Sermons, Volume 4T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1815 |
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... passing away . 1 CORINTH . vii . 31. The fashion of this world passeth away . SERMON XIII . 223 On Tranquillity of Mind . PSALM , XV . 5. He that doth these things shall never be moved 243 SERMON XIV . On the Misfortunes of Men being ...
... passing away . 1 CORINTH . vii . 31. The fashion of this world passeth away . SERMON XIII . 223 On Tranquillity of Mind . PSALM , XV . 5. He that doth these things shall never be moved 243 SERMON XIV . On the Misfortunes of Men being ...
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... pass , that they who now contemn life , and are impatient of its continuance , shall be the persons most eager to prolong it . When they be- hold it in reality drawing towards a close , and are obliged to look forward to what is to come ...
... pass , that they who now contemn life , and are impatient of its continuance , shall be the persons most eager to prolong it . When they be- hold it in reality drawing towards a close , and are obliged to look forward to what is to come ...
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... passing before their eyes . Their hearts are warmed with the thoughts of a purer and more perfect existence de- signed for man ; and in the moments of as- piration after it , the exclamation breaks forth , My soul is weary of my life ...
... passing before their eyes . Their hearts are warmed with the thoughts of a purer and more perfect existence de- signed for man ; and in the moments of as- piration after it , the exclamation breaks forth , My soul is weary of my life ...
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... be standing on the verge of time and life , and on the point of passing into a new region of existence . In short , the prospect before us is full of awful uncer- tainty . 21 Ill . tainty . Life and death , prosperity 42 On our Lives being.
... be standing on the verge of time and life , and on the point of passing into a new region of existence . In short , the prospect before us is full of awful uncer- tainty . 21 Ill . tainty . Life and death , prosperity 42 On our Lives being.
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... pass unreproved , and even for a while seem po- pular in the world . But it is no less true that , when it becomes open and flagrant , and is deprived of the shadow of virtue , it IV . never fails to incur general reproach , and never ...
... pass unreproved , and even for a while seem po- pular in the world . But it is no less true that , when it becomes open and flagrant , and is deprived of the shadow of virtue , it IV . never fails to incur general reproach , and never ...
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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!