Sermons Upon the Following Subjects: The Natural Advantages of Men for Attaining to the Knowledge and Practice of Religion ...A. Millar, 1749 - Sermons, English |
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... Interest of Society , and a facrificing of the publick Welfare to our private Views , are Things extremely base and shocking , and which must unavoidably be abhorred by us . The Eye of the Mind , our Faculty of moral Discernment , as ...
... Interest of Society , and a facrificing of the publick Welfare to our private Views , are Things extremely base and shocking , and which must unavoidably be abhorred by us . The Eye of the Mind , our Faculty of moral Discernment , as ...
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... interest our Affections ; and might serve instead of all other Arguments , to convince us , both of the Truth and Dif- ference of those intellectual Images or Ob- jects , which they bring under our View and Contemplation . If against ...
... interest our Affections ; and might serve instead of all other Arguments , to convince us , both of the Truth and Dif- ference of those intellectual Images or Ob- jects , which they bring under our View and Contemplation . If against ...
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... Interests of Virtue , we have reason to apprehend will overtake us under the present Administration of Pro- vidence ; and which , without Amendment , muft certainly be our Portion , moft dread fully , in a future State . In a word , a ...
... Interests of Virtue , we have reason to apprehend will overtake us under the present Administration of Pro- vidence ; and which , without Amendment , muft certainly be our Portion , moft dread fully , in a future State . In a word , a ...
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... Interests ; or , that this Influence is not necessary to make Virtue fhine out in its full Luftre and Perfection . For in the Scene which Faith difcovers , fuch Objects are exhibited and prefented , as must ef- fectually draw forth ...
... Interests ; or , that this Influence is not necessary to make Virtue fhine out in its full Luftre and Perfection . For in the Scene which Faith difcovers , fuch Objects are exhibited and prefented , as must ef- fectually draw forth ...
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... Interests of Virtue and of Mankind , greatly to value the Religion of our Saviour , and determine them , upon ob- taining a rational Conviction of its Truth , heartily to embrace it , and to hold faft the Heb . x . Profeffion of it ...
... Interests of Virtue and of Mankind , greatly to value the Religion of our Saviour , and determine them , upon ob- taining a rational Conviction of its Truth , heartily to embrace it , and to hold faft the Heb . x . Profeffion of it ...
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Page viii - Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces. For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.
Page 179 - Then Paul stood in the midst of Mars' hill, and said, Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
Page v - make speed, hasten his work, that we may see it; and let the counsel of the Holy One of Israel draw nigh and come, that we may know it. 20. Wo unto them that call evil good, and good evil, that put darkness for light, and light for darkness, that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Page 255 - F ye then be rifen with Chrift, feek thofe things which are above, where Chrift fitteth on the right hand of God.
Page 337 - Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: and be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.
Page 221 - But the wifdom that is from above, is firft pure, then peaceable, gentle, and eafy to be entreated, full of mercy and good, fruits, without partiality and without hypocrify.
Page 339 - have given you an example, that ye fhould " do as I have done to you. Verily, verily, .*' I fay unto you, The fervant is not greater ." than his lord ; neither he, that is fent, ." greater than he that fent him. If ye know ." thefe things, happy are ye, if ye do them :
Page 125 - He that planted the ear, jhall he not hear? He that formed the eye jhall he not fee ? \ o.
Page 358 - Therefore all things whatfoever ye would that men fhould do to you, do ye even fo to them : for this is the law and the prophets.
Page 134 - Lord God Almighty ; jujl and true are thy Ways, thou King of Saints. Who jhall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy Name ? for thou only art Holy, Rev.