Sermons ...: With a Short Account of the Life and Character of the Author, Volume 1Sharpe & Son, Edwards & Company, [and others], 1820 |
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... give effect to the lessons he should deliver . For , besides the testimony given to his talents by his successive promotions in the Church , the University of St Andrew's , moved chiefly by the merit of his eloquence , had , in June ...
... give effect to the lessons he should deliver . For , besides the testimony given to his talents by his successive promotions in the Church , the University of St Andrew's , moved chiefly by the merit of his eloquence , had , in June ...
Page xxv
... give an account of his stewards ship . - The Church mourns in him the loss of “ her brightest ornament . - Let us submit to the « stroke with resignation and reverence ; and , as “ the most acceptable proof of respect to his me" mory ...
... give an account of his stewards ship . - The Church mourns in him the loss of “ her brightest ornament . - Let us submit to the « stroke with resignation and reverence ; and , as “ the most acceptable proof of respect to his me" mory ...
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... give the authority of a law . Co - operating with all the good dispositions of a pious man , they strengthen and ensure their influence . On his alms you can have no certain dependence , who thinks not of God , nor has joined prayer to ...
... give the authority of a law . Co - operating with all the good dispositions of a pious man , they strengthen and ensure their influence . On his alms you can have no certain dependence , who thinks not of God , nor has joined prayer to ...
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... give no alms ; if while you appear to be zealous for God , you are false or unjust to men ; if you are hard or contracted in heart , severe in your censures , and oppressive in your conduct ; then conclude with certainty , that what you ...
... give no alms ; if while you appear to be zealous for God , you are false or unjust to men ; if you are hard or contracted in heart , severe in your censures , and oppressive in your conduct ; then conclude with certainty , that what you ...
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... give birth to whatever is laudable or excellent in conduct . Is there one , though in humble station or obscure life , who feareth God , and worketh righteousness ; whose prayers and alms , proceeding in regular unaffected tenor ...
... give birth to whatever is laudable or excellent in conduct . Is there one , though in humble station or obscure life , who feareth God , and worketh righteousness ; whose prayers and alms , proceeding in regular unaffected tenor ...
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Page 237 - Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth : therefore let thy words be few.
Page 53 - For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
Page 101 - Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.
Page 148 - He feedeth on ashes : a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand...
Page 202 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Page 194 - Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing; To shew that the Lord is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
Page 146 - Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. The depth saith, It is not in me : and the sea saith, It is not with me.
Page 53 - When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see through a glass darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
Page 133 - Who is the Lord?" or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.