Fourteen Sermons Preached on Several OccasionsJohn Rivington, 1766 - 382 pages |
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... Service , he recommends it again ; firft , with all the Force of a most perfuafive Elo- quence ; and afterwards by every Charm , that Poetry itself could add ; fetting Happiness and Mifery before them , in an Ode of divine Subli- mity ...
... Service , he recommends it again ; firft , with all the Force of a most perfuafive Elo- quence ; and afterwards by every Charm , that Poetry itself could add ; fetting Happiness and Mifery before them , in an Ode of divine Subli- mity ...
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... Service of Religion , will be to appear , perhaps after a very fhort Preparation , in an Age ftrongly prejudiced against them and their Function : fure Objects , without Merit , of Contempt and Hatred ; but , with it , capable ftill of ...
... Service of Religion , will be to appear , perhaps after a very fhort Preparation , in an Age ftrongly prejudiced against them and their Function : fure Objects , without Merit , of Contempt and Hatred ; but , with it , capable ftill of ...
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... important future Hour , when he fhall appear before God , and humbly offer to him a whole Life spent in his Service ! Ecclus xxxix . 5 : SER- SERMON II . Preached in the Parish Church of St. A Sermon preached on A & t - Sunday . 27.
... important future Hour , when he fhall appear before God , and humbly offer to him a whole Life spent in his Service ! Ecclus xxxix . 5 : SER- SERMON II . Preached in the Parish Church of St. A Sermon preached on A & t - Sunday . 27.
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... Poffeffion of whatever they ought to have perfonally enjoyed . Flattering the Dead will do neither Them , nor indeed their Re- * Ecclus viii . 7 . putation , putation , any Service : or if it could , 60 A Sermon preached on the.
... Poffeffion of whatever they ought to have perfonally enjoyed . Flattering the Dead will do neither Them , nor indeed their Re- * Ecclus viii . 7 . putation , putation , any Service : or if it could , 60 A Sermon preached on the.
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Thomas Secker. putation , any Service : or if it could , would do , at the fame Time , much Harm to Man- kind ; by taking away Diftinction , where it ought to be preferved . But as the Defire of leaving behind us an honourable Reputation ...
Thomas Secker. putation , any Service : or if it could , would do , at the fame Time , much Harm to Man- kind ; by taking away Diftinction , where it ought to be preferved . But as the Defire of leaving behind us an honourable Reputation ...
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Page 192 - And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.
Page 274 - Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another: and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.
Page 245 - And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment; that ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ; being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
Page 241 - Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
Page 219 - And I beheld when he had opened the sixth seal, and, lo, there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood...
Page 237 - Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.
Page 52 - For when the breath of man goeth forth, he shall turn again to his earth, and then all his thoughts perish.
Page 128 - For if there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.
Page 285 - The congregations of the ungodly have robbed me : but I have not forgotten thy law.