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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... rule all as he fees fit . He is not fnatched from one thing , by another falling in the way ; he is not taken off from a former affair , by the rifing up of a latter . Former things do not make him forget what is to come ; nor do the ...
... rule all as he fees fit . He is not fnatched from one thing , by another falling in the way ; he is not taken off from a former affair , by the rifing up of a latter . Former things do not make him forget what is to come ; nor do the ...
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... rule all the ac- tions of all his creatures . And seeing that there is a need that his providence should govern all things , and feeing that God is the rightful and proper governor of the world , and feeing that he is , without toil ...
... rule all the ac- tions of all his creatures . And seeing that there is a need that his providence should govern all things , and feeing that God is the rightful and proper governor of the world , and feeing that he is , without toil ...
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... RULES to keep our hearts from trouble . FOR the firft , let us confider , that trouble is a great difparagement to the promises of the gospel , which gives us ease in every case , unless we refuse to become God's patients , C 4 and and ...
... RULES to keep our hearts from trouble . FOR the firft , let us confider , that trouble is a great difparagement to the promises of the gospel , which gives us ease in every case , unless we refuse to become God's patients , C 4 and and ...
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... rules the world . If there were no providence , I confess we fhould be deftitute of the greatest reason that man hath , against fears , and cares , and forrows . And he that is troubled , would be lefs unreasonable , because all the ...
... rules the world . If there were no providence , I confess we fhould be deftitute of the greatest reason that man hath , against fears , and cares , and forrows . And he that is troubled , would be lefs unreasonable , because all the ...
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... rules the world , not as an absolute Jord , fo that we should be fenfible only of his power ; but as a loving father , fo that we may be affured of his goodness . And therefore his children ' fhould not be dif- pleased , as if they were ...
... rules the world , not as an absolute Jord , fo that we should be fenfible only of his power ; but as a loving father , fo that we may be affured of his goodness . And therefore his children ' fhould not be dif- pleased , as if they were ...
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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.