SermonsWilliam Blackwood, 1836 - 393 pages |
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... look upon their attainments as the ne plus ultra of hypocrisy and professional religion . He knew that persons might open the door to others , and usher them into the king- dom of heaven , and yet be themselves shut out ; that they ...
... look upon their attainments as the ne plus ultra of hypocrisy and professional religion . He knew that persons might open the door to others , and usher them into the king- dom of heaven , and yet be themselves shut out ; that they ...
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... look backwards , " regret the course which they have adopted , and , if they do not make good their retreat , sink into inacti- vity and dejection . If the apostle of the Gentiles had laboured under this want of firmness and elevation ...
... look backwards , " regret the course which they have adopted , and , if they do not make good their retreat , sink into inacti- vity and dejection . If the apostle of the Gentiles had laboured under this want of firmness and elevation ...
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... look first at the one and then at the other , to a span , to an handbreadth , to nothing . Yet they maintain their elevation , and continue to ascend higher . Self - complacency and self - glorification are the feelings of a person who ...
... look first at the one and then at the other , to a span , to an handbreadth , to nothing . Yet they maintain their elevation , and continue to ascend higher . Self - complacency and self - glorification are the feelings of a person who ...
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... look forward to death as the period of their emancipa- tion ; and yet they look upon it as their high duty to glorify God here , and do not consider that they are at liberty to throw away their lives , or to leave their present station ...
... look forward to death as the period of their emancipa- tion ; and yet they look upon it as their high duty to glorify God here , and do not consider that they are at liberty to throw away their lives , or to leave their present station ...
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... He had no earthly protector or patron- age to look to . " Christ crucified , " who had been " to the Jews a stumblingblock , " had not yet been " preached to the ed ! Gentiles ; " and that he should be 26 SERMON II .
... He had no earthly protector or patron- age to look to . " Christ crucified , " who had been " to the Jews a stumblingblock , " had not yet been " preached to the ed ! Gentiles ; " and that he should be 26 SERMON II .
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Page 209 - Ye are all the children of light, and the children of the day: we are not of the night, nor of darkness. Therefore let us not sleep, as do others ; but let us watch and be sober.
Page 152 - The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, Before his works of old. I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, Or ever the earth was. When there were no depths, I was brought forth ; When there were no fountains abounding with water.
Page 19 - And Paul said; I would to God, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.
Page 288 - Remember therefore from whence thou art fallen, and repent, and do the first works ; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place, except thou repent.
Page 292 - The LORD rebuke thee, O Satan ; even the LORD that hath chosen Jerusalem rebuke thee : is not this a brand plucked out of the fire 1 Now Joshua was clothed with filthy garments, and stood before the angel.
Page 337 - I am God, and there is none else ; I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, " My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure...
Page 308 - He that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.
Page 285 - And truly the Son of man goeth as it was determined ; but woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed.
Page 229 - For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts ; even one thing befalleth them : as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath ; so that a man hath no pre-eminence above a beast : for all is vanity. All go unto one place ; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again.
Page 131 - So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these ? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord ; thou knowest that I love thee.