Sermons and Discourses on Several Subjects and Occasions, Volume 4C. and R. Ware, T. Longman, and J. Johnson, 1774 - Sermons, English |
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... religion . 3 ° 2. Christianity , in its infancy , had all the influence upon the lives of its profeffors that could be expected ; and if it has not the fame now , this must not be imputed to its doctrine , but to other reasons . 31 As ...
... religion . 3 ° 2. Christianity , in its infancy , had all the influence upon the lives of its profeffors that could be expected ; and if it has not the fame now , this must not be imputed to its doctrine , but to other reasons . 31 As ...
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... and dread him more , than they really do . 50 The right ufe of these apprehenfions is to take occafion from them to advance fafter in the ways of religion . 5 I SER- SERMON IV . The Terrors of Confcience . MATT . CONTENTS .
... and dread him more , than they really do . 50 The right ufe of these apprehenfions is to take occafion from them to advance fafter in the ways of religion . 5 I SER- SERMON IV . The Terrors of Confcience . MATT . CONTENTS .
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... religion . And from the contemplation of Christ's triumph on the crofs . II . It highly becomes us to glory in the crots of Chrift . 1 100 106 It is the doctrine to which all the other doctrines of the gospel refer , and from which they ...
... religion . And from the contemplation of Christ's triumph on the crofs . II . It highly becomes us to glory in the crots of Chrift . 1 100 106 It is the doctrine to which all the other doctrines of the gospel refer , and from which they ...
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... religious veneration that dwells in us . 116 The advantages of public worship to excite the mutual ardour of the faithful . 117 And to filence the fcoffs of the unbeliever . 119 An exhortation to the practice of this duty , VOL . IV ...
... religious veneration that dwells in us . 116 The advantages of public worship to excite the mutual ardour of the faithful . 117 And to filence the fcoffs of the unbeliever . 119 An exhortation to the practice of this duty , VOL . IV ...
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... religion , it will , I am perfuaded , appear that the character of this excellent king , even while he was in his lowest and most afflicted ftate , had fome- thing it , more truly great and noble , than all the triumphs of conquerors ...
... religion , it will , I am perfuaded , appear that the character of this excellent king , even while he was in his lowest and most afflicted ftate , had fome- thing it , more truly great and noble , than all the triumphs of conquerors ...
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Page 96 - But this I say, brethren ; The time is short ; It remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; and they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not ; and they that buy, as though they possessed not ; and they that use this world, as not abusing it. For the fashion of this world passeth away.
Page xxviii - Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, and for your children. For behold, the days are coming, in the which they shall say, Blessed are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck. Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us; and to the hills, Cover us.
Page 97 - your calling, how that not many wife " men after the flefh, not many mighty, " not many noble are called. But God hath " chofen the foolifh things of the world, to " confound the wife; and God hath chofen " the weak things of the world, to confound " the things which are mighty ; and bafe " things of the world, and things which " are defpifed, hath God chofen, yea, and VOL.
Page 56 - I am feeble and sore broken : I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
Page 12 - Righteous art Thou, O Lord, when I plead with Thee : yet let me talk with Thee of Thy judgments : wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
Page 166 - Although the fig-tree fhall not blofibm, neither fhall fruit be in the vines ; the labour of the olive fhall fail, and the fields fhall yield no meat ; the flock fhall be cut off from the fold, and there fhall be no herd in the ftalls ; yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my falvation...
Page 35 - Christ, and the doctrine which is according to godliness, he is proud, knowing nothing.' 1 Tim. vi. 3, 4. ' Exhort servants to be obedient to their own masters, and to please them well in all things ; not answering again : not purloining, but showing all good fidelity ; that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things :'
Page 53 - ... anticipation of that righteous and unalterable fentence which will be pronounced hereafter by that Being to whom he is finally to give an account of his...
Page 144 - ... and cheerfulness. It is certain, that the more pleasing an action is to us, the more keenly and eagerly are we used to employ ourselves in it ; the less liable are we, while it is going forward, to tire, and droop, and be dispirited. So that whatever contributes to make our devotion taking, within such a degree as not at the same time to dissipate and distract, it does, for that very reason, contribute to our attention and holy warmth of mind in performing it. What we take delight in, we no longer...
Page 106 - Moses' law, died without mercy under two or three witnesses : of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and counted the blood of the covenant wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite to the Spirit of grace?