Sermons Preached to a Country Congregation: To which are Added a Few Hints for Sermons, Volume 4T. Cadeli, 1821 |
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... continually replying to an opponent , who is determined never to yield , seems more than is necessary . It may unsettle the minds of well- meaning people . It may lead them from things of more consequence . It may be offensive to see ...
... continually replying to an opponent , who is determined never to yield , seems more than is necessary . It may unsettle the minds of well- meaning people . It may lead them from things of more consequence . It may be offensive to see ...
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... continually operating before their eyes and how the simplicity of the Gospel might be able to oppose these fascinating delu- sions , was the object of his fear . Again , it might be in equal danger from the refinements of philosophy ...
... continually operating before their eyes and how the simplicity of the Gospel might be able to oppose these fascinating delu- sions , was the object of his fear . Again , it might be in equal danger from the refinements of philosophy ...
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... continually frequenting it , and with sincerity performing our devotions in it : if we cannot fast forty days and forty nights , yet still we can practise such self - denial , such sobriety , and such temperance , as our nature will ...
... continually frequenting it , and with sincerity performing our devotions in it : if we cannot fast forty days and forty nights , yet still we can practise such self - denial , such sobriety , and such temperance , as our nature will ...
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... continually dis- tressing themselves by their fears of future evil . They are always looking forward with a fore- boding eye , and seeing mischief at a distance : they can magnify every thing into a distress : if they see a cloud rising ...
... continually dis- tressing themselves by their fears of future evil . They are always looking forward with a fore- boding eye , and seeing mischief at a distance : they can magnify every thing into a distress : if they see a cloud rising ...
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... continually brood- ing over future evil , as far as these thoughts go , dispossess God of the government of the world . Now both these sorts of men are censured , as taking thought for the morrow those who make an unreasonable provision ...
... continually brood- ing over future evil , as far as these thoughts go , dispossess God of the government of the world . Now both these sorts of men are censured , as taking thought for the morrow those who make an unreasonable provision ...
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Page 246 - And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber 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 286 - Then charged He His disciples that they should tell no man that He was Jesus the Christ. From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto His disciples, how that He must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day.
Page 147 - Be not deceived ; God is not mocked : for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption ; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
Page 259 - He shall not strive, nor cry, neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets ; a bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench ; till he send forth judgment unto victory. And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.
Page 395 - For the Scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
Page 84 - Therefore take no thought, saying: What shall we eat? Or, what shall we drink? Or, wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek.) For your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. But seek ye first the Kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.
Page 58 - And in our deepest desertion, and in our most peculiar sorrows, we may rest assured, that " there hath no temptation taken " us " but such as is common to man ; but God is faithful, who will not suffer" us " to be tempted above that" we " are able ; but will with the temptation also make a way to escape, that " we
Page 152 - Then thought I to understand this : but it was too hard for me, Until I went into the sanctuary of God : then understood I the end of these men; Namely, how thou dost set them in slippery places : and castest them down, and destroyest them.
Page 172 - Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended : but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Page 201 - But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.