Discourses on Several Important Subjects: To which are Added, Eight Sermons Preached at the Lady Moyer's Lecture, in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, LondonR. Manby and H.S. Cox, 1747 - 466 pages |
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... Light , which the fervile Flattery of others , or our own affuming Vanity ( our greatest Flatterer of all ) might place us in , we should endeavour to form a true Efti- mate of our Worth , or in the Words of the Text , think foberly ...
... Light , which the fervile Flattery of others , or our own affuming Vanity ( our greatest Flatterer of all ) might place us in , we should endeavour to form a true Efti- mate of our Worth , or in the Words of the Text , think foberly ...
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... Light which they receive , instead of absorbing , imbibing and detaining them . It is to have a deep Sense that God created us out of Nothing , and that Sin reduceth us to a State worse than Nothing without the Mercies of God , and the ...
... Light which they receive , instead of absorbing , imbibing and detaining them . It is to have a deep Sense that God created us out of Nothing , and that Sin reduceth us to a State worse than Nothing without the Mercies of God , and the ...
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... Light of Rea- fon , that Candle which God has lighted up in his Mind , has been put out by fome fud- den Guft of Paffion . If a Child could read those foolish , vain , wicked Imaginations , which the best of us have fometimes in- dulged ...
... Light of Rea- fon , that Candle which God has lighted up in his Mind , has been put out by fome fud- den Guft of Paffion . If a Child could read those foolish , vain , wicked Imaginations , which the best of us have fometimes in- dulged ...
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... light us more , than the entire Performances of lefs able and lefs masterly Hands . If then Reason itself , which diftinguish- eth us from Brutes , be fo very precarious , and depends upon fuch a fine and fubtle Contexture of the Brain ...
... light us more , than the entire Performances of lefs able and lefs masterly Hands . If then Reason itself , which diftinguish- eth us from Brutes , be fo very precarious , and depends upon fuch a fine and fubtle Contexture of the Brain ...
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... Light of human Reason looks feeble and languid at the first Thought and Contemplation of that Father of Lights , in whom there is no Darkness at all . Doft thou pride thyself upon thy Power ? All the little Grandeur we can boast , is ...
... Light of human Reason looks feeble and languid at the first Thought and Contemplation of that Father of Lights , in whom there is no Darkness at all . Doft thou pride thyself upon thy Power ? All the little Grandeur we can boast , is ...
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Page 345 - What could have been done more to my vineyard, That I have not done in it? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, Brought it forth wild grapes?
Page 392 - Who being the Brightnefs of his Glory, and the exprefs Image of his Perfon, and upholding all Things by the Word of his Power, purged, or expiated, our Sins.
Page 175 - 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 177 - But Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me, And my Lord hath forgotten me. Can a woman forget her sucking child, That she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, Yet will I not forget thee. Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands ; Thy walls are continually before me.
Page 175 - Yea, the darkness is no darkness with Thee, but the night is as clear as the day : the darkness and light to Thee are both alike.
Page 121 - And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep. 32 And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them.
Page 144 - For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him.
Page 50 - Forgive them ; for they know not •what they do. And again, Father, into thy Hands I commend my Spirit.