The Works of William Mason, Volume 4T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1811 |
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... persons have , in all ages , ( amid their general researches after truth ) made the use and value of the world a principal object of their considera- tion , in order that they might proportion their esteem for it to its real and ...
... persons have , in all ages , ( amid their general researches after truth ) made the use and value of the world a principal object of their considera- tion , in order that they might proportion their esteem for it to its real and ...
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... persons as employ their studies in the search of moral and religious truths , and , in consequence of that search , form to themselves different modes of practical conduct . To separate these into their several classes , would be not ...
... persons as employ their studies in the search of moral and religious truths , and , in consequence of that search , form to themselves different modes of practical conduct . To separate these into their several classes , would be not ...
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... persons of this sort generally seclude themselves from the rest of the world , and contract all their interests as much as may be towards their own centre ; nay , their very charity takes the same confined cast , and parcels itself out ...
... persons of this sort generally seclude themselves from the rest of the world , and contract all their interests as much as may be towards their own centre ; nay , their very charity takes the same confined cast , and parcels itself out ...
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... person , " and not by commandment of the Lord , " we may certainly infer from them a permission to use the world , pro- Ivided we observe the restriction of not abusing it ; and this consistently with the whole tenor of Revelation ...
... person , " and not by commandment of the Lord , " we may certainly infer from them a permission to use the world , pro- Ivided we observe the restriction of not abusing it ; and this consistently with the whole tenor of Revelation ...
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... make such a liberal , many , and rational use of the world , that it may serve all the great and generous purposes ( and many they are ) to which virtue and religion can adapt it : let us use it as persons who have [ 10 ] [ SERMON I.
... make such a liberal , many , and rational use of the world , that it may serve all the great and generous purposes ( and many they are ) to which virtue and religion can adapt it : let us use it as persons who have [ 10 ] [ SERMON I.
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Page 179 - For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
Page 182 - And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven : and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
Page 177 - When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) 16 Then let them which be in Judea flee into the mountains...
Page 177 - And ye shall hear of wars, and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
Page 188 - For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, 39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Page 177 - When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory : 32 And before him shall be gathered all nations : and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats : 33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
Page 177 - And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?
Page 165 - For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord of Hosts.
Page 180 - Wherefore if they shall say unto you. Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Page 179 - Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there ; believe it not. 24 For there shall arise false christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.