Sermons preached before the University of Oxford ... in the years MDCCCXXXVII., MDCCCXXXVIII., MDCCCXXXIX.James Burns, 1839 - 102 pages |
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... eyes , " we must remind you , though it seem a stern mes- sage , that " for all these things God will bring you into judgment : " that , by the very constitution of our nature , these things have an enduring effect upon us ; that they ...
... eyes , " we must remind you , though it seem a stern mes- sage , that " for all these things God will bring you into judgment : " that , by the very constitution of our nature , these things have an enduring effect upon us ; that they ...
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... eyes , you may turn away with loathing from the draught whose enchantments must work upon you so foul a transformation . A very few words will suffice to establish this first point - that the commission of sin has naturally a debasing ...
... eyes , you may turn away with loathing from the draught whose enchantments must work upon you so foul a transformation . A very few words will suffice to establish this first point - that the commission of sin has naturally a debasing ...
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... eye of the heavenly Father rests upon the wan- derer ; a great way off He sees him ; whilst his own heart , clouded over by his sin , and weaned from God by wilful transgression , though it begins to turn to Him with longing , yet dares ...
... eye of the heavenly Father rests upon the wan- derer ; a great way off He sees him ; whilst his own heart , clouded over by his sin , and weaned from God by wilful transgression , though it begins to turn to Him with longing , yet dares ...
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... eye of the returning sinner may be strengthened to look up , and to read the joyful message of his pardon ? And how exactly this accords with the remainder of the parable ! They who sup- pose it to be directly spoken to the self ...
... eye of the returning sinner may be strengthened to look up , and to read the joyful message of his pardon ? And how exactly this accords with the remainder of the parable ! They who sup- pose it to be directly spoken to the self ...
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... eyes the blessings and the peace of holiness , this misgiving mainly freezes up the streams of penitence ? There is no such rest and sweetness in iniquity , but that , when the first fever - fit is passed , men , unless they be ...
... eyes the blessings and the peace of holiness , this misgiving mainly freezes up the streams of penitence ? There is no such rest and sweetness in iniquity , but that , when the first fever - fit is passed , men , unless they be ...
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Page 101 - Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness ; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Page 33 - And he spake this parable unto them, saying, what man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost...
Page 67 - And when the LORD saw that he turned aside to see, God called unto him out of the midst of the bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And he said, Here am I.
Page 92 - But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you : but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
Page 196 - And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation: To wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them; and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
Page 54 - Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness ; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
Page 77 - How can ye believe, which receive honour one of another, and seek not the honour that cometh from God only?
Page 143 - ... being conceived by the power of the Holy Ghost in the womb of the virgin Mary, of her substance...
Page 101 - Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope: 19.
Page 93 - I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation. I understand more than the ancients because I keep thy precepts.