Sermons on Various Subjects, Evangelical, Devotional and Practical: Adapted to the Promotion of Christian Piety, Family Religion, and Youthful Virtue, Volume 1by Isaiah Thomas, Jun.; Sold at his respective bookstores in Boston and Worcester., 1809 |
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... have punished their manifold iniquities ; but judgments of this kind were not so well adapted to diffuse the knowledge of his name . The means made use of in Providence for their deliverance 26 God works for his Name's Sake .
... have punished their manifold iniquities ; but judgments of this kind were not so well adapted to diffuse the knowledge of his name . The means made use of in Providence for their deliverance 26 God works for his Name's Sake .
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... kind was in them . As the scriptures , which they enjoyed , were ultimately designed for general bene- fit , God would preserve the nation to whose care he had committed them . Had these sacred writings been extinguished by the ...
... kind was in them . As the scriptures , which they enjoyed , were ultimately designed for general bene- fit , God would preserve the nation to whose care he had committed them . Had these sacred writings been extinguished by the ...
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... kind and gracious in- tentions toward moral beings . When he makes his name known , it is , not that he himself , but that his creatures , may be better and happier . In like manner we are to understand the similar phrase of God's ...
... kind and gracious in- tentions toward moral beings . When he makes his name known , it is , not that he himself , but that his creatures , may be better and happier . In like manner we are to understand the similar phrase of God's ...
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... kind . As the minister of God for their good , he is to attend continually on this very thing . A teach- er in the church is to watch for souls - to take heed to the flock over which he is made an overseer - to feed them whom Christ has ...
... kind . As the minister of God for their good , he is to attend continually on this very thing . A teach- er in the church is to watch for souls - to take heed to the flock over which he is made an overseer - to feed them whom Christ has ...
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... kind to others as to him . This man is as real- ly dependent on his fellow men , as the poorest of his neighbours , and can , no more than they , subsist without aid . The variety which we see in men's outward circumstances , is ...
... kind to others as to him . This man is as real- ly dependent on his fellow men , as the poorest of his neighbours , and can , no more than they , subsist without aid . The variety which we see in men's outward circumstances , is ...
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Page 314 - Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness : and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks; the valleys also are covered over with corn; they shout for joy, they also sing.
Page 177 - For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
Page 85 - I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen: but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.
Page 352 - I say unto you, Swear not at all : neither by heaven ; for it is God's throne : nor by the earth ; for it is his footstool...
Page 38 - 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 333 - But above all things, my brethren, swear not; neither by heaven, neither by the earth, | neither by any other oath : but let your yea, be yea; and your nay, nay ; lest ye fall into condemnation.
Page 382 - Go to now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life ? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
Page 37 - For the love of Christ constraineth us —because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead ; and that he died for all, that they who live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him who died for them and rose again.
Page 327 - For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of GOD, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
Page 231 - My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee, so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding ; if thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures ; then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.