Several sermons upon the fifth of St. Matthew. To which is added, the life of the author, by Richard bp. of Bath and Wells, Volume 21706 |
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... fome thing worse be preferr'd before it , it is not God fo much , that deprives you of the King- dom of Heaven , as you your felves . Were you actually poffefs'd of this Kingdom of Hea- ven , you would wonder at the Folly and Mad- hefs ...
... fome thing worse be preferr'd before it , it is not God fo much , that deprives you of the King- dom of Heaven , as you your felves . Were you actually poffefs'd of this Kingdom of Hea- ven , you would wonder at the Folly and Mad- hefs ...
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... fomething , which gratifies our Lufts , is with - held from us , or because our vain Defires are not cocker'd and flatter'd , or because fuch a Perfon hath not given us the Title and Refpect we look'd for or because we cannot digeft a ...
... fomething , which gratifies our Lufts , is with - held from us , or because our vain Defires are not cocker'd and flatter'd , or because fuch a Perfon hath not given us the Title and Refpect we look'd for or because we cannot digeft a ...
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... fomething in this Glafs that's very like you , and refembles your Temper ? and do but confider , what weak- nefs , what impotency of Reafon and Spirit you betray and difcover by fuch doings ? Is not this an inlet to confufion and every ...
... fomething in this Glafs that's very like you , and refembles your Temper ? and do but confider , what weak- nefs , what impotency of Reafon and Spirit you betray and difcover by fuch doings ? Is not this an inlet to confufion and every ...
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... fomething here below is dearer to them than their God . In a word , let every Soul , that approaches to pay her Duty to God , remember that God loves a chearful giver . III . See here how heinous this Sin is ; 1 mean this Rancour ...
... fomething here below is dearer to them than their God . In a word , let every Soul , that approaches to pay her Duty to God , remember that God loves a chearful giver . III . See here how heinous this Sin is ; 1 mean this Rancour ...
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... not , cannot be plea fing to God , nor find acceptance in his fight ; which was the fubject of our laft Difcourfe : H Yer Yet these words contain a Communication of fomething more dreadful Vol . II . 89 SERMON XXIV. ...
... not , cannot be plea fing to God , nor find acceptance in his fight ; which was the fubject of our laft Difcourfe : H Yer Yet these words contain a Communication of fomething more dreadful Vol . II . 89 SERMON XXIV. ...
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Page 142 - WHEN a man hath taken a wife, and married her, and it come to pass that she find no favour in his eyes, because he hath found some uncleanness in her : then let him write her a bill of divorcement, and give it in her hand, and send her out of his house.
Page 139 - It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife let him give her a writing of divorcement : But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery : and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.
Page 390 - For if ye love them which love you , what reward have ye ? *Do not even the publicans the fame? And if ye falute your brethren only, what do you more than others ? 'Do not even the publicans fo ? Be ye therefore perfeff, even as your Father 'which is in heaven is perfect.
Page 345 - But I fay unto you, Love your enemies, blefs them that curfe you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which defpitefully ufe you, and perfecute you...
Page 314 - Who is David? And who is the son of Jesse? There be many servants now a days that break away every man from his master. Shall I then take my bread and my water and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers and give it unto men whom I know not whence they be?
Page 259 - Ye have heard that it hath been faid, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth : 39 But I fay unto you, That ye refift not evil : but whofoever fhall fmite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other alfo.
Page 122 - Whosoever shall look on a woman to lust after her hath already committed adultery with her in his heart.
Page 110 - For, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and every woman her own husband...
Page 87 - Agree with thine adverfary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him •, left at any time the adverfary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be caft into prilbn.
Page 166 - Love vaunts not itself, is not puffed up, Does not behave itself unseemly, seeks not her own, is not easily provoked, thinks no evil; Rejoices not in iniquity, but rejoices in the truth; Bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.