Sermons, Volume 4T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1815 |
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... hold it in reality drawing towards a close , and are obliged to look forward to what is to come after it , they shall be rendered awfully sensible of its value . They will then grasp eagerly at the flying hours ; anxious to stop them if ...
... hold it in reality drawing towards a close , and are obliged to look forward to what is to come after it , they shall be rendered awfully sensible of its value . They will then grasp eagerly at the flying hours ; anxious to stop them if ...
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... hold of virtue by pieces and corners only . Few are so de- praved as to be without all sense of duty , and all regard to it . To some moral qua- lities , which appear to them amiable or estimable , almost all men lay claims ; and on ...
... hold of virtue by pieces and corners only . Few are so de- praved as to be without all sense of duty , and all regard to it . To some moral qua- lities , which appear to them amiable or estimable , almost all men lay claims ; and on ...
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... holds in his hands the line of our existence , and measures out to each of us our allotted portion of that line . Beyond a certain limit , it may be cut asunder by an invisi- ble hand , which is stretched forth over all the inhabitants ...
... holds in his hands the line of our existence , and measures out to each of us our allotted portion of that line . Beyond a certain limit , it may be cut asunder by an invisi- ble hand , which is stretched forth over all the inhabitants ...
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... hold a virtuous course , could they only hope to obtain pardon for the past . Ia this situation of mind , let them not be cast down and despair . Christ has brought with him from heaven the olive branch . He carries in his hand the ...
... hold a virtuous course , could they only hope to obtain pardon for the past . Ia this situation of mind , let them not be cast down and despair . Christ has brought with him from heaven the olive branch . He carries in his hand the ...
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... hold Him . Let giddy and thoughtless men turn aside a little from the haunts of riot . Let them stand still , and contemplate the wondrous works of God ; and make trial of the effect which such contemplation would produce . - It were ...
... hold Him . Let giddy and thoughtless men turn aside a little from the haunts of riot . Let them stand still , and contemplate the wondrous works of God ; and make trial of the effect which such contemplation would produce . - It were ...
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Page 88 - Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel...
Page 90 - But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many.
Page 97 - Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread ? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Page 92 - The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice ; the floods lift up their waves. The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.
Page 175 - He that spared not his own Son, but gave him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
Page 367 - Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Page 220 - LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
Page 356 - Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who according to His abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead...
Page 204 - O come, let us worship and bow down ; let us kneel before the Lord our maker. For He is our God ; and we are the people of His pasture, and the sheep of His hand.
Page 367 - Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!