Discourses on Several Subjects and Occasions, Volume 1J. Cooke, 1793 |
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Page ii
... fince new ones will be read , when old ones are neglected ; and almost all man- kind are , in this respect , Athenians . Befides , there is a tafte in moral and re- ligious , as well as in other compofitions , which varies in different ...
... fince new ones will be read , when old ones are neglected ; and almost all man- kind are , in this respect , Athenians . Befides , there is a tafte in moral and re- ligious , as well as in other compofitions , which varies in different ...
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... fince the " hearers can never be inftructed or per- " fuaded in the mysteries of religion , if you " do not trace things back to their fource . " For example - How can you make " them understand what the church fays , " after St. Paul ...
... fince the " hearers can never be inftructed or per- " fuaded in the mysteries of religion , if you " do not trace things back to their fource . " For example - How can you make " them understand what the church fays , " after St. Paul ...
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... fince happened in it , is a knowlege to the at- tainment of which no ftrength of genius , no depth of reasoning , no subtlety of me- taphyfical disquifition can ever lead us . It is a matter of fact , and must be afcertain- ed , as ...
... fince happened in it , is a knowlege to the at- tainment of which no ftrength of genius , no depth of reasoning , no subtlety of me- taphyfical disquifition can ever lead us . It is a matter of fact , and must be afcertain- ed , as ...
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... fince , God feemeth to have , " chofen , " the base things of the world , to con- " found things honourable and mighty " , " when of the duft of the ground he com- pofed a frame , fuperior , in rank and dig- nity , to the heavens and ...
... fince , God feemeth to have , " chofen , " the base things of the world , to con- " found things honourable and mighty " , " when of the duft of the ground he com- pofed a frame , fuperior , in rank and dig- nity , to the heavens and ...
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... fince restored to the second " O Lord our Lord , how excellent is thy name in all the earth ! Who haft " fet thy glory above the heavens . Out of 66 DISC . I. Acts xxviii . 5 . • Luke x . x . 19 . " the DISC . " the mouth of babes and ...
... fince restored to the second " O Lord our Lord , how excellent is thy name in all the earth ! Who haft " fet thy glory above the heavens . Out of 66 DISC . I. Acts xxviii . 5 . • Luke x . x . 19 . " the DISC . " the mouth of babes and ...
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Page 264 - I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
Page 179 - And said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: For the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
Page 81 - Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies : and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. Length of days is in her right hand : and in her left hand riches and honour. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
Page 273 - Jesus that her two sons might sit, the one on his right hand and the other on his left, in his kingdom.
Page 99 - In the midst of the street of it and on either side of the river, was there the tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month ; and the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations.
Page 351 - Howbeit I believed not the words, until I came, and mine eyes had seen it: and, behold, the half was not told me : thy wisdom and prosperity exceedeth the fame which I heard.
Page 188 - Let the field be joyful, and all that is therein : Then shall all the trees of the wood rejoice Before the LORD : for HE cometh, For HE cometh to judge the earth : HE shall judge the world with righteousness, And the people with his truth.
Page 371 - For the LORD is great, and greatly to be praised: He is to be feared above all gods. For all the gods of the nations are idols : But the LORD made the heavens.
Page 227 - For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same my name shall be great among the Gentiles; and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts.
Page 336 - For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest, and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words ; which voice they that heard intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more...