The Works of William Paley: Charges and sermonsC. and J. Rivington and J. Nunn, 1825 |
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... reflections out of passages of Scripture , for which there is often no just place or real foundation , —and are de- livered in a style so impassioned , not to say fantastical , at least so inconsistent with the sober and temperate ...
... reflections out of passages of Scripture , for which there is often no just place or real foundation , —and are de- livered in a style so impassioned , not to say fantastical , at least so inconsistent with the sober and temperate ...
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... reflections . First ; that the various sources of intellectual and active occupation which have been pointed out , prove that there is no man of liberal education who need be at a loss to know what to do with his time ; that leisure ...
... reflections . First ; that the various sources of intellectual and active occupation which have been pointed out , prove that there is no man of liberal education who need be at a loss to know what to do with his time ; that leisure ...
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... reflections which are suggested by the portions of Scripture that are delivered from the reading - desk . Thus , whilst the wars of Joshua and the Judges are related in the course of the lessons which occupy some of the first Sundays ...
... reflections which are suggested by the portions of Scripture that are delivered from the reading - desk . Thus , whilst the wars of Joshua and the Judges are related in the course of the lessons which occupy some of the first Sundays ...
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... reflections . In the devotional pieces of the late Dr. Johnson , this occasion was never passed by . We may learn from these writings the proper use to be made of it ; and by the example of that excellent person , how much a pious mind ...
... reflections . In the devotional pieces of the late Dr. Johnson , this occasion was never passed by . We may learn from these writings the proper use to be made of it ; and by the example of that excellent person , how much a pious mind ...
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... reflections upon the solemnity which they had left , or how nearly it related to their own condition . But by decent allusions in the stated course of our preaching to events of this sort , or by , what is better , such a well - timed ...
... reflections upon the solemnity which they had left , or how nearly it related to their own condition . But by decent allusions in the stated course of our preaching to events of this sort , or by , what is better , such a well - timed ...
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Page 184 - Moreover, brethren I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand, by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures...
Page 438 - But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
Page 467 - And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself. And the people of the Prince, that shall come, shall destroy the city and the sanctuary : and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
Page 150 - Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high ; 4 Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
Page 467 - Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined. And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured...
Page 173 - Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
Page 71 - But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people...
Page 177 - For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell ; and, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.
Page 485 - Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, , that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die; but, If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee? 24 This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things: and we know that his testimony is true.
Page 487 - Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things, which are most surely believed among us, even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eye-witnesses and ministers of the word...