Sermons Preached in the Tron Church, Glasgow, Issue 48John Smith, 1819 - 525 pages |
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... moral lesson , he will labour to bring it home , as near- ly as possible , to the heart . It is difficult , and it were hard to say in how far it would be right , to restrain this propensity in the pulpit , where the high matters of ...
... moral lesson , he will labour to bring it home , as near- ly as possible , to the heart . It is difficult , and it were hard to say in how far it would be right , to restrain this propensity in the pulpit , where the high matters of ...
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... moral feeling ; and much ought to be con- ceded to this difference . With the former , all repetition may often be superfluous ; with the latter , it may just be by earnest repetition , that their influence comes to be thoroughly ...
... moral feeling ; and much ought to be con- ceded to this difference . With the former , all repetition may often be superfluous ; with the latter , it may just be by earnest repetition , that their influence comes to be thoroughly ...
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... MORAL ESTEEM TOWARD'S GOD . " One thing have I desired of the Lord , that will I seek after ; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life , to behold the beauty of the Lord , and to inquire in his temple ...
... MORAL ESTEEM TOWARD'S GOD . " One thing have I desired of the Lord , that will I seek after ; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life , to behold the beauty of the Lord , and to inquire in his temple ...
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... moral restraint upon his doings , as if some visible superior , whose virtues he revered , and whose approbation he longed after , haunted his every footstep , and kept an attentive eye fastened upon the whole course of his history ...
... moral restraint upon his doings , as if some visible superior , whose virtues he revered , and whose approbation he longed after , haunted his every footstep , and kept an attentive eye fastened upon the whole course of his history ...
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... moral , and all the significancy , from the minds of those who wanted principle to be in earnest ; or who wanted patience for the exercise of attention ; or who wanted such a concern about God , as either to care very much for his will ...
... moral , and all the significancy , from the minds of those who wanted principle to be in earnest ; or who wanted patience for the exercise of attention ; or who wanted such a concern about God , as either to care very much for his will ...
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Page 372 - Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is wellpleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Page 101 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Page 255 - I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
Page 20 - God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to (give) the light of the knowledge (of His glory) in the face of (Jesus) Christ.
Page 13 - Godward: not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves ; but our sufficiency is of God ; who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
Page 61 - He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance : but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.
Page 10 - But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged of you, or of man's judgment : yea, I judge not mine own self. For I know nothing by myself; yet am I not hereby justified : but He that judgeth me is the Lord.
Page 13 - And my speech, and my preaching was not with enticing words of man's wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit, and of power, that your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.
Page 10 - If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands never so clean; Yet shalt thou plunge me in the ditch, and mine own clothes shall abhor me.
Page 253 - Nevertheless, the chief end of man is to glorify God, and to enjoy him for ever.