Sermons on practical subjects. To which is prefixed, some account of the character of the author, by his son [H. Stebbing].C. Dilly, 1788 |
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... patriarchs behaved well and obediently ; they were never corrupted with idolatry ; and , having true notions of God's providence , 3 providence , and favoured as they were with a repetition 2 The Jewish Difpenfation . Serm . 1 .
... patriarchs behaved well and obediently ; they were never corrupted with idolatry ; and , having true notions of God's providence , 3 providence , and favoured as they were with a repetition 2 The Jewish Difpenfation . Serm . 1 .
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Henry Stebbing Henry Stebbing (barrister). providence , and favoured as they were with a repetition of the promise which had been given to Abraham , their faith was fteady , though the object of it lay far into futurity . But when ...
Henry Stebbing Henry Stebbing (barrister). providence , and favoured as they were with a repetition of the promise which had been given to Abraham , their faith was fteady , though the object of it lay far into futurity . But when ...
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... favour of God is promised to those who live in the practice of righteousness ; and , on the other hand , the most awful threatenings are denounced against prefumptuous tranfgreffors . God's purity and holiness , his deteftation against ...
... favour of God is promised to those who live in the practice of righteousness ; and , on the other hand , the most awful threatenings are denounced against prefumptuous tranfgreffors . God's purity and holiness , his deteftation against ...
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... favour , and for obtaining the kingdom of heaven . Such fimilitudes as these between fome remarkable events in the Old Testament , and what is fet forth to us in the New , confirm this general obfervation , that Providence had one ...
... favour , and for obtaining the kingdom of heaven . Such fimilitudes as these between fome remarkable events in the Old Testament , and what is fet forth to us in the New , confirm this general obfervation , that Providence had one ...
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... favour here , and our happiness hereafter , if we obey the laws which he hath given us by Jefus Chrift . In the event before us we are In this practical view of the event , we can- not but be fenfible , how greatly we stand indebted to ...
... favour here , and our happiness hereafter , if we obey the laws which he hath given us by Jefus Chrift . In the event before us we are In this practical view of the event , we can- not but be fenfible , how greatly we stand indebted to ...
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Page 269 - There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day; and there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate full of sores, and desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
Page 372 - And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee.
Page 306 - There is no fear in love ; but perfect love casteth out fear : because fear hath torment. He that feareth, is not made perfect in love.
Page 299 - I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Page 368 - Not every one that saith to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doth the will of my Father who is in heaven, he shall enter into the kingdom of heaven.
Page 9 - And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the Lord ; and they shall be afraid of thee.
Page 101 - And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient.
Page 30 - And David said to Solomon, My son, as for me, it was in my mind to build an house unto the name of the Lord my God: But the word of the Lord came to me, saying, Thou hast shed blood abundantly, and hast made great wars: thou shalt not build an house unto my name, because thou hast shed much blood upon the earth in my sight.
Page 425 - And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me ; for the earth is filled with violence through them ; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Page 151 - But when the fulnefs of the time was come, God fent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, § that we might receive the adoption of fons.