Sermons, Volume 1E. Sargeant, 1809 - Sermons, American |
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... situation of the heathens , with respect to the knowledge of the nature of God , and the worship which is due to him , would abundantly appear . But , let us pass on to the idea which the religion of Jesus gives us of the Supreme Being ...
... situation of the heathens , with respect to the knowledge of the nature of God , and the worship which is due to him , would abundantly appear . But , let us pass on to the idea which the religion of Jesus gives us of the Supreme Being ...
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... situation of those men whose unhappy lot it was to sit in the region and shadow of death ; we cannot help wishing that they had enjoyed those privileges which many christians enjoy , but despise or misim- prove . But , while we allow ...
... situation of those men whose unhappy lot it was to sit in the region and shadow of death ; we cannot help wishing that they had enjoyed those privileges which many christians enjoy , but despise or misim- prove . But , while we allow ...
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... more ignorant of the different situations of good and bad men in that state . Their Their poets , indeed , had sung of the pains of Tartarus and the blessings of Elysium : but these were so absurd and extra- vagant 24 SERMON I.
... more ignorant of the different situations of good and bad men in that state . Their Their poets , indeed , had sung of the pains of Tartarus and the blessings of Elysium : but these were so absurd and extra- vagant 24 SERMON I.
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... Reflection , which the sound of pleasure had lulled asleep , is now awaken- ed . His eyes are , now , opened to the folly , and guilt , and danger of his situation . He 66 awakens from his infatuated dreams , and says , SERMON III . 51.
... Reflection , which the sound of pleasure had lulled asleep , is now awaken- ed . His eyes are , now , opened to the folly , and guilt , and danger of his situation . He 66 awakens from his infatuated dreams , and says , SERMON III . 51.
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... situation . The wicked man is beside himself . Madness , saith Solomon , is in the heart of the sinner . The life of sin is like a dream , during which we believe ourselves . seated at a rich banquet , but when we awake we find it all ...
... situation . The wicked man is beside himself . Madness , saith Solomon , is in the heart of the sinner . The life of sin is like a dream , during which we believe ourselves . seated at a rich banquet , but when we awake we find it all ...
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Page 310 - I'LL praise my Maker with my breath ; And when my voice is lost in death, Praise shall employ my nobler powers : My days of praise shall ne'er be past, While life, and thought, and being last, Or immortality endures.
Page 34 - He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou prepares! a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life:...
Page 249 - And the people said unto Saul, Shall Jonathan die, who hath wrought this great salvation in Israel ? God forbid : as the LORD liveth, there shall not one hair of his head fall to the ground ; for he hath wrought with God this day. So the people rescued Jonathan, that he died not.
Page 296 - For innumerable evils have compassed me about: mine iniquities have taken hold upon me, so that I am not able to look up; they are more than the hairs of mine head: therefore my heart faileth me.
Page 264 - And Jonathan said to David, Go in peace, forasmuch as we have sworn both of us in the name of the Lord, saying, The Lord be between me and thee, and between my seed and thy seed for ever.
Page 211 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Page 75 - For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the Truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins, but a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries. He that despised Moses...
Page 146 - Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; and whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
Page 193 - For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
Page 253 - And he said unto him, Fear not : for the hand of Saul my father shall not find thee ; and thou shalt be king over Israel, and I shall be next unto thee; and that also Saul my father knoweth.