God Manifesting His Wonderful Works to Seamen: The Second Sermon to the Sailors Employed in the Whale Fisheries : Preached at Bethel Chapel, Hull, 17th of February, 1811Printed at the office of E. Waller, 1811 - 34 pages |
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... hence it is certain , that God designed a commerce should be carried on betwixt them ; but to effect this happy end ! without the intervention of sailors , were a thing utterly impossible . Therefore , in the order of Providence , the ...
... hence it is certain , that God designed a commerce should be carried on betwixt them ; but to effect this happy end ! without the intervention of sailors , were a thing utterly impossible . Therefore , in the order of Providence , the ...
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... hence , to reverence Jesus , " The mighty God ; " who is Lord , and " Judge of all . " Otherwise , his righteous anger will be found at last , infinitely more terrible than stormy winds and seas , But , 2dly , You see many wonderous ...
... hence , to reverence Jesus , " The mighty God ; " who is Lord , and " Judge of all . " Otherwise , his righteous anger will be found at last , infinitely more terrible than stormy winds and seas , But , 2dly , You see many wonderous ...
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... hence we conclude , that you should be truly GRATEful , Oh ! seamen ! How often you have beheld the saving power of God . Indeed the nature of your preservations has been so extraordinary , that it has placed you under the most uncommon ...
... hence we conclude , that you should be truly GRATEful , Oh ! seamen ! How often you have beheld the saving power of God . Indeed the nature of your preservations has been so extraordinary , that it has placed you under the most uncommon ...
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... eternity will be but beginning ! Verily , it knows no period ; without beginning , and without end . Hence the heathens have represented eternity by a circle . Remember SAILORS B 4 23 cries you utter, the solemn vows you make upon ...
... eternity will be but beginning ! Verily , it knows no period ; without beginning , and without end . Hence the heathens have represented eternity by a circle . Remember SAILORS B 4 23 cries you utter, the solemn vows you make upon ...
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... Hence the greatest care and skill are requisite , to bring the precious cargo safe to port . Consider for a moment , the great anxiety , peril , and fatigue , you incessantly undergo to get a momentary enjoyment ; you traverse the ...
... Hence the greatest care and skill are requisite , to bring the precious cargo safe to port . Consider for a moment , the great anxiety , peril , and fatigue , you incessantly undergo to get a momentary enjoyment ; you traverse the ...
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2dly a-head abundantly Almighty amazing amidst arrive safe astonished behold the OCEAN billows bless his sacred break impetuously chap Christ christian climb the shrouds command consider cries dangerous sea death deck deep delivered distress divine divine grace dreadful duty endless calm enjoy an endless equal eternal faithful favoured globe gospel grace hand heave heaven holiness honour immortal soul incessantly intricate straits jeopardy Jonah laborious labour leaky leeward Lord marvellous masts mercy mind native shore Number obedience obligations perilous perish pious port prayer preserve Princeton University Psalm PUT-BACK religion remarkable instances remind repentance resistless righteousness roar roll ruin safe arrival sail SAILORS Saviour scriptures SCUDDING seaman's seamen set your foot ship and lives ship's shipmates sink souls spiritual squall stormy winds succour surprising deliverance tempest terror and fatigue things thou thousand thousand different treasures tremendous gale truly Verily vessel voyage waters watery grave waves whilst winds and seas wonderful yards
Popular passages
Page 19 - Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
Page 14 - Lord, how manifold are thy works ! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
Page 14 - O Lord, how manifold are thy works 1 In wisdom hast thou made them all: « The earth is full of thy riches.
Page 24 - No matter which my thoughts employ, A moment's misery or joy ; But, oh when both shall end, Where shall I find my destined place? Shall I my everlasting days With fiends or angels spend ? 5 Nothing is worth a thought beneath, But how I may escape the death That never, never dies!
Page 4 - ... of seeing the light of the glorious gospel spread more and more over this country, and great multitudes of poor, benighted heathen brought by it to the saving knowledge of Christ our Saviour, who gave himself a ransom for all, and who will have all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.