Sermons preached before the University of Oxford ... in the years MDCCCXXXVII., MDCCCXXXVIII., MDCCCXXXIX.James Burns, 1839 - 102 pages |
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... watch such persons carefully , without perceiving , that , except in its outward expression , the habit of the mind remains unchanged ; that sensuality still rules , though its robe is more seemly , and its sceptre gilt afresh . In the ...
... watch such persons carefully , without perceiving , that , except in its outward expression , the habit of the mind remains unchanged ; that sensuality still rules , though its robe is more seemly , and its sceptre gilt afresh . In the ...
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... watch themselves may trace , by which He would draw our spirits to Himself and with this help within our reach , we are most properly responsible for our belief ; not , indeed , as if by a single act of the volition we could make ...
... watch themselves may trace , by which He would draw our spirits to Himself and with this help within our reach , we are most properly responsible for our belief ; not , indeed , as if by a single act of the volition we could make ...
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... watch against the absolute offence of vicious practice . Many other means will , to a great extent , produce the same effect ; and it may be therefore not a little useful to follow this subject out some- what further . There is , then ...
... watch against the absolute offence of vicious practice . Many other means will , to a great extent , produce the same effect ; and it may be therefore not a little useful to follow this subject out some- what further . There is , then ...
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... watch , and weep , and keep the blessed company of holy words and thoughts , and seek for grace most ear- nestly , before they attain to such a state of soul that , readily , instantly , and without an effort , they can in any measure ...
... watch , and weep , and keep the blessed company of holy words and thoughts , and seek for grace most ear- nestly , before they attain to such a state of soul that , readily , instantly , and without an effort , they can in any measure ...
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... watch over our use of holy things , guard against the first temptations which would lead us to treat religion rather as a science than an art a thing to be learned rather than to be lived ; against all exaltation , or sepa- - ration ...
... watch over our use of holy things , guard against the first temptations which would lead us to treat religion rather as a science than an art a thing to be learned rather than to be lived ; against all exaltation , or sepa- - ration ...
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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.