Sermons, Volume 1Waugh & Innes, 1828 |
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... moral reasoning , I need not explain . Things revealed are said , in the text , to belong to men . By this I understand , that they are our possession and property , given to us by God for our use , direction , and benefit . They are ...
... moral reasoning , I need not explain . Things revealed are said , in the text , to belong to men . By this I understand , that they are our possession and property , given to us by God for our use , direction , and benefit . They are ...
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... moral character . But the manner and the cause of this apostacy is , to say the most , either not at all , or very imperfectly revealed . Yet it is to be feared , that many men , of no small reputation , have spent more time in ...
... moral character . But the manner and the cause of this apostacy is , to say the most , either not at all , or very imperfectly revealed . Yet it is to be feared , that many men , of no small reputation , have spent more time in ...
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... moral character ; and with a force and truth unrivalled , it is exhi- • bited successively as undiscoverable by man ; superior to all things which he has discovered ; incomparable and inestimable in its value ; and so glorious in its ...
... moral character ; and with a force and truth unrivalled , it is exhi- • bited successively as undiscoverable by man ; superior to all things which he has discovered ; incomparable and inestimable in its value ; and so glorious in its ...
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... moral conduct such as a sober man must regard with disgust and hor- ror . When they spoke of God in the singular number , they declared that he was fire ; a compound of the four elements ; the sun ; the soul of the world ; the universe ...
... moral conduct such as a sober man must regard with disgust and hor- ror . When they spoke of God in the singular number , they declared that he was fire ; a compound of the four elements ; the sun ; the soul of the world ; the universe ...
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... morality which would bear an examination , or could be adopted either with safety or hope by their fellow - men . As these subjects were every where radical in moral inquiries , errors about them were fundamental , and extended their ...
... morality which would bear an examination , or could be adopted either with safety or hope by their fellow - men . As these subjects were every where radical in moral inquiries , errors about them were fundamental , and extended their ...
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Page 255 - Ye call Me Master, and Lord : and ye say well; for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example that ye should do as I have done to you.
Page 260 - And He said unto them, Why are ye troubled ? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts ? Behold My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself: handle Me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see Me have.
Page 512 - I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
Page 243 - For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron : I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.
Page 265 - When he prepared the heavens, I was there; when he set a compass upon the face of the depth; when he established the clouds above; when he strengthened the fountains of the deep; when he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment ; when he appointed the foundations of the earth : then I was by him, as one brought up with him; and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him; rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of...
Page 205 - For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass : for he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
Page 503 - And to him they agreed : and when they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. And they departed from the presence of the council, rejoicing that they were counted worthy to suffer shame for his name.
Page xiii - And now I say unto you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to nought: 39 But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.
Page xv - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, so that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God: and this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Page 537 - This book of the law shall not depart out of thy mouth; but thou shalt meditate therein day and night, that thou mayest observe to do according to all that is written therein: for then thou shalt make thy way prosperous, and then thou shalt have good success.