Sermons on Practical Subjects: Extracted Chiefly from the Works of Divines of the Last Century. By Richard Burn, ... In Four Volumes. ...T. Cadell, 1774 |
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... proper arguments , but as they ferve our turns , be they true or falfe . We long extremely for things that are forbidden us ; and what we despise when it is permitted us , we fnatch at greedily when it is taken from us . We love ...
... proper arguments , but as they ferve our turns , be they true or falfe . We long extremely for things that are forbidden us ; and what we despise when it is permitted us , we fnatch at greedily when it is taken from us . We love ...
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... prayers are fins and unholy , if a wicked man make them ; and if they be made by a good man , they are yet ineffective , unless they be improved by their proper difpofitions . A good man D 2 be SERM . II . Hinderances of Prayer . 35.
... prayers are fins and unholy , if a wicked man make them ; and if they be made by a good man , they are yet ineffective , unless they be improved by their proper difpofitions . A good man D 2 be SERM . II . Hinderances of Prayer . 35.
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... proper difpofitions . A good man cannot prevail in his prayers , if his defires be cold , and his affections trifling , and his induftry foon weary . And if all these appendages be obferved , yet they will do no good to an evil man ...
... proper difpofitions . A good man cannot prevail in his prayers , if his defires be cold , and his affections trifling , and his induftry foon weary . And if all these appendages be obferved , yet they will do no good to an evil man ...
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... proper phyfick to cure him ? Croffes are the only medicines of fick minds . Our found body carries with it a fick foul : we feel it not perhaps ; fo much the more are we fick , and so much more dangerously . Perhaps we may labour under ...
... proper phyfick to cure him ? Croffes are the only medicines of fick minds . Our found body carries with it a fick foul : we feel it not perhaps ; fo much the more are we fick , and so much more dangerously . Perhaps we may labour under ...
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... proper means to acquire this happiness , and covetouf- nefs the proper way to get and obtain riches , 1 The The ground of which arguments , name- ly , that ( 137 )
... proper means to acquire this happiness , and covetouf- nefs the proper way to get and obtain riches , 1 The The ground of which arguments , name- ly , that ( 137 )
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Page 22 - And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Page 482 - If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar : for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God Whom he hath not seen ? And this commandment have we from Him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.
Page 197 - That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.
Page 410 - For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive ; And plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
Page 119 - But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more ; and they likewise received every man a penny.
Page 59 - Who when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.
Page 27 - Prayer is the peace of our spirit, the stillness of our thoughts, the evenness of recollection, the seat of meditation, the rest of our cares, and the calm of our tempest; prayer is the issue of a quiet mind, of untroubled thoughts, it is the daughter of charity, and the sister of meekness...
Page 413 - And this is the confidence that we have in him, that if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us ; and if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
Page 166 - But I fay unto you, Love your enemies, blefs them that curfe you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which defpitefully ufe you, and perfecute you...