Sermons on various subjects, with a preface [by J. Duchal].1751 |
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... rational agents doing that which is right , and displeased with their do- ing what is wrong in a moral fenfe : If that be denied , piety is intirely fubverted , and all practice of virtue on the foundation of piety . By this argument ...
... rational agents doing that which is right , and displeased with their do- ing what is wrong in a moral fenfe : If that be denied , piety is intirely fubverted , and all practice of virtue on the foundation of piety . By this argument ...
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... which was defigned to be the principal guide of the rational life , or of our free actions ; the understanding , however , • I. SERM . however , advanceth flowly to its maturity Temptations to Evil , not from God . 9.
... which was defigned to be the principal guide of the rational life , or of our free actions ; the understanding , however , • I. SERM . however , advanceth flowly to its maturity Temptations to Evil , not from God . 9.
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... rational pretence for alledging that gift to be a temptation , because liberty is not an inclination to evil , but meerly the mind's power of determin- ing itself to that , or the contrary , according as the motives to the one or the ...
... rational pretence for alledging that gift to be a temptation , because liberty is not an inclination to evil , but meerly the mind's power of determin- ing itself to that , or the contrary , according as the motives to the one or the ...
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... rational beings , fitted by the ex- cellent faculties wherewith he endued them for rendering him very important fervice , and enjoying a great measure of happiness , and an higher kind than any other inhabi- tants of this earth are ...
... rational beings , fitted by the ex- cellent faculties wherewith he endued them for rendering him very important fervice , and enjoying a great measure of happiness , and an higher kind than any other inhabi- tants of this earth are ...
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... rational and moral powers of the foul , and whereby , as the occafion of it , men are misled from their duty . I come now , Secondly , To confider how men are tempt- ed by luft , being drawn away and enticed . And II . And here what I ...
... rational and moral powers of the foul , and whereby , as the occafion of it , men are misled from their duty . I come now , Secondly , To confider how men are tempt- ed by luft , being drawn away and enticed . And II . And here what I ...
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Page 1 - Let no man say when he is tempted, I am tempted of God : for God cannot be tempted with evil, neither tempteth he any man : but every man is tempted, when he is drawn away of his own lust, and enticed.
Page 268 - Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
Page 282 - But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do : for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
Page 378 - For He is our peace, who hath made both one, and hath broken down the middle wall of partition between us ; having abolished in His flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances; for to make in Himself of twain one new man, so making peace...
Page 430 - And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
Page 311 - I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards: I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruits: I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees...
Page 311 - I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men, as musical instruments, and that of all sorts. So I was great and increased more than all that were before me in Jerusalem: also my wisdom remained with me.
Page 236 - What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good ? Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. Depart from evil, and do good ; seek peace, and pursue it.
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.