Sermons on Various Subjects, Evangelical, Devotional and Practical: Adapted to the Promotion of Christian Piety, Family Religion, and Youthful Virtue, Volume 1by Isaiah Thomas, Jun.; Sold at his respective bookstores in Boston and Worcester., 1809 - Congregational churches |
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... thoughts . What stupidity is this ! Is God always with them , and working before them ? Does he manifest himself in the heavens , in the earth , in rain and sunshine , in winds and storms , in suc- ceeding their labours , and blessing ...
... thoughts . What stupidity is this ! Is God always with them , and working before them ? Does he manifest himself in the heavens , in the earth , in rain and sunshine , in winds and storms , in suc- ceeding their labours , and blessing ...
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... thoughts of ourselves . What are we amidst this vast creation ! How won- derful is his condescension , that he attends to our wants , and visits us every moment ! When we consider the heavens , the work of his fingers , the moon and ...
... thoughts of ourselves . What are we amidst this vast creation ! How won- derful is his condescension , that he attends to our wants , and visits us every moment ! When we consider the heavens , the work of his fingers , the moon and ...
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... thought of , if you had not seen them in pos- session of others . Make these deductions , and your list of grievances will be much reduced . Call gratitude to make the estimate , and your blessings will be found to exceed your troubles ...
... thought of , if you had not seen them in pos- session of others . Make these deductions , and your list of grievances will be much reduced . Call gratitude to make the estimate , and your blessings will be found to exceed your troubles ...
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... thoughts to the superiour world , and here begin the devout and holy exercises which are to employ us there . If all things were created for God's pleasure , let us remember , that for his pleasure we were created too . We are to live ...
... thoughts to the superiour world , and here begin the devout and holy exercises which are to employ us there . If all things were created for God's pleasure , let us remember , that for his pleasure we were created too . We are to live ...
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... thoughts as our thoughts . It is by a variety of means , and by a laboured process , that we effect a single purpose . A variety of vast and wonderful purposes God ac- complishes by the same means . There is a connex- ion which runs ...
... thoughts as our thoughts . It is by a variety of means , and by a laboured process , that we effect a single purpose . A variety of vast and wonderful purposes God ac- complishes by the same means . There is a connex- ion which runs ...
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Page 75 - I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.
Page 265 - And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation : Neither shall they say, Lo here ! or, lo there ! for, Behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
Page 29 - But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort ? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.
Page 304 - Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness : and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.
Page 334 - Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths : but I say unto you, Swear not at all : neither by heaven ; for it is God's throne : nor by the earth ; for it is his footstool...
Page 323 - But above all things, my brethren, swear not; neither by heaven, neither by the earth, | neither by any other oath : but let your yea, be yea; and your nay, nay ; lest ye fall into condemnation.
Page 45 - What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands ; thou hast put all things under his feet...
Page 370 - Go to now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain : whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life ? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
Page 134 - AND after these things I heard a great voice of much people in heaven, saying, Alleluia; Salvation, and glory, and honour, and power, unto the Lord our God: for true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.
Page 317 - For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of GOD, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.