Sermons on the Lord's prayer, 1-10 sermonsJ. Churchill and W. Flexney, 1774 |
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... fear of many evil things , fhould petition for the obtaining of the one , and preventing of the other , if it is reasonable to return thanks for benefits received , it 12 SERMON I. fuftained by the Providence of the fame ...
... fear of many evil things , fhould petition for the obtaining of the one , and preventing of the other , if it is reasonable to return thanks for benefits received , it 12 SERMON I. fuftained by the Providence of the fame ...
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... obtain what we afk for , if it is expedient for us . Upon firft coming into the pre- fence of God , and confidering his nature and our own , we should naturally be more apt to fear and to defpair , than to repose any confidence in him ...
... obtain what we afk for , if it is expedient for us . Upon firft coming into the pre- fence of God , and confidering his nature and our own , we should naturally be more apt to fear and to defpair , than to repose any confidence in him ...
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... obtain , if we will convince ourselves , that in our Prayers we come before the King of Kings , and that what we petition , for is of the laft confequence to us , no less than the supply of all our wants , no less than the forgiveness ...
... obtain , if we will convince ourselves , that in our Prayers we come before the King of Kings , and that what we petition , for is of the laft confequence to us , no less than the supply of all our wants , no less than the forgiveness ...
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... obtained by the meaneft man on earth ; an honour , which does not depend upon the breath of an unftable and mif- judging man , but on the favour of an immutable and all - wife God ; an honour which is not to be acquired by violating our ...
... obtained by the meaneft man on earth ; an honour , which does not depend upon the breath of an unftable and mif- judging man , but on the favour of an immutable and all - wife God ; an honour which is not to be acquired by violating our ...
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... obtaining God's favour for the acquifition of what we want , and the Pre- servation of what we have . If we fearch the fcriptures , we cannot but obferve the great prevalence of this duty with God , and have inftances , in the ...
... obtaining God's favour for the acquifition of what we want , and the Pre- servation of what we have . If we fearch the fcriptures , we cannot but obferve the great prevalence of this duty with God , and have inftances , in the ...
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acknowledge affured againſt alfo alſo becauſe beſt bleffings Chrift Chriftian confent confequence confider confideration conftant courſe creatures defign defire difpenfations doth duodecimo duty everlaſting exprefs faid fame felves fenfe fenfible fhall fhew fhould fider fincere fins firſt fome forgive forgiveneſs foul fpirit fubjects fuch fufferings fufficient fupply furely glory God the Father God's goodneſs Goſpel grace greateſt hallow happineſs hath heart Heaven himſelf holy honour impoffible infinite inſtead itſelf Jefus kingdom kingdom of Glory laftly laws lefs Lord mercy moft moſt muft muſt name of Father nature neceffary neceffities obedience obferve octavo ourſelves paffions perfect perfons performance petition pleaſed pleaſure poffible praiſe pray Prayer prefent Preferver promiſe puniſhment purpoſe reaſonable refpect requeſts Saviour SERMON SERMON ſhall ſtate Temptation thee thefe themſelves theſe thine things thofe thoſe thou tion underſtand underſtood univerfal unto uſe wants whilft wicked wiſdom words
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Page 106 - 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, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Page 121 - ... 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 148 - 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 68 - If men who are evil know how to give good gifts unto their children, how much more shall your Heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him ? (Zech.
Page 86 - PRAISE the Lord, O my foul : and all that is within me praife his holy Name.
Page 156 - God ; yet ought we moft chiefly fo to do, when we aflemble and meet together to render thanks for the great benefits that we have received at his hands, to fet forth his moft worthy praife, to hear his moft holy Word, and to afk thofe things which are requifite and neceflary, as well for the body as the foul.
Page viii - Think not that Pomp and Pow'r can work on mine. 'Tis not thy Name, though that indeed is great, 'Tis not the tinsel trumpery of state, 'Tis not thy Title, Doctor tho...
Page 182 - Saviour allures us, if ye forgive men their trefpafles, your heavenly Father will alfo forgive you ; but if yc forgive not men their trefpafles, neither •will your heavenly Father forgive your trefpafles.
Page 21 - God of the glory of his difpenfations ; whereas now, when they are made, as it were, the confequence of our Prayers, we cannot but be fenfible, that to God we owe them, and to God we ought to be thankful for them. But...
Page 224 - God may be eftablimed in the world, who will not himfelf be ruled and governed by him ? muft not his heart give his tongue the lye, while he fays with his mouth, thy kingdom come, but in his heart fays unto God, depart from us, what is the Almighty that we fhould ferve him, and what profit fhould we have if we pray unto him ? how can a man fay with true and fervent devotion, thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven, who continually oppofes and refifts the divine will, who neither fubmits to...