Sermons on several subjects, publ. by B. Porteus and G. Stinton, Volume 3 |
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... Things every Per- fon's own Heart , if permitted , will tell him very plainly . But our Understandings are un- happily prejudiced in Favour of our bad Incli- nations : and were they lefs fo , the unaffisted Reafon of fallen Man is able ...
... Things every Per- fon's own Heart , if permitted , will tell him very plainly . But our Understandings are un- happily prejudiced in Favour of our bad Incli- nations : and were they lefs fo , the unaffisted Reafon of fallen Man is able ...
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... Things , which may juftly be expected of Mankind in its Favour . 1. That they , who have not yet carefully fearched into the Grounds of it , fhould not take upon them to treat it with Scorn , or even Difregard . What fo deeply concerns ...
... Things , which may juftly be expected of Mankind in its Favour . 1. That they , who have not yet carefully fearched into the Grounds of it , fhould not take upon them to treat it with Scorn , or even Difregard . What fo deeply concerns ...
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... Things that be of God , but thofe that be of Men " . Then call- ing the People to him alfo , but in Kindness to the well - meaning Apoftle concealing from them the particular Occafion , he affures them , with that noble ...
... Things that be of God , but thofe that be of Men " . Then call- ing the People to him alfo , but in Kindness to the well - meaning Apoftle concealing from them the particular Occafion , he affures them , with that noble ...
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... Things ' , whofe Nature is abfolutely fimple and infinitely perfect , cannot , as the Apostle ex- preffes it , deny himself . There is nothing within him , but Rectitude and Holinefs ; no- thing without him , but what wholly depends on ...
... Things ' , whofe Nature is abfolutely fimple and infinitely perfect , cannot , as the Apostle ex- preffes it , deny himself . There is nothing within him , but Rectitude and Holinefs ; no- thing without him , but what wholly depends on ...
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... Things , and the very Author of it : whilft , like un- governed Children , we know not what we would have , and ... Thing . By the one Means or the other we are fure to be miferable , even in this World , and unfpeakably more fo in the ...
... Things , and the very Author of it : whilft , like un- governed Children , we know not what we would have , and ... Thing . By the one Means or the other we are fure to be miferable , even in this World , and unfpeakably more fo in the ...
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Page 197 - Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy ; that they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate, laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
Page 59 - Rejoice, O young man in thy youth ; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes ; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 26 - There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.
Page 343 - ... far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come. And hath put all things under his feet : and gave him to be the head over all things, to the church, which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all...
Page 53 - Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown ; but we an incorruptible. I therefore so run, not as uncertainly ; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air ; but I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection ; lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a cast-away.
Page 283 - Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
Page 171 - Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus...
Page 18 - Light is sown for the righteous, And gladness for the upright in heart. Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous ; And give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.
Page 231 - Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which He hath promised to them that love Him?