Sermons: Chiefly on Particular Occasions, Volume 2Wells and Lilly, 1816 |
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... hope to immortality . I. To the first and greatest question which agi- tates the minds of the young , -What is the nature and character of that God whom instinct teaches them to recognize ? —the best and wisest of us , I be- lieve ...
... hope to immortality . I. To the first and greatest question which agi- tates the minds of the young , -What is the nature and character of that God whom instinct teaches them to recognize ? —the best and wisest of us , I be- lieve ...
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... hope , and love . It is the Father , and not the Lord of Nature , who is here re- vealed to our view ; -that Father " who careth for 66 us , who knoweth whereof we are made , " and who " remembereth that we are but dust ; " - that ...
... hope , and love . It is the Father , and not the Lord of Nature , who is here re- vealed to our view ; -that Father " who careth for 66 us , who knoweth whereof we are made , " and who " remembereth that we are but dust ; " - that ...
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... hope in his goodness , which spring from the belief , that the great scene of divine administration is as yet only opened , and that there is a Heaven where our Father dwells , and where the " " shall yet see Him . " pure in heart " If ...
... hope in his goodness , which spring from the belief , that the great scene of divine administration is as yet only opened , and that there is a Heaven where our Father dwells , and where the " " shall yet see Him . " pure in heart " If ...
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... hope that he will listen to the " still small voice " of private supplication . Singular as this arrangement of our petitions may appear , and unprecedented as it certainly is in the history of human devotion , it is yet , at the same ...
... hope that he will listen to the " still small voice " of private supplication . Singular as this arrangement of our petitions may appear , and unprecedented as it certainly is in the history of human devotion , it is yet , at the same ...
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... hope they inspired by the name of " Our Father who is in " Heaven . " Let me now remind you , that the same consoling and animating doctrine is interwoven also with the general petitions we are now considering ; and that , while we pray ...
... hope they inspired by the name of " Our Father who is in " Heaven . " Let me now remind you , that the same consoling and animating doctrine is interwoven also with the general petitions we are now considering ; and that , while we pray ...
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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.