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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... deep . PRAYER to God , is an essential branch of " " true religion ; without which , it can have no real existence in the soul of man . This sacred duty , is strictly enjoined upon every one by the indispen sable precepts of the Lord ...
... deep . PRAYER to God , is an essential branch of " " true religion ; without which , it can have no real existence in the soul of man . This sacred duty , is strictly enjoined upon every one by the indispen sable precepts of the Lord ...
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... deep distresses , your wonderful deliverances , and the kind arm by which they are effected : See ! What peculiar obligations are upon you , to reverence the power of your Almighty Saviour , to bless his sacred -- • name for the ...
... deep distresses , your wonderful deliverances , and the kind arm by which they are effected : See ! What peculiar obligations are upon you , to reverence the power of your Almighty Saviour , to bless his sacred -- • name for the ...
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... deep , and hear them cry for aid , amidst the watery tumult . At length , overcome ; -they yield to the hostile waves , which break impetuously upon their heads , and sink them down , to death . Amidst these disastrous storms , a sailor ...
... deep , and hear them cry for aid , amidst the watery tumult . At length , overcome ; -they yield to the hostile waves , which break impetuously upon their heads , and sink them down , to death . Amidst these disastrous storms , a sailor ...
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... deep ; " and " The great deep . " How wonderful its SALTNESS ; and still more admi- rable is the EBBING and FLOWING of its tides . Whilst the unruffled TRANQUILLITY of its surface in a calm , and its dreadful AGITATION in a storm ...
... deep ; " and " The great deep . " How wonderful its SALTNESS ; and still more admi- rable is the EBBING and FLOWING of its tides . Whilst the unruffled TRANQUILLITY of its surface in a calm , and its dreadful AGITATION in a storm ...
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... deep into dreadful moun- tains , and ploughing it into deep and ghastly valleys ; while the fluctuating vessel , uplifted by the tremendous surge , seems to mount the skies , then gliding swiftly down the fearful precipice ...
... deep into dreadful moun- tains , and ploughing it into deep and ghastly valleys ; while the fluctuating vessel , uplifted by the tremendous surge , seems to mount the skies , then gliding swiftly down the fearful precipice ...
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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
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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.