Practical Discourses on the Leading Truths of the Gospel. ...Prited by J. Hughs, for J. Dodsley, 1768 - 347 pages |
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... in heart , and mighty in strength : " who hath hardened himfelf against him , " and hath profpered ? " A clear discovery He of of the infinite majesty of God , the unspotted holinefs Ser.2 . The finner without excufe before God . 33.
... in heart , and mighty in strength : " who hath hardened himfelf against him , " and hath profpered ? " A clear discovery He of of the infinite majesty of God , the unspotted holinefs Ser.2 . The finner without excufe before God . 33.
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John Witherspoon, William Shenstone Robert Dodsley. of the infinite majesty of God , the unspotted holinefs of his nature , the extent , the purity , and fpirituality of his law , will immediately carry home a conviction of this truth ...
John Witherspoon, William Shenstone Robert Dodsley. of the infinite majesty of God , the unspotted holinefs of his nature , the extent , the purity , and fpirituality of his law , will immediately carry home a conviction of this truth ...
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... infinite number , then , muft we be chargeable with in twenty , thirty , forty , or fifty years ! If fo many are the fins of a fingle day , what must be the guilt of a whole life ? What reafon to D. 2- cry 66 - cry out , with the ...
... infinite number , then , muft we be chargeable with in twenty , thirty , forty , or fifty years ! If fo many are the fins of a fingle day , what must be the guilt of a whole life ? What reafon to D. 2- cry 66 - cry out , with the ...
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... infinite glory and ma jesty of God , in whose fight the heavens them- felves are not clean , and who charges his angels with folly ; and fay , whether you have ever prayed at all with becoming reverence of spirit . Confider only the ...
... infinite glory and ma jesty of God , in whose fight the heavens them- felves are not clean , and who charges his angels with folly ; and fay , whether you have ever prayed at all with becoming reverence of spirit . Confider only the ...
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... infinite mercy alone , muft : be the foundation of our hope . III . I come now to make fome practical applica- tion of the subject , for your instruction and di- rection . And , 1. How great is the deceitful- nefs 2 nefs of fin ! how ...
... infinite mercy alone , muft : be the foundation of our hope . III . I come now to make fome practical applica- tion of the subject , for your instruction and di- rection . And , 1. How great is the deceitful- nefs 2 nefs of fin ! how ...
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Page 255 - It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
Page 307 - Samuel said, hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of the Lord ? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken, than the fat of rams.
Page 114 - That the wages of sin is death. That as many as are of the works of the law, are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things written in the book of the law to do them.
Page 79 - Abide in Me and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself except it abide in the vine, no more can ye except ye abide in Me. I am the Vine, ye are the branches. He that abideth in Me and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit. For without Me ye can do nothing.
Page 71 - For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things- Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
Page 144 - And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb : For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
Page 212 - And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
Page 262 - If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering: for he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea, driven with the wind, and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
Page 75 - Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God ? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old ? Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul...
Page 265 - Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more? Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore? Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies?