Practical SermonsJ.G. & F. Rivington, 1838 - 399 pages |
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... truth ; it is expedient for you that I go away : for if I go not away , the Comforter will not come unto you ; but if I depart , I will send Him unto you . " ... SERMON VIII . 111 CHRIST THE RESURRECTION . ST . JOHN xi . 25 , 26 . " I ...
... truth ; it is expedient for you that I go away : for if I go not away , the Comforter will not come unto you ; but if I depart , I will send Him unto you . " ... SERMON VIII . 111 CHRIST THE RESURRECTION . ST . JOHN xi . 25 , 26 . " I ...
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... truth if either were concealed from us . 2dly . To abash human presumption , which is too apt to believe that it alone is the cause of every thing which is done around it . For this purpose St. Paul uses the topic of God's decree ...
... truth if either were concealed from us . 2dly . To abash human presumption , which is too apt to believe that it alone is the cause of every thing which is done around it . For this purpose St. Paul uses the topic of God's decree ...
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... truth which all Revelation teaches , and which all reason and experience con- firm , it is this , that the evil heart does not yield either to increased clearness of evidence , or in- creased severity of judgment . Men will always ...
... truth which all Revelation teaches , and which all reason and experience con- firm , it is this , that the evil heart does not yield either to increased clearness of evidence , or in- creased severity of judgment . Men will always ...
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... truth of the divine mission and character of His most Holy Son . " Slay them not , lest my people forget it ; but scatter them abroad , O Lord our defence . " 66 My brethren , these things were written for us , for an ensample . The ...
... truth of the divine mission and character of His most Holy Son . " Slay them not , lest my people forget it ; but scatter them abroad , O Lord our defence . " 66 My brethren , these things were written for us , for an ensample . The ...
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... truth ? Are they already follow- ing the commandments of God as far as they understand them ? Are they already so impressed with the supreme importance of the world to come , as to be searching diligently to find whether God has ...
... truth ? Are they already follow- ing the commandments of God as far as they understand them ? Are they already so impressed with the supreme importance of the world to come , as to be searching diligently to find whether God has ...
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Page 223 - And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; In sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life...
Page 188 - There was a certain creditor which had two debtors : the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me, therefore, which of them will love him most 1 Simon answered and said, I suppose that he, to whom he forgave most.
Page ix - Now it was not written for his sake alone, that it was imputed to him; but for us also, to whom it shall be imputed, if we believe on him that raised up Jesus our Lord from the dead; who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.
Page 250 - And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. And while they looked stedfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; Which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven?
Page 23 - I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house: " For I have five brethren : that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.
Page 233 - But if all prophesy, and there come in one that believeth not, or one unlearned, he is convinced of all, he is judged of all : and thus are the secrets of his heart made manifest ; and so falling down on his face he will worship God, and report that God is in you of a truth.
Page 301 - He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee.
Page 196 - I love God," and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? And this commandment have we from him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.
Page 346 - And as he entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off: And they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us.
Page 28 - What shall we say then? Is the law sin ? God forbid. Nay, I had not known sin, but by the law: for I had not known lust, except the law had said, Thou shalt not covet.