SermonsW. Griffin, 1765 - 202 pages |
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... condition implied if not expreft ; fo that those who fall off from virtue unto wice , inftead of being heirs to his pro- mifes , become liable to his threats ; and those who return from vice to virtue , in- ftead of being obnoxious to ...
... condition implied if not expreft ; fo that those who fall off from virtue unto wice , inftead of being heirs to his pro- mifes , become liable to his threats ; and those who return from vice to virtue , in- ftead of being obnoxious to ...
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... conditions , that he may be entitled to the bleffings which God has promised , in whatever ftate he is , whether in fickness or in health , in profperity or adversity , perfeveres fteadily in an habit of Prayer ; he reflects , that ...
... conditions , that he may be entitled to the bleffings which God has promised , in whatever ftate he is , whether in fickness or in health , in profperity or adversity , perfeveres fteadily in an habit of Prayer ; he reflects , that ...
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... condition , the mercy of God regarded us ; he made a covenant with his only begotten Son , that he should come into the world , and die for mankind , and , upon the merit of that , cancel the hand- writing of the law , which bore fo ...
... condition , the mercy of God regarded us ; he made a covenant with his only begotten Son , that he should come into the world , and die for mankind , and , upon the merit of that , cancel the hand- writing of the law , which bore fo ...
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... adopts us , are widely different . They fly to adoption as the last resource and comfort of their folitary condition , as an artificial means means of supplying themselves with what Nature hath denied them 56 SERMON III .
... adopts us , are widely different . They fly to adoption as the last resource and comfort of their folitary condition , as an artificial means means of supplying themselves with what Nature hath denied them 56 SERMON III .
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... condition of the fubjects . In the kingdom of Grace we are in a state of tryal , liable to be drawn away by the deceit of the world , the flesh , and the Devil , liable to pain and forrow , to the fears of lofing what few comforts we en ...
... condition of the fubjects . In the kingdom of Grace we are in a state of tryal , liable to be drawn away by the deceit of the world , the flesh , and the Devil , liable to pain and forrow , to the fears of lofing what few comforts we en ...
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Page 91 - Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, 0 Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Page 104 - ... that it may please thee, of thy gracious goodness, shortly to accomplish the number of thine elect, and to hasten thy kingdom; that we, with all those that are departed in the true faith of thy holy name, may have our perfect consummation and bliss, both in body and soul, in thy eternal and everlasting glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 102 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid ; and the calf, and the young lion, and the fatling together : and a little child shall lead them.
Page 98 - O Merciful God, who hast made all men, and hatest nothing that thou hast made, nor wouldest the death of a sinner, but rather that he should be converted and live; Have mercy upon all Jews, Turks, Infidels, and Hereticks, and take from them all ignorance, hardness of heart, and contempt of thy Word...
Page 58 - Fathers, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto...
Page 181 - God is faithful, who will not suffer us to be tempted above that we are able to bear ; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that we may be able to bear it.
Page 126 - ... why then doth a living man complain, a man for the punifhment of his fins ? Laftly, let us confider the nature of the fufferings themfelves. Great part of thofe afflictions which we place to God's account, ought in good reafon to be placed to our own.
Page v - He by his great example might impart A better something, and baptize it Art ; He, all the feelings of my youth forgot, Might shew me what is taste by what is not ; By him supported with a proper pride, I...
Page 74 - PRAISE the Lord, O my foul : and all that is within me praife his holy Name.
Page 156 - not resist evil," but causes us rather, when smitten " on the right cheek, to turn the other also;" — of that mercifulness, whereby we "love our enemies, bless them that curse us, do good to them that hate us, and pray for them which despitefully use us and persecute us ;" — and of that complication of love and all holy tempers, which is exercised in suffering for righteousness