The last things; Lent lectures1828 |
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... bliss , and they that have done evil , to the resurrection of damna- tion ; -another ground of anxiety and alarm yet remains , which it baffles all the boasted resources of philosophy , and all the pride and power of natural reli- gion ...
... bliss , and they that have done evil , to the resurrection of damna- tion ; -another ground of anxiety and alarm yet remains , which it baffles all the boasted resources of philosophy , and all the pride and power of natural reli- gion ...
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... bliss ! How , knowing ourselves , can we dare to prate of merit , or to look even in our best estate for recompense ! There is a law of moral justice against us ; —and that law is the sting of death ; the sting , even where it is known ...
... bliss ! How , knowing ourselves , can we dare to prate of merit , or to look even in our best estate for recompense ! There is a law of moral justice against us ; —and that law is the sting of death ; the sting , even where it is known ...
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... bliss , unto him , who , throughout life , had trodden the crooked paths of iniquity . Yet , however this may be , not the pal- liations of friendship - not the promises of enthusiasm - not the honied flatteries of self - love suffice ...
... bliss , unto him , who , throughout life , had trodden the crooked paths of iniquity . Yet , however this may be , not the pal- liations of friendship - not the promises of enthusiasm - not the honied flatteries of self - love suffice ...
Page 91
... bliss and glory- when the assumption of a glorified body by the spirit , shall impart a susceptibility of yet more exquisite bliss ; and when the ordeal of general judgment shall have opened to its access the inner pavilions of eternity ...
... bliss and glory- when the assumption of a glorified body by the spirit , shall impart a susceptibility of yet more exquisite bliss ; and when the ordeal of general judgment shall have opened to its access the inner pavilions of eternity ...
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... between his death and return from the tomb ; it is a direct and unimpeach- able conclusion - that we shall enter into the same intermediate condition . Thus shall every Christian disciple find , -- that his bliss shall not be delayed ; - ...
... between his death and return from the tomb ; it is a direct and unimpeach- able conclusion - that we shall enter into the same intermediate condition . Thus shall every Christian disciple find , -- that his bliss shall not be delayed ; - ...
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Page 39 - For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward ; for the memory of them is forgotten. Also their love, and their hatred, and their envy, is now perished ; neither have they any more a portion for ever in any thing that is done under the sun.
Page 125 - Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness, looking for and hasting unto the coming of the day of God, wherein the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat ? Nevertheless we.
Page 83 - Enoch also, the seventh from Adam, prophesied of these, saying, Behold, the Lord cometh with ten thousand of his saints, to execute judgment upon all, and to convince all that are ungodly among them of all their ungodly deeds which they have ungodly committed, and of all their hard speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him.
Page 48 - I will ransom them from the power of the grave ; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: Repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
Page 114 - God is gone up with a shout, the Lord with the sound of a trumpet.
Page 157 - Thou wilt show me the path of life : in thy presence is fulness of joy, and at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Page 123 - Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cockcrowing, or in the morning : lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
Page 7 - For I know that thou wilt bring me to death, and to the house appointed for all living.
Page 13 - For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, And that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
Page 19 - Enter not into judgment with thy servant, O LORD; for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.