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... happiness to which he most ardently aspires . The Gospel lays low every lofty imagination , and suffers not the conceit of intellectual or of moral excellence to exalt itself against " the wisdom that is from above . " Where the heart ...
... happiness to which he most ardently aspires . The Gospel lays low every lofty imagination , and suffers not the conceit of intellectual or of moral excellence to exalt itself against " the wisdom that is from above . " Where the heart ...
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... happiness . It is sufficient to ob- serve , that it was not so much from defective reasoning on these subjects , ( for when has the world seen greater masters in the art of rea- soning , than some among them who devoted themselves to ...
... happiness . It is sufficient to ob- serve , that it was not so much from defective reasoning on these subjects , ( for when has the world seen greater masters in the art of rea- soning , than some among them who devoted themselves to ...
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... to man- kind and to their Redeemer , the Scriptures have not distinctly revealed . That it was the result of despair of his own condition , and of envy in contemplating the happiness first pre- pared for man 66 SERMON IV .
... to man- kind and to their Redeemer , the Scriptures have not distinctly revealed . That it was the result of despair of his own condition , and of envy in contemplating the happiness first pre- pared for man 66 SERMON IV .
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William Van Mildert (bp. of Durham.) envy in contemplating the happiness first pre- pared for man in his state of innocence , and afterwards renewed to him through a propi- tiation for sin , may be inferred from his being represented as ...
William Van Mildert (bp. of Durham.) envy in contemplating the happiness first pre- pared for man in his state of innocence , and afterwards renewed to him through a propi- tiation for sin , may be inferred from his being represented as ...
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... happiness , in opposition to the will of God . Yet , lest it should be hence inferred that we must renounce all intercourse with the world , and regard its possessions as altogether incompatible with religious conduct , we are ...
... happiness , in opposition to the will of God . Yet , lest it should be hence inferred that we must renounce all intercourse with the world , and regard its possessions as altogether incompatible with religious conduct , we are ...
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Page 135 - For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.
Page 136 - Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this, last, even as unto thee. Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own ? Is thine eye evil, because I am good ? "So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen.
Page 3 - By thine Agony and bloody Sweat ; by thy Cross and Passion ; by thy precious Death and Burial ; by thy glorious Resurrection and Ascension ; and by the coming of the Holy Ghost, Good Lord, deliver us.
Page 145 - Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts : and then shall every man have praise of God.
Page 313 - At that day ye shall ask in my name : and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you : for the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God.
Page 332 - He that saith, I know him, and keepeth not his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in him.
Page 135 - And when they had received it, they murmured against the good man of the house, saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.
Page 33 - And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind? But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft clothing are in kings
Page 448 - We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves. Let every one of us please his neighbour for his good to edification.
Page 446 - Who is a wise man and endued with knowledge among you? let him shew out of a good conversation his works with meekness of wisdom.