Sermons delivered in the chapel of the Foundling hospital, London1834 - 80 pages |
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... wisdom , into the mazes of darkness and error . To a mind accustomed to the ritual of the Mosaic dispensation , the sacrifices of that ritual would naturally be first suggested , as the means of restoring the favour of God . The ...
... wisdom , into the mazes of darkness and error . To a mind accustomed to the ritual of the Mosaic dispensation , the sacrifices of that ritual would naturally be first suggested , as the means of restoring the favour of God . The ...
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... wisdom , into the mazes of darkness and error . To a mind accustomed to the ritual of the Mosaic dispensation , the sacrifices of that ritual would naturally be first suggested , as the means of restoring the favour of God . The ...
... wisdom , into the mazes of darkness and error . To a mind accustomed to the ritual of the Mosaic dispensation , the sacrifices of that ritual would naturally be first suggested , as the means of restoring the favour of God . The ...
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... " Thus is Christianity consistent with the law and the prophets ; thus is it the completion of the divine will , “ the power of God , and the wisdom of God unto salvation . " 33 SERMON III . ( ADVENT . ) A DAY 32 PRACTICAL RELIGION .
... " Thus is Christianity consistent with the law and the prophets ; thus is it the completion of the divine will , “ the power of God , and the wisdom of God unto salvation . " 33 SERMON III . ( ADVENT . ) A DAY 32 PRACTICAL RELIGION .
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... wisdom knew not God ; " and though this is equally true in our own days , yet to ascertain the depth of that ... wisdom of the world , and that wisdom which is from above , as exhibited in the narrative before us . A poor and despised ...
... wisdom knew not God ; " and though this is equally true in our own days , yet to ascertain the depth of that ... wisdom of the world , and that wisdom which is from above , as exhibited in the narrative before us . A poor and despised ...
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... wisdom had failed clearly to discover , yet in her superstition was afraid wholly to neglect ; that unknown God , whose existence she faintly con- jectured , did Paul proclaim unto her ; and amid the multitude of her idolatries , he ...
... wisdom had failed clearly to discover , yet in her superstition was afraid wholly to neglect ; that unknown God , whose existence she faintly con- jectured , did Paul proclaim unto her ; and amid the multitude of her idolatries , he ...
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Page 336 - For ye see your calling, brethren, how that not many wise men after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called : but God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise ; and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty...
Page 181 - And they came to the place which God had told him of ; and Abraham built an altar there, and laid the wood in order, and bound Isaac his son, and laid him on the altar upon the wood. And Abraham stretched forth his hand, and took the knife to slay his son.
Page 350 - And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests ; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.
Page 178 - By faith Abraham, when he was tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, 18 Of whom it was said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: 19 Accounting that God was able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.
Page 192 - Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?
Page 260 - For if the blood of bulls and of goats, and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth. to the purifying of the flesh : How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
Page 287 - But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen; and if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
Page 282 - But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
Page 211 - Original sin standeth not in the following of Adam — as the Pelagians do vainly talk — but it is the fault and corruption of the nature of every man, that naturally is engendered of the offspring of Adam ; whereby man is very far gone from original righteousness, and is of his own nature inclined to evil, so that th.3 Flesh lusteth always contrary to the Spirit; and therefore, in every person born into this world, it deserveth God's wrath and damnation.
Page ix - For thus saith the Lord of Hosts, yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land : and I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come, and I will fill this house with glory saith the Lord of Hosts.