Sermons and Other Practical Works: Consisting of Above One Hundred and Fifty Sermons Besides His Poetical Pieces. To which is Prefixed an Account of the Author's Life and Writings with an Elegiac Poem, and Large Contents, Volume 8H. Mitchell, 1796 |
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... grace , to be faithful in his fervice , and faithful unto death . 4tbly , The fourth general in the words is the encou- ragement , viz . I will give thee a crown of life . This is annexed efpecially to the duty of faithfulnefs in Chrift ...
... grace , to be faithful in his fervice , and faithful unto death . 4tbly , The fourth general in the words is the encou- ragement , viz . I will give thee a crown of life . This is annexed efpecially to the duty of faithfulnefs in Chrift ...
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... grace , the promife is not made to the work , but to the worker , and that not for his work but because he is in ... grace whereby we are faithful is free grace ; and fo the gift of the crown must be by free grace alfo ; " It is God that ...
... grace , the promife is not made to the work , but to the worker , and that not for his work but because he is in ... grace whereby we are faithful is free grace ; and fo the gift of the crown must be by free grace alfo ; " It is God that ...
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... grace , the more do we run in his debt , who gives grace to be faithful ; and how can the new debt , ftill running up , merit a crown ? Therefore it must be freely given . The crown of glory is a crown of mercy ; Pfal . ciii . 4 . " He ...
... grace , the more do we run in his debt , who gives grace to be faithful ; and how can the new debt , ftill running up , merit a crown ? Therefore it must be freely given . The crown of glory is a crown of mercy ; Pfal . ciii . 4 . " He ...
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... grace to be faithful , but grace to abide fo , and to ftand faft in the faith , looking to ourselves , that we lofe not these things which we have wrought , but that we receive a full reward , " 2 John , ver . 8. Hence , 6. See the evil ...
... grace to be faithful , but grace to abide fo , and to ftand faft in the faith , looking to ourselves , that we lofe not these things which we have wrought , but that we receive a full reward , " 2 John , ver . 8. Hence , 6. See the evil ...
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... grace , attain , in whatever station ; though you cannot be perfect here , yet you may be faithful and upright : though you be not fo far dignified as others , in gifts and graces , and have not five talents ; yet you may , through grace ...
... grace , attain , in whatever station ; though you cannot be perfect here , yet you may be faithful and upright : though you be not fo far dignified as others , in gifts and graces , and have not five talents ; yet you may , through grace ...
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Page 401 - This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith ? "Are ye so foolish?
Page 294 - I will greatly rejoice in the Lord, my soul shall be joyful in my God; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.
Page 323 - My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
Page 420 - As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord ; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
Page 435 - I the Lord have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee and give thee for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles; to open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison house.
Page 404 - Who hath saved us, and called us with a holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began...
Page 390 - Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, And bow myself before the high God? Shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, With calves of a year old ? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, Or with ten thousands of rivers of oil ? Shall I give my first-born for my transgression, The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul...
Page 356 - If the world hate you, ye know that it hated Me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you.
Page 100 - Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.
Page 471 - And he that overcometh, and keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over the nations: And he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers: even as I received of my Father.