The Works of the Rev. John Witherspoon...: To which is Prefixed an Account of the Author's Life, in a Sermon Occasioned by His Death, Volume 2William W. Woodward, n.̊ 52, South second street., 1802 - 475 pages |
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... fuch as know not God . They are alfo defcribed a little differ- ently , as not having God in all their thoughts ; not but that wicked men may have a general or customary belief , in the being and perfections of God , but because they ...
... fuch as know not God . They are alfo defcribed a little differ- ently , as not having God in all their thoughts ; not but that wicked men may have a general or customary belief , in the being and perfections of God , but because they ...
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... fuch temptations on him , we cannot know ; only it deferves notice on this particular , that whereas fome of the other afflictions he endured , were fuch as his perfect purity could not but render more tolerable than otherwife they ...
... fuch temptations on him , we cannot know ; only it deferves notice on this particular , that whereas fome of the other afflictions he endured , were fuch as his perfect purity could not but render more tolerable than otherwife they ...
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... fuch as have no regard to any thing beyond this world . But this is not the cafe with all ; for I am certain there are fome whofe fharpest pangs have been occafioned by the fufferings of others , especially when of a fpiritual kind . To ...
... fuch as have no regard to any thing beyond this world . But this is not the cafe with all ; for I am certain there are fome whofe fharpest pangs have been occafioned by the fufferings of others , especially when of a fpiritual kind . To ...
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... fuch their par- tiality to themselves , that it is a matter of the utmost diffi- culty to convince them either of their guilt or danger . But , if you have any belief in the truths of the gofpel , if you believe the certainty of that ...
... fuch their par- tiality to themselves , that it is a matter of the utmost diffi- culty to convince them either of their guilt or danger . But , if you have any belief in the truths of the gofpel , if you believe the certainty of that ...
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... fuch atrocious crimes are acceptable to God ? Yet they certainly do fo . Neither would it be poflible for them , fo entirely to diveft themselves of every fenti- ment of humanity , if they were not inflamed by the rage of bigotry and ...
... fuch atrocious crimes are acceptable to God ? Yet they certainly do fo . Neither would it be poflible for them , fo entirely to diveft themselves of every fenti- ment of humanity , if they were not inflamed by the rage of bigotry and ...
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Page 155 - For I delight in the law of God after the inward man ; but I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. O wretched man that I am ! who shall deliver me from the body of this death ? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 177 - Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God.
Page 82 - And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up ; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed.
Page 26 - Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. Then said I, "Lo, I come:" in the volume of the book it is written of me, "I delight to do thy will, O my God." Yea, thy law is within my heart: I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O Lord, thou knowest.
Page 561 - God; to comfort all that mourn ; to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
Page 56 - I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good, I find not. For the good that I would, I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
Page 249 - And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them : and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not : for of such is the kingdom of God. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.
Page 26 - And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof.' 3 And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.
Page 56 - For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) dwelleth no good thing : for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
Page 14 - And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty...