Sermons Intended to Show a Sober Application of Scriptural Principles to the Realities of Life: With a Preface Addressed to the ClergyW. Baxter, 1830 - 475 pages |
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Page xiv
... least desirous to love the Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity , whose souls must weep in secret places , because the Lord's flock ( as it seems to them ) is carried away captive , by almost every spirit of delusion , or excess . But In ...
... least desirous to love the Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity , whose souls must weep in secret places , because the Lord's flock ( as it seems to them ) is carried away captive , by almost every spirit of delusion , or excess . But In ...
Page xvi
... least ) of any thing like proper toleration or just religious liberty , yet cannot blind themselves to flaws and weaknesses which may be here and there detected " in its aggregate condition , of which it were no less than folly to deny ...
... least ) of any thing like proper toleration or just religious liberty , yet cannot blind themselves to flaws and weaknesses which may be here and there detected " in its aggregate condition , of which it were no less than folly to deny ...
Page xix
... least spared from the communion of our own Church ; I mean , in dispositions of a more devotional and at the same time a more dutiful complexion — reflect- ing , meek , patient ; minds , therefore , which can never follow such a fiery ...
... least spared from the communion of our own Church ; I mean , in dispositions of a more devotional and at the same time a more dutiful complexion — reflect- ing , meek , patient ; minds , therefore , which can never follow such a fiery ...
Page xxxii
... faith . What hope therefore of solid improvement , unless the matter offered to the feelings be such as the decisions of an honest and a temperate judgment , at least desirous to exercise its office in the faith and fear xxxii PREFACE .
... faith . What hope therefore of solid improvement , unless the matter offered to the feelings be such as the decisions of an honest and a temperate judgment , at least desirous to exercise its office in the faith and fear xxxii PREFACE .
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... the fancied powers of present wealth are but among the least and lowest offerings to be contributed to the great general work of Christian holiness , and growth in grace . Think for a moment , and 18 [ SERM . I. The ground of mutual regard.
... the fancied powers of present wealth are but among the least and lowest offerings to be contributed to the great general work of Christian holiness , and growth in grace . Think for a moment , and 18 [ SERM . I. The ground of mutual regard.
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Page 350 - And when they had fulfilled the days, as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem ; and Joseph and his mother knew not of it.
Page 95 - If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone?
Page 411 - And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep ; for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed. The night is far spent, the day is at hand ; let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.
Page 52 - 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 : then, when lust hath conceived, it bringeth forth sin ; and sin, .when it is finished, bringeth forth death.
Page 440 - I will remember my covenant, which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; and the waters shall no more become a flood to destroy all flesh. "And the bow shall be in the cloud; and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant between God and every living creature of all flesh that is upon the earth.
Page 81 - But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of Man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
Page 174 - And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all. And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him, sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more.
Page 173 - Paul stood forth in the midst of them, and said, Sirs, ye should have hearkened unto me, and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss. And now I exhort you to be of good cheer: for there shall be no loss of any man's life among you, but of the ship.
Page 442 - And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
Page 461 - Moreover as for me, God forbid that I should sin against the LORD in ceasing to pray for you : but I will teach you the good and the right way : Only fear the LORD, and serve him in truth with all your heart : for consider how great things he hath done for you.