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Page 15
... difcourfe to Ananias , Acts v . 4 . The Church of Rome understands this ad- vice to the young man , to be a counsel only of perfection ; as if by that fingle act of fel- ling all they have , and giving to the poor ; or by vows of a ...
... difcourfe to Ananias , Acts v . 4 . The Church of Rome understands this ad- vice to the young man , to be a counsel only of perfection ; as if by that fingle act of fel- ling all they have , and giving to the poor ; or by vows of a ...
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... difcourfe with the young man , is , that in fome cases the felling all we have and giving it to charitable ufes may become even matter of duty , and highly necessary to falvation . This was his very cafe ; and that he understood it as a ...
... difcourfe with the young man , is , that in fome cases the felling all we have and giving it to charitable ufes may become even matter of duty , and highly necessary to falvation . This was his very cafe ; and that he understood it as a ...
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... difcourfe upon this text , after I had fhewn the occafion of it , and the force of our Saviour's difcourfe , concerning John the Baptift in this chapter ; and how he thewed the Jews acted in contradiction both to them- felves and John ...
... difcourfe upon this text , after I had fhewn the occafion of it , and the force of our Saviour's difcourfe , concerning John the Baptift in this chapter ; and how he thewed the Jews acted in contradiction both to them- felves and John ...
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... express them in full , fo as to state them formally and at large . Wherefore the only way to know his meaning is , to obferve the drift and chain of his whole difcourfe . His main design in this SERM his 242 The law proved to be good.
... express them in full , fo as to state them formally and at large . Wherefore the only way to know his meaning is , to obferve the drift and chain of his whole difcourfe . His main design in this SERM his 242 The law proved to be good.
Page 243
... difcourfe to the woman of Samaria ; and as he himself observed the whole law , fo the difci- ples complied for fome time after his afcen- fion . And at laft St. Paul , who was himself a zealous and obftinate Jew , was by the wif- dom of ...
... difcourfe to the woman of Samaria ; and as he himself observed the whole law , fo the difci- ples complied for fome time after his afcen- fion . And at laft St. Paul , who was himself a zealous and obftinate Jew , was by the wif- dom of ...
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Page 157 - And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched : * where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Page 156 - And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out : It is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire : 48 where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.
Page 348 - For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off. It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
Page 141 - I delight in the law of God after the inward man ; but I fee another law in my members, warring againft the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of fin -which is in my members.
Page 10 - Charge them who are rich in this world, that they be ready to give, and glad to distribute ; laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may attain eternal life.
Page 75 - If I climb up into heaven, Thou art there : if I go down into hell, Thou art there also. If I take the wings of the morning : and remain in the uttermost parts of the sea ; Even there also shall Thy hand lead me : and Thy right hand shall hold me.
Page 224 - Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings...
Page 199 - For our converfation is in heaven, from whence alfo we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jefus Chrift...
Page 218 - the blefled and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords, who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto ; whom " no man hath feen, nor can fee ; to him be " honour and power everlafting. Amen." ts 41 DISCOURSE VIII. MATT. v. 3. BleJ'ed are the poor in fpirit ; for theirs it the kingdom of heaven.
Page 223 - I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city!