Sermons, Volume 5A. Strahan, 1801 |
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... Evil with Good . ROMANS , xii . 21. Be not overcome of evil ; but overcome evil with good . 246 SERMON XII . On a Life of Diffipation and Pleasure . PROVERBS , XIV . 13. Even in laughter the heart is forrowful ; and the end of that ...
... Evil with Good . ROMANS , xii . 21. Be not overcome of evil ; but overcome evil with good . 246 SERMON XII . On a Life of Diffipation and Pleasure . PROVERBS , XIV . 13. Even in laughter the heart is forrowful ; and the end of that ...
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... evil tidings ; for his heart is fixed , trufting in the Lord . As he can look up to a Su- preme Power with good hope , so he can look every man in the face without uneafinefs , when he is conscious that no man can reproach him with ...
... evil tidings ; for his heart is fixed , trufting in the Lord . As he can look up to a Su- preme Power with good hope , so he can look every man in the face without uneafinefs , when he is conscious that no man can reproach him with ...
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... evil times ; and furely , there are few things which he can more defire than the prospect of being valued and esteemed by those among whom he lives . This counter- balances I. SER M. balances many a difadvantage of out- ward On Hopes ...
... evil times ; and furely , there are few things which he can more defire than the prospect of being valued and esteemed by those among whom he lives . This counter- balances I. SER M. balances many a difadvantage of out- ward On Hopes ...
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... evil days , to engender , in one region of the earth , a fyftem of philofophy which hould revive the exploded principles of atheism , and ftudy to pour forth their poifon among the nations , not only to the extinction of religion , but ...
... evil days , to engender , in one region of the earth , a fyftem of philofophy which hould revive the exploded principles of atheism , and ftudy to pour forth their poifon among the nations , not only to the extinction of religion , but ...
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... evil with good : it had been his principle , and , it would appear , a noted faying of his , which his difciples remembered and quoted after his death ; it is more blessed to give than to receive * . II . We ought to propose for imita ...
... evil with good : it had been his principle , and , it would appear , a noted faying of his , which his difciples remembered and quoted after his death ; it is more blessed to give than to receive * . II . We ought to propose for imita ...
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Page 34 - He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; He burneth the chariot in the fire. Be still, and know that I am God : I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
Page 323 - But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, (that is to say ; not of this building,) neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood, he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
Page 361 - And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord ; but the Lord was not in the wind : and after the wind an earthquake ; but the Lord was not in the earthquake: And after the earthquake a fire ; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
Page 330 - Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need
Page 472 - And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
Page 28 - that his ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts...
Page 97 - It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it ? Neither is it beyond the sea that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it ? But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
Page 174 - Nevertheless I am continually with thee : Thou hast holden me by my right hand. Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, And afterward receive me to glory. Whom have I in heaven but thee? And there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. My flesh and my heart faileth: But God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
Page 68 - O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not...
Page 334 - IF ye, then, be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affections on things above, not on things on the earth : for ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.