high and holy examples to their sub- jects ...
... Christians , not merely in form , but with affectionate earnestness , to supplicate the Lord , to endue them with his Holy Spirit : to enrich them with his heavenly grace , that they may set high and holy examples to their sub- jects ...
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AFFECTIONATE affliction altar blow Britain CAMPDEN casts chastise cheer Christians clouds concerning a kingdom concerning a nation crown decease deprivation derive improvement dispensations divine duty and interest dying earth earthly eternal EVESHAM evil fade fall Father fear felt flower glory God crieth unto Gospel gourd grass hand HATH appointed HEAR YE heard hearkened heart heaven heavenly hopes humble improve public calamities infinite INSCRIBED interest to improve Israel Jeremiah Jesus Christ Jonah lesson Lord crieth Lord crieth unto Lord hath LORD'S VOICE CRIETH lustre ments mercy mise mockery mournful event Multitudes national guilt ness obey occasion ourselves parent patriot person prayers prince Princess recent reflecting upon death righteous scenes SERMON sins smote solemn sorrow sovereignty speak concerning supplicate tempest ther thine thing Thy judgements THY NAME transgress unto the city vanity VOICE CRIETH UNTO voice of God weep wickedness wisdom YE THE ROD
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Page 16 - Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, that they may follow strong drink; That continue until night, till wine inflame them ! And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, And wine, are in their feasts: But they regard not the work of the Lord, Neither consider the operation of his hands.
Page 19 - I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, "What have I done?" every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.
Page 20 - Let us search and try our ways, and turn again to the Lord. Let us lift up our heart with our hands unto God in the heavens.
Page 18 - At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; if that nation against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
Page 20 - How hath the Lord covered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, and cast down from heaven unto the earth the beauty of Israel, and remembered not his footstool in the day of his anger!
Page 16 - The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked: the Lord hath his way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of his feet.
Page 18 - Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people : and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you. But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.
Page 8 - The Lord's voice crieth unto the city, and the man of wisdom shall see thy name: hear ye the rod, and who hath appointed it.
Page 19 - I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it, if it do evil in my sight, that it obey not my voice, then 1 will repent of the good wherewith I said I would benefit them.
Page 13 - ... the relations of society, with their devotion to learning, and with their habits of industry and sobriety ; — there is hope for them, if they will look away from all their ancient sages, and turn to Him., who sends them, along with the dissolution of their ancient state, the knowledge of Himself, the only living and true God, and of Jesus Christ whom He hath sent.