Sermons i. On the efficacy of prayer and intercession. ii. On the articles of the Christian faith. iii. On the Ten commandments. To which are now added Sermons iv. On the Lord's supper. To which is prefixed an account of the author's life, together with a vindication of his writings [by S. Hallifax].1780 |
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... speaking , and all things confidered , of use towards the preferva- tion of a community : was this the wife philofophical reflection made by the King , when he arofe from his throne , and laid his robe from him , and covered him with ...
... speaking , and all things confidered , of use towards the preferva- tion of a community : was this the wife philofophical reflection made by the King , when he arofe from his throne , and laid his robe from him , and covered him with ...
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... speak in the bitterness of my foul ; Is it good unto thee , that thou shouldeft oppress ? that thou should- eft defpife the work of thine hands ? Remem- ber , I beseech thee , that thou haft made me E 4 as Job xvi . 6 . & al . as clay ...
... speak in the bitterness of my foul ; Is it good unto thee , that thou shouldeft oppress ? that thou should- eft defpife the work of thine hands ? Remem- ber , I beseech thee , that thou haft made me E 4 as Job xvi . 6 . & al . as clay ...
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... Speak , faith he , my grief is not affwaged : and though I forbear , what am I eafed ? God hath delivered me up to the ungodly . He breaketh me with breach upon breach . My face is foul with weeping , and on my eye- lids is the fhadow ...
... Speak , faith he , my grief is not affwaged : and though I forbear , what am I eafed ? God hath delivered me up to the ungodly . He breaketh me with breach upon breach . My face is foul with weeping , and on my eye- lids is the fhadow ...
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... prayers the names of other perfons , without any view to their advantage ? Why , yes : because , speaking of them as perfons to whom you wish well , you bring your mind F mind to a better temper towards them ; and learn SERMON VI . 65.
... prayers the names of other perfons , without any view to their advantage ? Why , yes : because , speaking of them as perfons to whom you wish well , you bring your mind F mind to a better temper towards them ; and learn SERMON VI . 65.
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... speaking , yet of govern- ment ; if the fupreme and perfect Ruler would not make use of fuch arbitrary rights , as weak men delight in ; but ac- cording to the abfolute Rectitude of his nature , would be pleased to confine him- felf to ...
... speaking , yet of govern- ment ; if the fupreme and perfect Ruler would not make use of fuch arbitrary rights , as weak men delight in ; but ac- cording to the abfolute Rectitude of his nature , would be pleased to confine him- felf to ...
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Page 239 - And Elisha prayed, and said, LORD, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. And the LORD opened the eyes of the young man; and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.
Page 177 - For the preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us which are saved it is the power of God.
Page 252 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there ; and backward, but I cannot perceive him : on the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him : but he knoweth the way that I take : when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Page 68 - I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; for kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
Page 103 - I die: behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one : Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
Page 249 - But when it pleased God, who separated me from my mother's womb, and called me by his grace, to reveal his Son in me, that I might preach him among the heathen; immediately I conferred not with flesh and blood...
Page 278 - Then Peter said unto her ; How is it that ye have agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord ? Behold, the feet of them which have buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.
Page 312 - See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil; in that I command thee this day to love the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply : and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.
Page 306 - But they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: Neither can they die any more : for they are equal unto the angels ; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
Page 108 - I have trodden the winepress alone, and of the people there was none with me : for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury, and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment.