Sermons: Chiefly on Particular Occasions, Volume 1Wells and Lilly, 1815 - Occasional sermons |
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... cause of religion , not only in the memorable labours of those who have either displayed the beauty , or demonstrated the truth of Christianity . - but also in the unparalleled discoveries with which , in the age that is past , the ...
... cause of religion , not only in the memorable labours of those who have either displayed the beauty , or demonstrated the truth of Christianity . - but also in the unparalleled discoveries with which , in the age that is past , the ...
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... cause of alleviating the distresses , or im- proving the condition of the human race . Such , my brethren , is the view which we may justly take of the century that has passed . And , if it be pleasing to think that , under the ...
... cause of alleviating the distresses , or im- proving the condition of the human race . Such , my brethren , is the view which we may justly take of the century that has passed . And , if it be pleasing to think that , under the ...
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... cause of those afflictions with which the providence of God had visited him , he is represented as at last raising his eyes from himself and his own concerns , to- wards the Government of Nature : And the Al- mighty is brought forward ...
... cause of those afflictions with which the providence of God had visited him , he is represented as at last raising his eyes from himself and his own concerns , to- wards the Government of Nature : And the Al- mighty is brought forward ...
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... cause it springs , gradually poisons the source of hu- man happiness , and undermines the foundation of every real virtue . They dispel those dark and un- generous views of man , and of his capacity for hap- piness and virtue , which ...
... cause it springs , gradually poisons the source of hu- man happiness , and undermines the foundation of every real virtue . They dispel those dark and un- generous views of man , and of his capacity for hap- piness and virtue , which ...
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... causes of their fall , we shall find them in their views and their policy . All of them , in their day , have had their own devices , -some of them to enslave the people whom they governed , -some to extend their power by the atrocities ...
... causes of their fall , we shall find them in their views and their policy . All of them , in their day , have had their own devices , -some of them to enslave the people whom they governed , -some to extend their power by the atrocities ...
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Page 139 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me; because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Page 149 - Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses and one for Elias.
Page xi - LORD my God, thou hast made thy servant king instead of David my father: and I am but a little child: I know not how to go out or come in.
Page xii - Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies : and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. Length of days is in her right hand ; and in her left hand riches and honour. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
Page xiv - And as Jesus passed by, He saw a man which was blind from his birth. And His disciples asked Him, saying, "Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?" Jesus answered, "Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.
Page 28 - God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility ; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the quick and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal, through him who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, now and ever. Amen.
Page 25 - And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of .Man, clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
Page 273 - They will go from strength to strength, and unto the God of gods appeareth every one of them in Sion.
Page xii - Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever the earth and the world were made, thou art GOD from everlasting, and world without end. Thou turnest man to destruction ; again thou sayest, Come again, ye children of men.
Page 26 - His Head and His hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and His eyes were as a flame of fire; and His feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and His voice as the sound of many waters. And He had in His right hand seven stars: and out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword: and His countenance was as the sun shineth in His strength.