Discourses: Doctrinal and Practical ; Delivered in Essex Street Chapel, Volume 2R. Hunter, 1827 - Sermons, English |
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... miracle . Thoughts sometimes suddenly rise in the mind , for which it is difficult to account , which seem to have no connexion with the existing train of ideas , and which , nevertheless , have great influence upon the conduct , and ...
... miracle . Thoughts sometimes suddenly rise in the mind , for which it is difficult to account , which seem to have no connexion with the existing train of ideas , and which , nevertheless , have great influence upon the conduct , and ...
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... miracle in our favour ? It would be presumption to suppose it . And our ob- ligations are the same to Divine Providence , if the suggestion , or the deliverance , occur in the natural order of things , as if it were brought to pass by ...
... miracle in our favour ? It would be presumption to suppose it . And our ob- ligations are the same to Divine Providence , if the suggestion , or the deliverance , occur in the natural order of things , as if it were brought to pass by ...
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... miracles But the admission of miraculous interposition , upon grave oc- casions , and for the accomplishment of pur- poses of high importance , which could not be effected by natural means , is a case very different from that of an ...
... miracles But the admission of miraculous interposition , upon grave oc- casions , and for the accomplishment of pur- poses of high importance , which could not be effected by natural means , is a case very different from that of an ...
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... miracles may be explained . True philosophy teaches us to see God in every thing : in the least évents , as well as in the greatest : in the most ordinary appearances of nature , as well as in the most extraordinary and asto- nishing ...
... miracles may be explained . True philosophy teaches us to see God in every thing : in the least évents , as well as in the greatest : in the most ordinary appearances of nature , as well as in the most extraordinary and asto- nishing ...
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... the weapons to which the christian religion owed its first success after the age of miracles was pass- ed ; and to these alone will it stand in- debted for its final and universal triumph . Let us 228 Report of Festus to Agrippa.
... the weapons to which the christian religion owed its first success after the age of miracles was pass- ed ; and to these alone will it stand in- debted for its final and universal triumph . Let us 228 Report of Festus to Agrippa.
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Page 111 - Nay, but O man, who art thou that repliest against God ? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus...
Page 257 - And truly the Son of man goeth as it was determined ; but woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed.
Page 271 - Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value ; and gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me.
Page 259 - Jesus answered, He it is to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. And when he had dipped the sop he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, That thou doest, do quickly.
Page 409 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Page 452 - Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and Satyrs shall dance there.
Page 271 - And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.
Page 447 - And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations.
Page 301 - Lord: looking diligently lest any man fail of the grace of God ; lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled : lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.
Page 95 - And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them and of their children after them...