Sermons on the ParablesF. and C. Rivington, 1801 - 371 pages |
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... earth : for as it is the property of salt to purify and pre- serve any corporal substance , so it was their office to purify and preserve the soul . He calls them the light of the world : for as it is the property of the heavenly bodies ...
... earth : for as it is the property of salt to purify and pre- serve any corporal substance , so it was their office to purify and preserve the soul . He calls them the light of the world : for as it is the property of the heavenly bodies ...
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... earth under the similitude of a master of a household , who appoints his ser- vants their respective tasks , and after a long time calls upon them to give an account of their respective perform- ances : When according to impartial ...
... earth under the similitude of a master of a household , who appoints his ser- vants their respective tasks , and after a long time calls upon them to give an account of their respective perform- ances : When according to impartial ...
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... earth under the relation of a master , a father , or a prince , when he shadows forth the economy of the Gospel under the simili- tude of a farm or a vineyard , of a king- dom or a household . 2. A second use of parable , and that very ...
... earth under the relation of a master , a father , or a prince , when he shadows forth the economy of the Gospel under the simili- tude of a farm or a vineyard , of a king- dom or a household . 2. A second use of parable , and that very ...
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... earth ; and none can stay his hand , and say unto him , What doest thou ? As the potter hath power over the clay , of the same lump to make one vessel to honour and another to dishonour ; so the sovereign Artist of the universe has an ...
... earth ; and none can stay his hand , and say unto him , What doest thou ? As the potter hath power over the clay , of the same lump to make one vessel to honour and another to dishonour ; so the sovereign Artist of the universe has an ...
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... the Holy Spirit ; I thank thee , O Father , Lord of heaven and earth , that thou hast hid these things from the wise Mark iv . 34 . and 11 . SERM . and prudent , and hast revealed The professed Design of Parable . 47.
... the Holy Spirit ; I thank thee , O Father , Lord of heaven and earth , that thou hast hid these things from the wise Mark iv . 34 . and 11 . SERM . and prudent , and hast revealed The professed Design of Parable . 47.
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Page 49 - But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.
Page 221 - And on the morrow, when he departed, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto him ; Take care of him ; and whatsoever thou spendest more when I come again, I will repay thee.
Page 261 - And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. So that servant came and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
Page 19 - There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds : but the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children ; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom and was unto him as a daughter.
Page 257 - But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room ; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee. For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased ; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
Page 132 - Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: 25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.
Page 208 - And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews ; to them that are under the law...
Page 188 - For as the rain cometh down, And the snow from heaven, And returneth not thither, But watereth the earth, And maketh it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: It shall not return unto me void, But it shall accomplish that which I please, And it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Page 339 - There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day : and there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, and desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table : moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
Page 166 - Thou preparedst room before it, And didst cause it to take deep root, And it filled the land. The hills were covered with the shadow of it, And the boughs thereof were like the goodly cedars. She sent out her boughs unto the sea, And her branches unto the river.