An Essay on the Composition of a Sermon, Volume 2W. Lepard and sold, 1782 |
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... use of a few extracts in thefe notes , torn , burnt , and given away most of the other papers , and patterns of fer- mons , that I had collected , and never more intend to refume the fubject , except this once in the fol- lowing brief ...
... use of a few extracts in thefe notes , torn , burnt , and given away most of the other papers , and patterns of fer- mons , that I had collected , and never more intend to refume the fubject , except this once in the fol- lowing brief ...
Page xxx
... use the artifices of thofe , who fought for popularity . It fhould feem , Jefus Chrift ufed very little action : but that little was juft , natural , grave , and ex- preffive . He fometimes wept , and always felt : but he never ...
... use the artifices of thofe , who fought for popularity . It fhould feem , Jefus Chrift ufed very little action : but that little was juft , natural , grave , and ex- preffive . He fometimes wept , and always felt : but he never ...
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... use of fuch poor men as came among them ! The fur- plice was copied from the Jewish worship , and was ordered to be worn by all , who officiated in facred things : but this was in the latter part of this pe- riod , when preachers were ...
... use of fuch poor men as came among them ! The fur- plice was copied from the Jewish worship , and was ordered to be worn by all , who officiated in facred things : but this was in the latter part of this pe- riod , when preachers were ...
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... use of rhetorical figures , hurtful in the iffue to the doctrine of pure chriftianity . Some bishops preached every day during Lent , fome twice a day , others twice a week . Some delivered evening lectures , and all preached on the ...
... use of rhetorical figures , hurtful in the iffue to the doctrine of pure chriftianity . Some bishops preached every day during Lent , fome twice a day , others twice a week . Some delivered evening lectures , and all preached on the ...
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... Use of apothegms 482 Citations from profane authors The best are taken from theology In what cafes they are proper Pfal . xc . 12 . 484 - 484 485 How to compose them 485 They may be taken from com- mon - places , facred history , types ...
... Use of apothegms 482 Citations from profane authors The best are taken from theology In what cafes they are proper Pfal . xc . 12 . 484 - 484 485 How to compose them 485 They may be taken from com- mon - places , facred history , types ...
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Page 320 - For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but, as it is in truth, the word of God, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
Page 438 - For it is God that worketh in you to will and to do of his own good pleasure.
Page 50 - And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory ; and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
Page xli - And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on.
Page 169 - I am perfuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things prefent, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, fhall be able to feparate us from the love of God. which is in Chrift Jefus our Lord.
Page 18 - For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the promise. For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
Page 421 - ... le délivrer de la mort, ni au Dieu juste qu'il regarde comme un ennemi déclaré, dont il ne doit plus attendre d'indulgence : il se roule dans ses propres horreurs , il se tourmente , il s'agite pour fuir la mort qui le saisit , ou du moins pour se fuir lui-même; il sort de ses yeux...
Page xxxi - As if they could never get near enough to hear the soft accents of his voice, they pressed, they crowded, they trod upon one another to surround him. When he retired into the wilderness, they thought him another Moses, and would have made him a king. It was the finest thing they could think of. He. greater than the greatest monarch, despised worldly...
Page 422 - Brethren, be followers together of me, and mark them which walk so as ye have us for an ensample. (For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ, whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things...
Page 366 - But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.