Practical discourses [ed. by J. Jebb]. Ed. by John, bishop of Limerick1830 |
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... example , so is it , from the diversity of talents wherewith God may have blessed them , peculiarly useful and edifying to their hearers . The honest plainness and autho- rity of one preacher rouses the torpid ; the ener- getic pathos ...
... example , so is it , from the diversity of talents wherewith God may have blessed them , peculiarly useful and edifying to their hearers . The honest plainness and autho- rity of one preacher rouses the torpid ; the ener- getic pathos ...
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... example : you saw misery as the sure con- sequence of sin , in all ages ; you saw present tranquillity and everlasting peace , by the consti- tution of things , and by Divine promise , the attendants and rewards of obedience . When he ...
... example : you saw misery as the sure con- sequence of sin , in all ages ; you saw present tranquillity and everlasting peace , by the consti- tution of things , and by Divine promise , the attendants and rewards of obedience . When he ...
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... examples of those meek and holy men , described by the pleasing and faithful biographer . He also read , and assuredly with similar inten- tions , Mr. Herbert's Country Parson . His respiration at times was laborious , espe- cially ...
... examples of those meek and holy men , described by the pleasing and faithful biographer . He also read , and assuredly with similar inten- tions , Mr. Herbert's Country Parson . His respiration at times was laborious , espe- cially ...
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... example of neglecting earthly things , of self - denial , and humility . Thus , he trained and qualified a set of low and unlearned men , to become the light of the world , and the salt of the earth , by spreading the knowledge and 4 ...
... example of neglecting earthly things , of self - denial , and humility . Thus , he trained and qualified a set of low and unlearned men , to become the light of the world , and the salt of the earth , by spreading the knowledge and 4 ...
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... examples recorded in Holy Scripture assure us , that the Almighty is the gracious Father of those , who dedicate themselves with an early and steady piety to Him . We know how Joseph was tempted in his youth ; but , having his eye fixed ...
... examples recorded in Holy Scripture assure us , that the Almighty is the gracious Father of those , who dedicate themselves with an early and steady piety to Him . We know how Joseph was tempted in his youth ; but , having his eye fixed ...
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Page 246 - For the Lord shall comfort Zion: he will comfort all her waste places; and he will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the Lord; joy and gladness shall be found therein, thanksgiving, and the voice of melody.
Page 122 - Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house ; and his windows being open in his chamber * toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
Page 128 - Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud : and he shall hear my voice.
Page 146 - For I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say unto one, "Go," and he goeth; and to another, "Come," and he cometh; and to my servant, "Do this,
Page 157 - And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven ; but the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into utter darkness ; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Page 81 - Create in me a clean heart, O God; And renew a right spirit within me. Cast me not away from thy presence; And take not thy Holy Spirit from me. Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; And uphold me with thy free Spirit.
Page 24 - For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
Page 121 - All the presidents of the kingdom, the governors, and the princes, the counsellors, and the captains, have consulted together to establish a royal statute, and to make a firm decree, that whosoever shall ask a petition of any God or man for thirty days, save of thee, O king, he shall be cast into the den of lions.
Page 132 - Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. **And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would.
Page 96 - And it came to pass, when the captains of the chariots saw Jehoshaphat, that they said, Surely it is the king of Israel.