Sermons preached before the University of Oxford ... in the years MDCCCXXXVII., MDCCCXXXVIII., MDCCCXXXIX.James Burns, 1839 - 102 pages |
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... strugglings of the soul , in the sure grasp of a sinful habit , are truly a fearful sight to witness : -to see the agony of earnestness with which a man will resolve against his sin in the pauses of temptation , and 8 THE MORAL ...
... strugglings of the soul , in the sure grasp of a sinful habit , are truly a fearful sight to witness : -to see the agony of earnestness with which a man will resolve against his sin in the pauses of temptation , and 8 THE MORAL ...
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... truly he had dwelt in it , and how far he had wan- dered from it . The first resolution , " I will return unto my father's house , whence I came out , " speaks of restoration to a state once enjoyed , and lost ; not of a first receiving ...
... truly he had dwelt in it , and how far he had wan- dered from it . The first resolution , " I will return unto my father's house , whence I came out , " speaks of restoration to a state once enjoyed , and lost ; not of a first receiving ...
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... truly ; for if he were coming to baptism , seeking its first washing from his guilt , it would profit him nothing , unless he came in sincerity and faith . The seal of God , indeed , would be sure , but not for him : and now , if he ...
... truly ; for if he were coming to baptism , seeking its first washing from his guilt , it would profit him nothing , unless he came in sincerity and faith . The seal of God , indeed , would be sure , but not for him : and now , if he ...
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... truly , that he had long been living in his father's ser- vice he now was grieved , and even wroth , but it was through a zeal for his father's honour ; and so the answer allowed his claim of service , " Son , thou art ever with me ...
... truly , that he had long been living in his father's ser- vice he now was grieved , and even wroth , but it was through a zeal for his father's honour ; and so the answer allowed his claim of service , " Son , thou art ever with me ...
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... truly established in the Christian verities . Take , for example , the great mystery we this day celebrate . We learn in creeds to limit and mark out our faith in the holy Trinity ; but be it never so right in its ex- actness , how ...
... truly established in the Christian verities . Take , for example , the great mystery we this day celebrate . We learn in creeds to limit and mark out our faith in the holy Trinity ; but be it never so right in its ex- actness , how ...
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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.