Sermons, preached to a country congregationH. Lindsell, 1831 - 99 pages |
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... opportunities afforded by sickness , affliction , or disappointment , for the exercise of the christian virtues of piety , meekness , and resignation ; it shows us that though the wicked may be great and wealthy , the virtuous alone can ...
... opportunities afforded by sickness , affliction , or disappointment , for the exercise of the christian virtues of piety , meekness , and resignation ; it shows us that though the wicked may be great and wealthy , the virtuous alone can ...
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... opportunities of doing good have lain in a wider circle . On another occasion he pre- sents to our imagination , as a type of the divine judgment , a nobleman going a journey to a far country , and delivering to each of his servants a ...
... opportunities of doing good have lain in a wider circle . On another occasion he pre- sents to our imagination , as a type of the divine judgment , a nobleman going a journey to a far country , and delivering to each of his servants a ...
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... God allowed them a further time for repentance ; and as this mercy has been granted them , they are now doubly called upon to avail themselves of the opportunity yet afforded them to conciliate the Divine favour , DAY OF JUDGMENT . 27.
... God allowed them a further time for repentance ; and as this mercy has been granted them , they are now doubly called upon to avail themselves of the opportunity yet afforded them to conciliate the Divine favour , DAY OF JUDGMENT . 27.
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Cornelius Heathcote Reaston RODES. opportunity yet afforded them to conciliate the Divine favour , and by devoting the remainder of their lives to the exercise of piety and virtue , endeavour , by the aid of the Divine grace , so to ...
Cornelius Heathcote Reaston RODES. opportunity yet afforded them to conciliate the Divine favour , and by devoting the remainder of their lives to the exercise of piety and virtue , endeavour , by the aid of the Divine grace , so to ...
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... opportunity of enforcing the wicked- ness and the danger of such unlawful pursuits , and endeavouring to point out some means to counter- act the propensity there seems to exist to dis- honesty and immorality . That the paths of law ...
... opportunity of enforcing the wicked- ness and the danger of such unlawful pursuits , and endeavouring to point out some means to counter- act the propensity there seems to exist to dis- honesty and immorality . That the paths of law ...
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Page 24 - And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?
Page 35 - My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit: 13 We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse...
Page 36 - ... we shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil : cast in thy lot among us ; let us all have one purse : my son, walk not thou in the way with them ; refrain thy foot from their path : for their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
Page 76 - Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath : for it is written, " Vengeance is mine ; I will repay, saith the Lord." Therefore if thine enemy hunger, feed him; if he thirst, give him drink: for in so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire on his head. Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.
Page 51 - LORD, who hast taught us that all our doings without charity are nothing worth ; send thy HOLY GHOST, and pour into our hearts that most excellent gift of charity, the very bond of peace, and of all virtues ; without which, whosoever liveth is counted dead before thee : Grant this for thine only Son JESUS CHRIST'S sake. Amen.
Page 66 - Let no man deceive you with vain words : for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. Be not ye therefore partakers with them : for ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light...
Page 23 - Six days shalt thou labour, and do all that thou hast to do ; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God. In it thou shalt do no manner of work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates.
Page 39 - LORD of all power and might, who art the author and giver of all good things ; Graft in our hearts the love of thy Name, increase in us true religion, nourish us with all goodness, and of thy great mercy keep us in the same ; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 62 - And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely : for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.