Sermons preached before the University of Oxford ... in the years MDCCCXXXVII., MDCCCXXXVIII., MDCCCXXXIX.James Burns, 1839 - 102 pages |
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... less accepted of God in Christ , but , with evil done to his own soul , and ground actually lost , which repentance does not at once remove or regain , though it gives him anew the opportunity of removing the one , and regaining the ...
... less accepted of God in Christ , but , with evil done to his own soul , and ground actually lost , which repentance does not at once remove or regain , though it gives him anew the opportunity of removing the one , and regaining the ...
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... less appropriate is the caution to our peculiar character in this favoured place . To those who , in their signal opportunities for a religious life , have here " received " in large measure " the grace of God , " it had need to be a ...
... less appropriate is the caution to our peculiar character in this favoured place . To those who , in their signal opportunities for a religious life , have here " received " in large measure " the grace of God , " it had need to be a ...
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... less cases of bodily infirmity , substitute a different form of evil ; you may change the disease , but man cannot cure it . You may reclaim the sinner from open vice ; you cannot renew him to holiness : you may exchange his ruling sin ...
... less cases of bodily infirmity , substitute a different form of evil ; you may change the disease , but man cannot cure it . You may reclaim the sinner from open vice ; you cannot renew him to holiness : you may exchange his ruling sin ...
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... less within himself to answer to evil from without ; the trumpet still sounds before the gates of the city , but there are within few rebels to give heed to it so that not merely are his reso- lutions against sin firmer than of old ...
... less within himself to answer to evil from without ; the trumpet still sounds before the gates of the city , but there are within few rebels to give heed to it so that not merely are his reso- lutions against sin firmer than of old ...
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... less frequent in his soul as the Holy Spirit leaves him , evil thoughts spring up in it with greater abundance ; outward evil finds a ready cor- respondence in his depraved heart ; and as temptations to sin of themselves decrease to ...
... less frequent in his soul as the Holy Spirit leaves him , evil thoughts spring up in it with greater abundance ; outward evil finds a ready cor- respondence in his depraved heart ; and as temptations to sin of themselves decrease to ...
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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.