Sermons on Important Subjects ...: To which are New Added Three Occasional Sermons, Not Included in the Former Editions. Memoirs and Characters of the Author, and Two Sermons on Occasion of His Death by the Rev. Drs. Gibbons and Tinley, Volume 3T.S. Arden, 1802 |
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... duty of repentance as binding upon all mankind ( philofophers and judges , as well as the illiterate vulgar , in Athens ) as well as in the most barbarous countries of the earth . The times of this ignorance God winked at . By the times ...
... duty of repentance as binding upon all mankind ( philofophers and judges , as well as the illiterate vulgar , in Athens ) as well as in the most barbarous countries of the earth . The times of this ignorance God winked at . By the times ...
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... duty enjoined by our natu- ral reason , and strongly enforced by the Jewish reli- gion ; but it is the gofpel that affords the ftrongest motives and allurements , and the beft helps and ad- vantages for repentance . The gospel was first ...
... duty enjoined by our natu- ral reason , and strongly enforced by the Jewish reli- gion ; but it is the gofpel that affords the ftrongest motives and allurements , and the beft helps and ad- vantages for repentance . The gospel was first ...
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... duties of religion , if there be no life or fpirit in them ? Will God account that man truly penitent , who thinks it enough that he is not guilty of open acts of wicked- nefs , though he indulges it , and loves it in his heart ? No ...
... duties of religion , if there be no life or fpirit in them ? Will God account that man truly penitent , who thinks it enough that he is not guilty of open acts of wicked- nefs , though he indulges it , and loves it in his heart ? No ...
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... duty ; it is fear of the punishment , and not hatred of the crime , that is the principle of this fervile , ungenerous repentance . Hence you may see you may be very forry for your fin , because it may fix a fcandal upon your character ...
... duty ; it is fear of the punishment , and not hatred of the crime , that is the principle of this fervile , ungenerous repentance . Hence you may see you may be very forry for your fin , because it may fix a fcandal upon your character ...
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... duty and gratitude we are under to him ; and , therefore , they must be all re- pented of . This was the character of David , That he hated every falfe way . Pfalm cxix . 128 . Now , does not this confideration prove fome of you ...
... duty and gratitude we are under to him ; and , therefore , they must be all re- pented of . This was the character of David , That he hated every falfe way . Pfalm cxix . 128 . Now , does not this confideration prove fome of you ...
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Page 383 - 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 395 - I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
Page 21 - And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
Page 232 - But now the righteousness of God without the law is manifested, being witnessed by the law and the prophets; even the righteousness of God, which is by faith of Jesus Christ, unto all, and upon all them that believe. For there is no difference...
Page 129 - I am crucified with Christ : nevertheless, I live ; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me : and the life which I now live in the flesh, I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
Page 236 - Cursed is every one which continueth not in all things that are •written in the book of the law, to do them.
Page 397 - And it was given unto him to make war with the saints, and to overcome them; and power was given him over all kindreds, and tongues, and nations.
Page 392 - Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing : let them not feed, nor drink water : but let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God : yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands. Who can tell if God will turn and repent, and turn away from his fierce anger, that we perish not?
Page 295 - Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.