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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... hope for that by doing evil , which God hath promifed only to doing well . Let us take heed therefore of doing evil that good may come . Let us never think of finning for our profit , of doing unjustly for our advantage . Altho ' we ...
... hope for that by doing evil , which God hath promifed only to doing well . Let us take heed therefore of doing evil that good may come . Let us never think of finning for our profit , of doing unjustly for our advantage . Altho ' we ...
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... hope or fear , to life or death , and thou art free . What he said in this case , we may say in all other ; nothing can over- come him , that is not firft overcome by his own imaginations and paffions . man perhaps is poor and defpifed ...
... hope or fear , to life or death , and thou art free . What he said in this case , we may say in all other ; nothing can over- come him , that is not firft overcome by his own imaginations and paffions . man perhaps is poor and defpifed ...
Page 110
... hope to reap ' very great be- nefits . It might well be expected therefore , that all who would do fervice , either to their Saviour , or to themselves , fhould readily join therein , whenfoever an opportunity is offered for the fame ...
... hope to reap ' very great be- nefits . It might well be expected therefore , that all who would do fervice , either to their Saviour , or to themselves , fhould readily join therein , whenfoever an opportunity is offered for the fame ...
Page 123
... hope to appease God , or to go to heaven . So that we must not be lefs forward to pro- mife , for that is our duty ; but more care- ful to perform . And as they ought to perform this amend- ment , which they promise to almighty God , fo ...
... hope to appease God , or to go to heaven . So that we must not be lefs forward to pro- mife , for that is our duty ; but more care- ful to perform . And as they ought to perform this amend- ment , which they promise to almighty God , fo ...
Page 124
... hope he should accept them ; let them but be careful fo to do , and then this hindrance will give them no more trouble , but be quite removed . They will have no cause to be flow to pro- mife , what they will be thus honeftly care- ful ...
... hope he should accept them ; let them but be careful fo to do , and then this hindrance will give them no more trouble , but be quite removed . They will have no cause to be flow to pro- mife , what they will be thus honeftly care- ful ...
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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.