A Sermon Preach'd Before the University of Oxford at St. Peters Church in the East on Mid-Lent Sunday, March 29, 1685Leonard Lichfield, 1685 - 28 pages |
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... more natural then the Conceit that we are already furnish'd with a confiderable Measure of it , and tho a particular Sect were Characte riz'd by that Appellation , yet all mankind are in in reality , Gnostics . For as ' tis ( ( 2 )
... more natural then the Conceit that we are already furnish'd with a confiderable Measure of it , and tho a particular Sect were Characte riz'd by that Appellation , yet all mankind are in in reality , Gnostics . For as ' tis ( ( 2 )
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... mankind lay a true claim to that Eftimate which they pass upon themselves , there would be little or no differ- ence betwixt laps'd and perfect Humanity , and God might again review his image with pa ternal Complacency , and ftill ...
... mankind lay a true claim to that Eftimate which they pass upon themselves , there would be little or no differ- ence betwixt laps'd and perfect Humanity , and God might again review his image with pa ternal Complacency , and ftill ...
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... Mankind has been hitherto fo univer- fally tax'd , runs quite in another Chanel , and does not confift in overlooking any of those in- dowments which we have , but in affuming to our felves thofe which we have not . I confefs ( were it ...
... Mankind has been hitherto fo univer- fally tax'd , runs quite in another Chanel , and does not confift in overlooking any of those in- dowments which we have , but in affuming to our felves thofe which we have not . I confefs ( were it ...
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... Mankind . For otherwise what becomes of that good Reputation which Solomon says is ra- ther to be chofen than great Riches , and of which Prov . 22 . the Best and Wifeft men of all ages had ever fuch a tender , fuch a paffionate Regard ...
... Mankind . For otherwise what becomes of that good Reputation which Solomon says is ra- ther to be chofen than great Riches , and of which Prov . 22 . the Best and Wifeft men of all ages had ever fuch a tender , fuch a paffionate Regard ...
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... Mankind , that our Blessed Saviour came down from Heaven to teach it , that his whole life was one continu'd Exercise of it , and that he has dignify'd it with thefirftplace among his Beatitudes . Let us then as many as profefs the ...
... Mankind , that our Blessed Saviour came down from Heaven to teach it , that his whole life was one continu'd Exercise of it , and that he has dignify'd it with thefirftplace among his Beatitudes . Let us then as many as profefs the ...
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Abfurdities and ill according as God action muſt adviſe affuming againſt alſo altho Apoſtle Babylon becauſe he thinks becauſe tis Befides beſt Cauſe cellencies Cenfure concerning our felves confider confiderable confifts courfe Defire derſtanding Dictate Difcourfe Divine elſe faid feem felf fhall fhould think fince Firft Firſt fome Standard fruftrates all Methods ftand fubject fuch fufficient Gnostics God has dealt Happineſs Herod highly Hypothefis ill Confequences indow'd Intellectual JOHN NORRIS juft laft place lefs length refolv'd loves himſelf Mankind Maſter Meaſure measure of Faith miſtake moſt muft natural neceffarily underſtand neceffary Neceffity never fo notwithſtanding obferve Obligation Opinions we pleaſe Paffion perveniffe pleas'd pleaſe concerning poffible prefent Preparatory Pofition proceed fo Proud queſtion real worth reaſon reflect regu rily ſelf Soul neceffarily ſubmit thefe themſelves theſe things think foberly think himſelf third and laft thoſe acts Twas Univerſity unleſs unqualifies uſe Vertue whatſoever wherein whofe whole
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Page 5 - For I fay, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think, of himfelf more highly than he ought to think, but to think foberly, according as God hath dealt to .every man the meafure of Faith.
Page 17 - What man knoweth the thinges of a man if not the spirit of man which [is] in himself.