Sermons preached in St. James's chapel, RydeBentley, Press, 1830 - 420 pages |
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... sin , and fear of punishment ? A God all mercy is at once imagined , too kind to notice with severity his creatures ' failings , too compas- sionate to ask account , too gentle to condemn and GOD MANIFESTED BY HIS WORKS . 21.
... sin , and fear of punishment ? A God all mercy is at once imagined , too kind to notice with severity his creatures ' failings , too compas- sionate to ask account , too gentle to condemn and GOD MANIFESTED BY HIS WORKS . 21.
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... sin which brought death into the world was simply this : the throwing off of due dependance and subordination towards the Great Creator and Lawgiver ; the desire to be 66 as Gods , knowing good and evil ; " to discri- minate and judge ...
... sin which brought death into the world was simply this : the throwing off of due dependance and subordination towards the Great Creator and Lawgiver ; the desire to be 66 as Gods , knowing good and evil ; " to discri- minate and judge ...
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... sins . " Mark here , in addition , the costliness of this compassion ! And what more ? 66 Hereby perceive we the ... sin- ners the gift of this Son even to death : the gift of this Son even to a death of expiation ; lastly , the gift of ...
... sins . " Mark here , in addition , the costliness of this compassion ! And what more ? 66 Hereby perceive we the ... sin- ners the gift of this Son even to death : the gift of this Son even to a death of expiation ; lastly , the gift of ...
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... Sin is the having a will separa- ted and distinct from the will of God ; the fall- ing off from the central point of the divine cha- racter , and revolving on a centre of our own , in an orbit of our own , by an impulse of our own ...
... Sin is the having a will separa- ted and distinct from the will of God ; the fall- ing off from the central point of the divine cha- racter , and revolving on a centre of our own , in an orbit of our own , by an impulse of our own ...
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... sin , we think not of access and introduction to the presence of our God , we rather shrink from him : we would not seek his face , we would rather flee to some remotest corner of creation to escape his look . As little as the ingrate ...
... sin , we think not of access and introduction to the presence of our God , we rather shrink from him : we would not seek his face , we would rather flee to some remotest corner of creation to escape his look . As little as the ingrate ...
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Page 63 - My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee, so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding — if thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures, — then shall thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God..
Page 17 - Lift up your eyes on high, and behold who hath created these things, that bringeth out their host by number; he calleth them all by names by the greatness of his might, for that he is strong in power; not one faileth.
Page xv - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Page xiv - And I looked, and, behold, a whirlwind came out of the north, a great cloud, and a fire infolding itself, and a brightness was about it, and out of the midst thereof as the colour of amber, out of the midst of the fire.
Page 82 - I have fed you with milk, and not with meat : for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able, for ye are yet carnal : for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal and walk as men...
Page xiii - And behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake: And after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
Page 32 - Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat : and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.
Page 336 - O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God ! how unsearchable are his judgments, and his ways past finding out ! For who hath known the mind of the Lord ? or who hath been his counsellor...
Page 114 - But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him ; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet : and bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it ; and let us eat and be merry : for this my son was dead, and is alive again ; he was lost, and is found.
Page 78 - But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held ; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.