Fourteen Sermons Preached on Several OccasionsJohn Rivington, 1766 - 382 pages |
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... direct its Force ; to fix the Foundations of Science ; afcertain the Degrees of Probability , and unveil fpecious Error . With this Guide we proceed fecurely . Know- ledge of Nature opens the Universe to our View ; enables us to judge ...
... direct its Force ; to fix the Foundations of Science ; afcertain the Degrees of Probability , and unveil fpecious Error . With this Guide we proceed fecurely . Know- ledge of Nature opens the Universe to our View ; enables us to judge ...
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... direct us here : can shew us an inward Principle , endued with na- tive Authority to govern all the reft ; Obedi- ence to which gives a fteady Aim and Self- approbation to our Conduct , bestows on us the trueft Satisfactions of Life ...
... direct us here : can shew us an inward Principle , endued with na- tive Authority to govern all the reft ; Obedi- ence to which gives a fteady Aim and Self- approbation to our Conduct , bestows on us the trueft Satisfactions of Life ...
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... direct or fupport the Heart in every Part of Conduct ; joins in perpetual Union our Duty and our Happiness ; and makes the univerfal Scheme of Things confiftent , beau- tiful , and good , Surely then , Principles of fuch a Tendency ...
... direct or fupport the Heart in every Part of Conduct ; joins in perpetual Union our Duty and our Happiness ; and makes the univerfal Scheme of Things confiftent , beau- tiful , and good , Surely then , Principles of fuch a Tendency ...
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... direct the more particular Attention of each Perfon to fuch Things , as may chief- ly relate to their future Part in Life . * 1 Pet . ii . 15 . The The Foundations of Religion he will lay deep- and ftrong 20 A Sermon preached on Act ...
... direct the more particular Attention of each Perfon to fuch Things , as may chief- ly relate to their future Part in Life . * 1 Pet . ii . 15 . The The Foundations of Religion he will lay deep- and ftrong 20 A Sermon preached on Act ...
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... direct ; though you not only feel it painful , but fee it not yet beneficial : - and truft thofe , who have all imaginable Claim to be trufted , that , by quick Degrees , the Pain will wear off , and the Benefit be evident . Their ...
... direct ; though you not only feel it painful , but fee it not yet beneficial : - and truft thofe , who have all imaginable Claim to be trufted , that , by quick Degrees , the Pain will wear off , and the Benefit be evident . Their ...
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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.