Sermons on several subjects, publ. by B. Porteus and G. Stinton, Volume 3 |
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... Power to reward with the trueft Confolation , and punish with the acutest Remorse . Others , therefore , fee the abfolute Neceffity of bringing Virtue and Duty into the Account , when they deliberate concerning the Behaviour that leads ...
... Power to reward with the trueft Confolation , and punish with the acutest Remorse . Others , therefore , fee the abfolute Neceffity of bringing Virtue and Duty into the Account , when they deliberate concerning the Behaviour that leads ...
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... Power : we and all Nature are intirely in his Hands , and depend on the Breath of his Mouth . Such a Being , we must own , is greatly to be feared , and had in Reverence of the Higheft of them that are round about him : Much more then ...
... Power : we and all Nature are intirely in his Hands , and depend on the Breath of his Mouth . Such a Being , we must own , is greatly to be feared , and had in Reverence of the Higheft of them that are round about him : Much more then ...
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... Power , Advance- ment . But fo doth Virtue : fo for the most Part doth common Prudence . And Religion never forbids us even a hurtful Gratification , but it offers us Happiness hereafter in Return for our prefent Self - denial . Farther ...
... Power , Advance- ment . But fo doth Virtue : fo for the most Part doth common Prudence . And Religion never forbids us even a hurtful Gratification , but it offers us Happiness hereafter in Return for our prefent Self - denial . Farther ...
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... Power ; borne up under all the Calamities of Life ; and , which is the great Point , exalted with the nobleft Hopes of what shall follow after Death ! Our Time on Earth is fo fhort ; and our Pleasures at beft fo languid and rare , and ...
... Power ; borne up under all the Calamities of Life ; and , which is the great Point , exalted with the nobleft Hopes of what shall follow after Death ! Our Time on Earth is fo fhort ; and our Pleasures at beft fo languid and rare , and ...
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... grow up in its Place . There is a natural Bent in human Minds to believe and refpect an invisible Power and if it be turned afide from point- 1 John iv . 24 . B 2 ing , ing , in a proper Manner , towards its proper SERMON I. 19.
... grow up in its Place . There is a natural Bent in human Minds to believe and refpect an invisible Power and if it be turned afide from point- 1 John iv . 24 . B 2 ing , ing , in a proper Manner , towards its proper SERMON I. 19.
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Page 197 - Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy ; that they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate, laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
Page 59 - Rejoice, O young man in thy youth ; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes ; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 26 - There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.
Page 343 - ... far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come. And hath put all things under his feet : and gave him to be the head over all things, to the church, which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all...
Page 53 - Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown ; but we an incorruptible. I therefore so run, not as uncertainly ; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air ; but I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection ; lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a cast-away.
Page 283 - Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
Page 171 - Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus...
Page 18 - Light is sown for the righteous, And gladness for the upright in heart. Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous ; And give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.
Page 231 - Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which He hath promised to them that love Him?