The Works of Richard Hurd, Lord Bishop of Worcester: Theological worksT. Cadell and W. Davies, Strand, 1811 - Theology, Doctrinal |
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... mind that we have , indeed , merited the evil , we suffer , whether brought upon us immediately by our own sins , or those of other men . A civil war is the most dreadful of those instru- a Prov . xvi . 7 . ments , by which the moral ...
... mind that we have , indeed , merited the evil , we suffer , whether brought upon us immediately by our own sins , or those of other men . A civil war is the most dreadful of those instru- a Prov . xvi . 7 . ments , by which the moral ...
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... mind of doing our first works , and of returning to our first love ? Has not the contagion of the times sicklied over the complexion of even our zeal and charity ? while we neither repell the enemies of the faith with that vigour , nor ...
... mind of doing our first works , and of returning to our first love ? Has not the contagion of the times sicklied over the complexion of even our zeal and charity ? while we neither repell the enemies of the faith with that vigour , nor ...
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... mind , are deserting us so fast ? Who can think it strange , that oaths have lost their power ? And that the most solemn engage- ments , even those contracted at the altar itself , are falling apace , or rather are fallen with many ...
... mind , are deserting us so fast ? Who can think it strange , that oaths have lost their power ? And that the most solemn engage- ments , even those contracted at the altar itself , are falling apace , or rather are fallen with many ...
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... mind , equal to that of the lowest vulgar , and more ruinous in its effects . For , whence is it , else , that bankruptcies are so frequent ? that every species of fraud and rapine is hazarded ? that a lust for gaming is grown ...
... mind , equal to that of the lowest vulgar , and more ruinous in its effects . For , whence is it , else , that bankruptcies are so frequent ? that every species of fraud and rapine is hazarded ? that a lust for gaming is grown ...
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... mind ! -But , let us , at length , resolve to be so . Then may we hope , with the divine blessing ( which we have supplicated this day ) on his Majesty's arms and councils , that this unnatural Rebellion will be soon composed ; the just ...
... mind ! -But , let us , at length , resolve to be so . Then may we hope , with the divine blessing ( which we have supplicated this day ) on his Majesty's arms and councils , that this unnatural Rebellion will be soon composed ; the just ...
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Page 128 - He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red.
Page 86 - And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge, and in all judgment : That ye may approve things that are excellent, that ye may be sincere, and without offence till the day of Christ; being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
Page 22 - Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ, and to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God, who created all things by Jesus Christ...
Page 121 - For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
Page 37 - For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men : as free, and not using your liberty for a cloak of maliciousness, but as the servants of God.
Page 58 - Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go, and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain ; that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.
Page 145 - Hardwicke) concerning the right of appeal from the vice-chancellor of Cambridge to the senate ; supported by a short historical account of the jurisdiction of the university ; in answer to a late pamphlet, intituled 'An Inquiry into the right of appeal from the vice-chancellor, &c.' By a fellow of a college,
Page 268 - clear, noble, and affecting, even beyond the force of ' common speech ; since nothing can come from God " but what is perfect in its kind. In short, the purity " of Plato, and the eloquence of Cicero.
Page 36 - it is declared and ordered by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled, that the...
Page 22 - Christ: to the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God, according to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord; in whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him.