The Sermons of Mr. Yorick ...J. Dodsley, 1776 |
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... present *Commendation and future reward.— The gift of continency depends not, as these affirm, upon a mere coldness of the constitution—or patience and humility from an insensibility of it; —but they are virtues insensibly wrought in us ...
... present *Commendation and future reward.— The gift of continency depends not, as these affirm, upon a mere coldness of the constitution—or patience and humility from an insensibility of it; —but they are virtues insensibly wrought in us ...
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... present upon the first error of those, who, by too loose an: interpretition of the gifts and fruits of the pirit; explain away the whole sense and meaning of them, and thereby render hot only the promises, but the comforts lof them too ...
... present upon the first error of those, who, by too loose an: interpretition of the gifts and fruits of the pirit; explain away the whole sense and meaning of them, and thereby render hot only the promises, but the comforts lof them too ...
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... present to them a dark prospect of their future happiness, it must, at the same time, prove no small damp and allay to what they would enjoy at present. But, in the third place,—suppose a man should be able to avoid sickness, and to put ...
... present to them a dark prospect of their future happiness, it must, at the same time, prove no small damp and allay to what they would enjoy at present. But, in the third place,—suppose a man should be able to avoid sickness, and to put ...
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... present hour, and too thoughtless of its great Author, whose kind providence brought it about.—This seemed to have been the case with the men of Judah:— for notwithstanding all that God had done for them, in placing Abjah, and Asa his ...
... present hour, and too thoughtless of its great Author, whose kind providence brought it about.—This seemed to have been the case with the men of Judah:— for notwithstanding all that God had done for them, in placing Abjah, and Asa his ...
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... present joy, , or palliate their former injuries to him.–On all fides, othere, immediately, ensues a deep and solemn silence;—a filence infinitely more eloquent and expresfive, than any thing else could have - been substituted in its ...
... present joy, , or palliate their former injuries to him.–On all fides, othere, immediately, ensues a deep and solemn silence;—a filence infinitely more eloquent and expresfive, than any thing else could have - been substituted in its ...
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Page 38 - And they entered into a covenant to seek the LORD God of their fathers with all their heart and with all their soul...
Page 84 - BLESSED Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning; Grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience and comfort of thy holy Word, we may embrace, and ever hold fast, the blessed hope of everlasting life, which thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ.
Page 113 - And this was so, because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt...
Page 27 - Solomon infers this short conclusion in the text, — That to fear GOD, and keep his commandments, is the whole duty of...
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