Sermons on Important Subjects ... To which are Prefixed, Memoirs and Character of the Author: And Two Sermons on Occasion of His Death, Volume 1Lincoln & Edmands, 1811 - Presbyterian Church |
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... person lives merely to please himself , we ought not to judge that his aversion from , or attachment to , certain meats and days , arises only from a selfish humour : but , on the contrary , since his whole life is governed by an honest ...
... person lives merely to please himself , we ought not to judge that his aversion from , or attachment to , certain meats and days , arises only from a selfish humour : but , on the contrary , since his whole life is governed by an honest ...
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... persons and things . One has no other purpose in life but sport and merriment : another eats to gluttony , and drinks to besottedness . Yet all these , and nameless ranks of other daring offenders , would be ashamed in a christian ...
... persons and things . One has no other purpose in life but sport and merriment : another eats to gluttony , and drinks to besottedness . Yet all these , and nameless ranks of other daring offenders , would be ashamed in a christian ...
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... person who heard it . He continued at home with his parents till he was about ten years old ; during which time he appeared to have no remarkable ' impressions of a religious kind ; but behaving himself as is com- * The reader is ...
... person who heard it . He continued at home with his parents till he was about ten years old ; during which time he appeared to have no remarkable ' impressions of a religious kind ; but behaving himself as is com- * The reader is ...
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... person are commonly very acceptable to the public , and for this reason it may not be amiss to mention an anecdote which Mr. Davies more than once took notice of in his last sickness . An intimate friend of his , a few days before the ...
... person are commonly very acceptable to the public , and for this reason it may not be amiss to mention an anecdote which Mr. Davies more than once took notice of in his last sickness . An intimate friend of his , a few days before the ...
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... person . The God of nature had endowed Mr. Davies with extraordinary talents . Perhaps in sublimity and strength of genius there were very few , if any , who surpassed him . To the brightest and richest intel- lects , Mr. Davies had ...
... person . The God of nature had endowed Mr. Davies with extraordinary talents . Perhaps in sublimity and strength of genius there were very few , if any , who surpassed him . To the brightest and richest intel- lects , Mr. Davies had ...
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Page 166 - 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.
Page 206 - And there was war in heaven: Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought and his angels, and prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Page 178 - This shall be written for the generation to come, and the people which shall be created shall praise the Lord.
Page 110 - Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out!
Page 404 - For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God : and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God ? 18 And if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
Page 208 - Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brethren is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
Page 364 - I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool : his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire. A fiery stream issued and came forth from before him : thousand thousands ministered unto him, and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him : the judgment was set, and the books were opened.
Page 473 - No man taketh My life from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again.
Page 269 - Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
Page 307 - That changed through all, and yet in all the same. Great in the earth, as in the ethereal frame, Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees ; Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent...