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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Page 11
... every article that could contribute to the necessity and pleasure of human life . This also , has occasioned an amazing influx of wealth to the merchant , and to the revenue ; whilst it has crowned our country with power and dignity 11.
... every article that could contribute to the necessity and pleasure of human life . This also , has occasioned an amazing influx of wealth to the merchant , and to the revenue ; whilst it has crowned our country with power and dignity 11.
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... amazing its EXTENT ; whoever have explored the bounds of this " Great wide sea ? " which like a bond environs the earth , computed to be twenty - four thousand nine hundred and thirty miles in circumference ! How astonish- ing its DEPTH ...
... amazing its EXTENT ; whoever have explored the bounds of this " Great wide sea ? " which like a bond environs the earth , computed to be twenty - four thousand nine hundred and thirty miles in circumference ! How astonish- ing its DEPTH ...
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... amazing ; and which I have beheld often with astonishment . Seamen , it is your special duty to remember , that storms do not rise ACCIDENTALLY , but by com- mission from God ; they are HIS marvellous works ; and which exhibit to you in ...
... amazing ; and which I have beheld often with astonishment . Seamen , it is your special duty to remember , that storms do not rise ACCIDENTALLY , but by com- mission from God ; they are HIS marvellous works ; and which exhibit to you in ...
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... amazing . But the LONG preservation of your ships and lives , amidst the united violence of boisterous winds and outrageous seas , surpasses all ; it is a wonder of wonders ! Look back upon the years of your maritime life ; see , how ...
... amazing . But the LONG preservation of your ships and lives , amidst the united violence of boisterous winds and outrageous seas , surpasses all ; it is a wonder of wonders ! Look back upon the years of your maritime life ; see , how ...
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... amazed your minds by the discovery of that ruin , which you so narrowly escaped in the night . And when leaky , water - logged , or just perishing through want of provisions , some vessel , contrary to all probability , has appeared in ...
... amazed your minds by the discovery of that ruin , which you so narrowly escaped in the night . And when leaky , water - logged , or just perishing through want of provisions , some vessel , contrary to all probability , has appeared in ...
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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.