Sermons preached before the University of Oxford ... in the years MDCCCXXXVII., MDCCCXXXVIII., MDCCCXXXIX.James Burns, 1839 - 102 pages |
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... spirit ? And have we not , then , abundant reason to " beseech you , not to re- ceive the grace of God in vain , " - to beg you to resist the tempting baits of sinful indul- gence , lest you now do that which you can OF PERMITTED SIN . 17.
... spirit ? And have we not , then , abundant reason to " beseech you , not to re- ceive the grace of God in vain , " - to beg you to resist the tempting baits of sinful indul- gence , lest you now do that which you can OF PERMITTED SIN . 17.
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... reason to expect in such recovered souls the perfect measure of simplicity or peace . And are the joys of sin worth even this price ? Was it for this that you were born , baptised , and striven with ; for this that the 24 THE MORAL ...
... reason to expect in such recovered souls the perfect measure of simplicity or peace . And are the joys of sin worth even this price ? Was it for this that you were born , baptised , and striven with ; for this that the 24 THE MORAL ...
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... reason of this difference may assuredly be found in this ; that , though the murmurs of the Pharisees gave occasion to the parable , it was not so much addressed to them as to his own disciples , whose minds had been distressed by the ...
... reason of this difference may assuredly be found in this ; that , though the murmurs of the Pharisees gave occasion to the parable , it was not so much addressed to them as to his own disciples , whose minds had been distressed by the ...
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... reason , had felt and known around them a father's love and kindness ; - this can properly and fully picture those only who have received in infancy the great gift of adoption , and have grown up , even from the dawnings of their reason ...
... reason , had felt and known around them a father's love and kindness ; - this can properly and fully picture those only who have received in infancy the great gift of adoption , and have grown up , even from the dawnings of their reason ...
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... reason with Novatian " Dost not thou admit of penitence ? wilt not thou weep tear for tear ? mayest thou never meet with such a judge ! Art not thou moved with the pitifulness of Jesus , who took our infirmities and bare our sicknesses ...
... reason with Novatian " Dost not thou admit of penitence ? wilt not thou weep tear for tear ? mayest thou never meet with such a judge ! Art not thou moved with the pitifulness of Jesus , who took our infirmities and bare our sicknesses ...
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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.