Sermons on Practical Subjects: Extracted Chiefly from the Works of Divines of the Last Century. By Richard Burn, ... In Four Volumes. ...T. Cadell, 1774 |
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... SERMON XXI . Preparation for Death . MAT T. XXV . 13 . 330 Watch therefore ; for ye know neither the day nor the hour , wherein the fon of man cometh . 348 SERMON XXII . The Scripture evidence of a future judg- CONTENTS .
... SERMON XXI . Preparation for Death . MAT T. XXV . 13 . 330 Watch therefore ; for ye know neither the day nor the hour , wherein the fon of man cometh . 348 SERMON XXII . The Scripture evidence of a future judg- CONTENTS .
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... death fo much as an ill life , if we think impatience and mur- muring worse than any bodily disease , if we think pride to be the greatest reproach and the highest disgrace , and take covetousness to be the greatest beggary and the ...
... death fo much as an ill life , if we think impatience and mur- muring worse than any bodily disease , if we think pride to be the greatest reproach and the highest disgrace , and take covetousness to be the greatest beggary and the ...
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... death and interceffion for us . To all which religious exercises , if we add those other rational and natural con- fiderations , we may be well eafed . The truth is , there are no fuch cordials as thofe of the chriftian religion ...
... death and interceffion for us . To all which religious exercises , if we add those other rational and natural con- fiderations , we may be well eafed . The truth is , there are no fuch cordials as thofe of the chriftian religion ...
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... death and fear and folly , to fenfuality and beastly pleasures . But they are to be excufed rather than we . They placed themselves in the order of beafts and infects , and esteemed their bodies nothing but receptacles of food , and ...
... death and fear and folly , to fenfuality and beastly pleasures . But they are to be excufed rather than we . They placed themselves in the order of beafts and infects , and esteemed their bodies nothing but receptacles of food , and ...
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... death ; this is a perfect contradiction to the ftate of good things , whither we are defigned , and to all the principles of a wife philofophy , whereby we are instructed that we may become wife unto falvation . That I may therefore ...
... death ; this is a perfect contradiction to the ftate of good things , whither we are defigned , and to all the principles of a wife philofophy , whereby we are instructed that we may become wife unto falvation . That I may therefore ...
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Page 310 - But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.
Page 363 - The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world...
Page 277 - Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet'; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, 'Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.' '"Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Page 308 - For meat destroy not the work of God. All things indeed are pure ; but it is evil for that man who eateth with offence. 21 It is good neither to eat flesh, nor to drink wine, nor any thing whereby thy brother stumbleth, or is offended, or is made weak.
Page 281 - No man hath seen God at any time. If we love one another God dwelleth in us, and His love is perfected in us.
Page 372 - For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.