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... practical . This characteristic is visible on every page . It is a prominent excellence . No professor of religion can rise from the perusal of these Sermons , without feeling , that instruction and encouragement , caution and warning ...
... practical . This characteristic is visible on every page . It is a prominent excellence . No professor of religion can rise from the perusal of these Sermons , without feeling , that instruction and encouragement , caution and warning ...
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... practical religion , urges a claim upon their patronage . To the young , as well as the old , therefore , in the profession of the gospel , these Sermons may be earnestly recommended , as worthy of serious and prayerful attention . It ...
... practical religion , urges a claim upon their patronage . To the young , as well as the old , therefore , in the profession of the gospel , these Sermons may be earnestly recommended , as worthy of serious and prayerful attention . It ...
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... Practical reflections . 1. We ought not to draw conclusions to the preju- dice , of religion , from the miscarriages of such as pro- fess it . 2. We ought to guard against an empty profession of Christianity . 3. The Christian should ...
... Practical reflections . 1. We ought not to draw conclusions to the preju- dice , of religion , from the miscarriages of such as pro- fess it . 2. We ought to guard against an empty profession of Christianity . 3. The Christian should ...
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... Practical application . 1. The wisdom of being truly religious . 2. The folly and danger of security , when we know not what a day may bring forth . If the Christian properly considers these things 1. His light will shine . 2. His end ...
... Practical application . 1. The wisdom of being truly religious . 2. The folly and danger of security , when we know not what a day may bring forth . If the Christian properly considers these things 1. His light will shine . 2. His end ...
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... practical reflections . Such as , 1. Let us not draw conclusions to the prejudice of religion , from the miscarriages of such as pro- fess it . Religion is the greatest reality ; it has a renewing and transforming virtue but since a ...
... practical reflections . Such as , 1. Let us not draw conclusions to the prejudice of religion , from the miscarriages of such as pro- fess it . Religion is the greatest reality ; it has a renewing and transforming virtue but since a ...
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Page 57 - And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.
Page 96 - Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks : walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand ; ye shall lie down in sorrow.
Page 24 - Jesus answered them and said, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled.
Page 66 - And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bride-chamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them ? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.
Page 66 - There is a river, the streams whereof shall make glad the city of God, the holy place of the tabernacles of the most high.
Page 56 - But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the Ark, and knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Page 52 - My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken ; the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, and shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Page 85 - Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him, for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. " Woe unto the wicked! It shall be ill with him, for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
Page 112 - Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
Page 64 - And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares ; for as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.