Sermons preached at Lincoln's-inn, between the years 1765 and 1776 |
Common terms and phrases
affert againſt anſwer Apoſtle Apoſtle's becauſe beſt bleffings cafe cauſe charity Chrift Chriftian circumftance conclufion confcience confider confideration courſe difciples difpenfation divine doctrines eſpecially evidence exprefs facred facrifice faid faith falt falvation fame feem felves fenfe ferve feveral fhall fhew fhould fign fince firft fome fomething fometimes fpeaking ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuppofed fyftem Gentiles God's Goſpel heart heathen himſelf honour houſe inftances inftruction intereft itſelf Jefus Jewish Jews judge juft juſt laft Laftly leaſt lefs Lord lufts mankind mean mind moft moral moſt muft muſt nature neceffary neceffity neral obferve occafion ourſelves paffages paffions perfons Phinehas pleaſe Preached prefent principles prophetic puniſhment purpoſe queſtion reaſon refpect religion Revelation ſay Scripture ſeems ſenſe ſhall ſome ſuch temple thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou tion tranfaction truth underſtand underſtood unto uſe virtue wash waſhed wiſdom words zeal
Popular passages
Page 97 - He that rejecteth Me, and receiveth not My words, hath One that judgeth him : the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.
Page 143 - Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned...
Page 119 - And hardly do we guess aright at things that are upon earth, and with labour do we find the things that are before us: but the things that are in heaven who hath searched out?
Page 181 - Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He was come from God, and went to God; He riseth from supper, and laid aside His garments; and took a towel, and girded Himself. After that He poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith He was girded.
Page vi - Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, .which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.
Page 44 - For when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, thefe...
Page 251 - Jews' passover was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem, and found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: and when He had made a scourge of small cords, He drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers...
Page 119 - For what man is he that can know the counsel of God? or who can think what the will of the Lord is? For the thoughts of mortal men are miserable, and our devices are but uncertain. For the corruptible body presseth down the soul, and the earthly tabernacle weigheth down the mind that museth upon many things.
Page viii - Ye lust, and have not ; ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain ; ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not ; ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
Page 171 - ... he thinks it more manly, more Christian, to descend a little himself, than to degrade another. It respects, in a word, the credit and estimation of his neighbour.