Sermons: Chiefly on Particular Occasions, Volume 2Wells and Lilly, 1816 |
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... amid all our doubts or darkness , there is yet One who presides over us ; and that the whole system , as it is constructed by his wisdom , is finally to be accomplished by his care . It tells us , that the power which governs us , is ...
... amid all our doubts or darkness , there is yet One who presides over us ; and that the whole system , as it is constructed by his wisdom , is finally to be accomplished by his care . It tells us , that the power which governs us , is ...
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... amid every distress He can relieve . Whatever may be the part which we are called to act , it is his will which has determined it . What- ever may be the labours we are summoned to per- form , that paternal eye which " seeth in secret ...
... amid every distress He can relieve . Whatever may be the part which we are called to act , it is his will which has determined it . What- ever may be the labours we are summoned to per- form , that paternal eye which " seeth in secret ...
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... amid the society in which we dwell ! 3. How strongly , in the third place , does the spirit of our Lord's prayer lead us to the recollection of the particular duties which we are called individually to perform . We pray that " his ...
... amid the society in which we dwell ! 3. How strongly , in the third place , does the spirit of our Lord's prayer lead us to the recollection of the particular duties which we are called individually to perform . We pray that " his ...
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... amid all their plans of private good , or publick usefulness ; and sometimes the aged , who sunk under the weight of years , and whose gray hairs have fallen into the grave , satiated with life and full of honour . In such eircumstances ...
... amid all their plans of private good , or publick usefulness ; and sometimes the aged , who sunk under the weight of years , and whose gray hairs have fallen into the grave , satiated with life and full of honour . In such eircumstances ...
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... amid these supplications , that there are necessities also which we can relieve , and wants which we can supply - that there are some , in every day , who depend upon our labour , or upon our love ; and can we retire from the presence ...
... amid these supplications , that there are necessities also which we can relieve , and wants which we can supply - that there are some , in every day , who depend upon our labour , or upon our love ; and can we retire from the presence ...
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Page 221 - And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.
Page 19 - Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the Prophets.
Page 184 - And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.
Page 209 - And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, and said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Page 278 - And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up ; and a cloud received him out of their sight. And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel...
Page 105 - And we beseech thee give us that due sense of all thy mercies that our hearts may be unfeignedly thankful and that we may show forth thy praise not only with our lips but in our lives; by giving up ourselves to thy service, and by walking before thee in holiness and righteousness all our days...
Page 170 - In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so. Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.
Page 75 - God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility ; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the quick and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal, through him who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, now and ever. Amen.
Page 120 - And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment ; that ye may approve things that are excellent ; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ ; being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
Page vi - By myself have I sworn, saith the LORD, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son: That in blessing I will bless thee, and in multiplying I will multiply thy seed as the stars of the heaven, and as the sand which is upon the sea shore; and thy seed shall possess the gate of his enemies; And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed; because thou hast obeyed my voice.