The Sunday Library, Or, The Protestant's Manual for the Sabbath-day: Being a Selection of Nearly One Hundred Sermons from Eminent Divines ...Thomas Frognall Dibdin Longman, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1850 |
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... commands respect . The latter is , as our Lord describes it , humble , meek , lowly , devout , merciful , pure , peaceable , patient , and unresisting . The world calls it mean- spirited , tame , and abject ; yet notwithstanding all ...
... commands respect . The latter is , as our Lord describes it , humble , meek , lowly , devout , merciful , pure , peaceable , patient , and unresisting . The world calls it mean- spirited , tame , and abject ; yet notwithstanding all ...
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... command to love , not only our friends , not only our neighbours , not only strangers , but even our enemies ! How gracious that injunction , " I say unto you , Love your enemies ; do good to them that hate you ; bless them that curse ...
... command to love , not only our friends , not only our neighbours , not only strangers , but even our enemies ! How gracious that injunction , " I say unto you , Love your enemies ; do good to them that hate you ; bless them that curse ...
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... command of loving our enemies , that it is extravagant and impracticable ; that it is impossible for any man to bring himself to entertain any real love for his enemies ; and that human nature revolts and recoils against so un ...
... command of loving our enemies , that it is extravagant and impracticable ; that it is impossible for any man to bring himself to entertain any real love for his enemies ; and that human nature revolts and recoils against so un ...
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... command goes , it is not only allowable , but our duty , to let our generous deeds be sometimes known to the world . But then we ought to take especial care at the same time that we bestow a much larger proportion of our alms in secrecy ...
... command goes , it is not only allowable , but our duty , to let our generous deeds be sometimes known to the world . But then we ought to take especial care at the same time that we bestow a much larger proportion of our alms in secrecy ...
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... command his disciples to fast whilst he was with them , yet he himself fasted for forty days . He here plainly supposes that his disciples did some- times fast ; and gives them directions how to per- form that duty in a manner ...
... command his disciples to fast whilst he was with them , yet he himself fasted for forty days . He here plainly supposes that his disciples did some- times fast ; and gives them directions how to per- form that duty in a manner ...
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Page 289 - Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him also shall the son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
Page 3 - And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine: for He taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.
Page 167 - He that saith, I know Him, and keepeth not His Commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him. But whoso keepeth His Word, in him verily is the love of God perfected : hereby know we that we are in Him.
Page 9 - Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness : for they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Page 2 - Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths : but I say unto you, swear not at all...
Page 168 - Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
Page 184 - AND I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud : and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire...
Page 95 - For the invisible things of God from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead...
Page 37 - But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; that thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
Page 180 - Hear my prayer, O Lord, and give ear unto my cry ; Hold not thy peace at my tears : For I am a stranger with thee, And a sojourner, as all my fathers were.