Sermons on Practical Subjects, Volume 1J. Justice and A. M'Kean, 1820 - Presbyterian Church |
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... look frequently and parrowly into our hearts , lest the gifts we receive for the use of the church should pass with us for those peculiar graces of the Spirit , which prove our adoption into the family of God , and manifest our title to ...
... look frequently and parrowly into our hearts , lest the gifts we receive for the use of the church should pass with us for those peculiar graces of the Spirit , which prove our adoption into the family of God , and manifest our title to ...
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... look upon them as the dregs and refuse of human kind . But alas ! strange as it may seem , it seldom happens that these perfidious men become so thoroughly contemptible as to be altogether harmless . Even they wbo despise them most ...
... look upon them as the dregs and refuse of human kind . But alas ! strange as it may seem , it seldom happens that these perfidious men become so thoroughly contemptible as to be altogether harmless . Even they wbo despise them most ...
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... look beyond the grave to those pare regions of everlasting light , and love , and joy ; where they that be wise , shall shine as the brightness of the firmament , and they that turn many unto righteousness as the stars for ever and ever ...
... look beyond the grave to those pare regions of everlasting light , and love , and joy ; where they that be wise , shall shine as the brightness of the firmament , and they that turn many unto righteousness as the stars for ever and ever ...
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... ” ' Nor is his attention confined to the ways of man , ” “ by which is commonly meant his outward behaviour ; he looks immediately into his heart , and sees the inward frame and tendency of his soul ; for all things 34 SERMON II .
... ” ' Nor is his attention confined to the ways of man , ” “ by which is commonly meant his outward behaviour ; he looks immediately into his heart , and sees the inward frame and tendency of his soul ; for all things 34 SERMON II .
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... look on , and spare , till it be fully formed and executed ? How incomprehensible then must bis patience be ! We find it no easy matter to forgive our fellow men , even when they are penitent ; with what difficulty do we suppress our ...
... look on , and spare , till it be fully formed and executed ? How incomprehensible then must bis patience be ! We find it no easy matter to forgive our fellow men , even when they are penitent ; with what difficulty do we suppress our ...
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Page 308 - And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off. And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
Page 198 - Of a truth I say unto you, That he will make him ruler over all that he hath. 45 But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming...
Page 17 - And now, behold, I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befall me there : save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying that bonds and afflictions abide me. But none of these things move me...
Page 354 - Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot...
Page 327 - ... (far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named not only in this world, but also in that which is to come,) and hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all.
Page 187 - The Lord is in his holy temple, the Lord's throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
Page 506 - I, even I, am he that comforteth you : who art thou, that thou shouldest be afraid of a man that shall die, and of the son of man which shall be made as grass ; " And forgettest the Lord thy Maker, that hath stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the earth ; and hast feared continually every day because of the fury of the oppressor, CHRISTIANS IN BURJIAH.
Page 179 - For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
Page 244 - Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; The labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; The flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Page viii - Who is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of every creature ; for by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers ; all things were created by him, and for him; and he is before all things, and by him all things consist...