Fourteen Sermons Preached on Several OccasionsJohn Rivington, 1766 - 382 pages |
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... to it ought to be made eafy ; by re- moving Difficulties , cautioning against Mif- takes , and leading forwards in a right Method . Above В 4 Above all , Application ought to be fecured , by A Sermon preached on A & t - Sunday . 7.
... to it ought to be made eafy ; by re- moving Difficulties , cautioning against Mif- takes , and leading forwards in a right Method . Above В 4 Above all , Application ought to be fecured , by A Sermon preached on A & t - Sunday . 7.
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... against this Care , as inftilling Prejudices , fhould confider , that Virtue , Honour , Decency , are Prejudices juft of the fame Sort ; and think what would follow , were Men to enter upon Life free from the Bias of any one good Qua ...
... against this Care , as inftilling Prejudices , fhould confider , that Virtue , Honour , Decency , are Prejudices juft of the fame Sort ; and think what would follow , were Men to enter upon Life free from the Bias of any one good Qua ...
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... against the Education of our Universities , recommend a more improving one ? The indulgent Softness of the Parents Family is apt , at beft , to give young Perfons a most unhappy Effeminatenefs ; the Go- vernor , if he hath Abilities ...
... against the Education of our Universities , recommend a more improving one ? The indulgent Softness of the Parents Family is apt , at beft , to give young Perfons a most unhappy Effeminatenefs ; the Go- vernor , if he hath Abilities ...
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... against every thing ferious and praife - worthy by bad Converfa- tion , before they come hither ; if they come with little or no Charge given about Regulari- ty and Application , but Licence be claimed for them in Proportion to their ...
... against every thing ferious and praife - worthy by bad Converfa- tion , before they come hither ; if they come with little or no Charge given about Regulari- ty and Application , but Licence be claimed for them in Proportion to their ...
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... against the oppofite Extreme of Libertinifm and Profane- nefs : labouring to keep up , not only an outward Form of Regularity , but a ferious Awe of God , and Senfe of Duty , in every Mind ; watching over each Tendency to Vice ; and ...
... against the oppofite Extreme of Libertinifm and Profane- nefs : labouring to keep up , not only an outward Form of Regularity , but a ferious Awe of God , and Senfe of Duty , in every Mind ; watching over each Tendency to Vice ; and ...
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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.