Sermons on Several Subjects, Volume 1L. Hansard & Sons, for T. Cadell & W. Davies, 1817 |
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... Slaves in the British West - India p . 391 . islands recommended.- Preached before the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in foreign Parts , February 23 , 1783 . LUKE iv . 17 , 18 , 19 , 20. And there was delivered ...
... Slaves in the British West - India p . 391 . islands recommended.- Preached before the Incorporated Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in foreign Parts , February 23 , 1783 . LUKE iv . 17 , 18 , 19 , 20. And there was delivered ...
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... down every barrier , however sacred , that stands between them and the attainment of their end ? The passions , then , must be governed , or they * James iv . 1 . they will govern us ; and like all other slaves SERMON VIII . 173.
... down every barrier , however sacred , that stands between them and the attainment of their end ? The passions , then , must be governed , or they * James iv . 1 . they will govern us ; and like all other slaves SERMON VIII . 173.
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Beilby Porteus. they will govern us ; and like all other slaves when in possession of power , will become the most savage and merciless of tyrants . But at what time shall we begin to govern them ? The very moment , surely , that they ...
Beilby Porteus. they will govern us ; and like all other slaves when in possession of power , will become the most savage and merciless of tyrants . But at what time shall we begin to govern them ? The very moment , surely , that they ...
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... slaves of the ancients , even of the most civilized and polished ancients , met with from their unrelenting masters . To them , alas ! there was no sabbath , no seventh day of rest ! The whole week , the whole year , was , in general ...
... slaves of the ancients , even of the most civilized and polished ancients , met with from their unrelenting masters . To them , alas ! there was no sabbath , no seventh day of rest ! The whole week , the whole year , was , in general ...
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... the obedience of Christ . " These were doctrines which not even a Stoical * Acts xvii . 32 . † 1 Cor . i . 27 . Plin . Nat . Hist . ii . 7 . † 2 Cor . x . 5 、 de- Stoical slave , much less a Stoical Emperor , 236 SERMON X.
... the obedience of Christ . " These were doctrines which not even a Stoical * Acts xvii . 32 . † 1 Cor . i . 27 . Plin . Nat . Hist . ii . 7 . † 2 Cor . x . 5 、 de- Stoical slave , much less a Stoical Emperor , 236 SERMON X.
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Page 173 - Ye lust, and have not ; ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain ; ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not ; ye ask and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.
Page 73 - Thus saith the Lord, Hast thou killed, and also taken possession? And thou shalt speak unto him, saying, Thus saith the Lord, In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall dogs lick thy blood, even thine.
Page 366 - So speak ye, and so do, as they that shall be judged by the law of liberty. For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath showed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.
Page 391 - Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the Gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord.
Page 305 - For God so loved the world that He gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him shall not perish but have everlasting life But he that believeth not is condemned.
Page 355 - For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all. For he that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art become a transgressor of the law.
Page 251 - Because I have called, and ye refused ; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; but ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity ; I will mock when your fear cometh ; when your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer : they shall seek me early but they shall not find me...
Page 255 - Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong , in the days that I shall deal with thee ? I the Lord have spoken it, and will do it.
Page 267 - For a small moment have I forsaken thee, but with great mercies will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment ; 'but with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, saith the Lord thy Redeemer.
Page 254 - God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty...