Discourses on Several Subjects and Occasions, Volume 1R. Morison, junior, 1794 - 377 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 43
Page xi
... such moral reflections as arise from the feveral circumstances , and may best instruct the hearers . " A preacher ought to affect people by ftrong images ; but it is from the Scripture that he should learn to make powerful impreffions ...
... such moral reflections as arise from the feveral circumstances , and may best instruct the hearers . " A preacher ought to affect people by ftrong images ; but it is from the Scripture that he should learn to make powerful impreffions ...
Page 15
... Such are the fhadowy fcenes , which , by the faint glimmering of tradition , reflected from an original revelation , prefent themfelves in that night of the world , the era of pagan fable and delufion , when the imaginations of poetry ...
... Such are the fhadowy fcenes , which , by the faint glimmering of tradition , reflected from an original revelation , prefent themfelves in that night of the world , the era of pagan fable and delufion , when the imaginations of poetry ...
Page 24
... such image and likeness con- fifted , what better method can we take , than to en- quire , wherein confift that divine image and like- nefs , which , as the Scriptures of the New Tefta- ment inform us , were reftored in human nature ...
... such image and likeness con- fifted , what better method can we take , than to en- quire , wherein confift that divine image and like- nefs , which , as the Scriptures of the New Tefta- ment inform us , were reftored in human nature ...
Page 25
... Such , then , was Adam , in the day when God crowned him king in Eden , and invested him with fovereignty over the works of his hands , giving him " dominion over the fifh of the sea , and over the fowl of the air , and over the cattle ...
... Such , then , was Adam , in the day when God crowned him king in Eden , and invested him with fovereignty over the works of his hands , giving him " dominion over the fifh of the sea , and over the fowl of the air , and over the cattle ...
Page 39
... such a trial , with a mind not better informed , than that of a child or an idiot ? If redemption restored what was loft by the fall , and the second Adam was a counterpart of the firft , muft we not conceive Adam to have once been what ...
... such a trial , with a mind not better informed , than that of a child or an idiot ? If redemption restored what was loft by the fall , and the second Adam was a counterpart of the firft , muft we not conceive Adam to have once been what ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
againſt alfo alſo anſwer Apoſtle arife becauſe behold bleffed body cauſe Chrift Chriftian church cometh darkneſs dead death defign defire difciples divine earth eternal faid faith falvation fame father fave feem fenfe fent fervants fhall fhew fhould fince firft firſt fleep fleſh fome forrow foul fpirit ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffered fuppofe furely Garden of Eden Gentiles glorious glory Goſpel grace hath heart heaven himſelf holy houſe Ifrael itſelf Jefus Jerufalem Jews king kingdom knowledge laſt live Lord Mafter Meffiah mercy Mofes moft moſt muft muſt nature obferved occafion paffage paffed Paradife perfon pleaſure prefent prieſts promiſes prophet purpoſe raiſed reaſon Redeemer reft refurrection repreſented reſtoration righteoufnefs Saviour Scriptures ſhall Spirit ſtand ſtate ſtill thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou tion Tree truth underſtanding unto uſe vile body whofe wiſdom words
Popular passages
Page 191 - And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country ; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat : and no man gave unto him.
Page 157 - Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
Page 66 - Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him. But God hath revealed them unto us by his Spirit; for the Spirit searcheth all things, yea, the deep things of God.
Page 97 - Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. Then said I, "Lo, I come:" in the volume of the book it is written of me, "I delight to do thy will, O my God." Yea, thy law is within my heart: I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O Lord, thou knowest.
Page 122 - Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day and prayed and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
Page 140 - And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot upon the sea, and his left foot on the earth, 3 And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.
Page 57 - Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. Length of days is in her right hand ; and in her left hand riches and honour. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every...
Page 104 - JOHN to the seven churches which are in Asia : Grace be unto you, and peace, from him which is, and which was, and which is to come...
Page 59 - But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping ; and as she wept she stooped down and looked into the sepulchre, and seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.
Page 191 - Behold, the days come, saith the Lord GOD, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the LORD...