Discourses on the SabbathArchibald Fullarton & Company, 1832 - 295 pages |
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... tion . I mean to enter pretty largely , in a series of Ser- mons , into the general subject of the obligation and ob- servance of the weekly sabbatical rest . It would be preposterous , to go at once to the consideration of the mode of ...
... tion . I mean to enter pretty largely , in a series of Ser- mons , into the general subject of the obligation and ob- servance of the weekly sabbatical rest . It would be preposterous , to go at once to the consideration of the mode of ...
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... tion ) is the conclusion , not of ignorance or inconsidera- tion , but , in spite of the high authority I am about to cite to the contrary , that of sound understanding and common sense . To those of my hearers in whose minds the text ...
... tion ) is the conclusion , not of ignorance or inconsidera- tion , but , in spite of the high authority I am about to cite to the contrary , that of sound understanding and common sense . To those of my hearers in whose minds the text ...
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... he brings his argument into short compass , and states it with brevity and precision . Whether he con- vinces you or not , he never leaves you at a loss to understand him . tion of the Sabbath in the history of the subject 5.
... he brings his argument into short compass , and states it with brevity and precision . Whether he con- vinces you or not , he never leaves you at a loss to understand him . tion of the Sabbath in the history of the subject 5.
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... tion . It is fully granted by this eminent writer , that if the Sabbath was instituted immediately after the creation , it must be regarded as a command given to the progeni- tors of our race , and so obligatory on all the race alike ...
... tion . It is fully granted by this eminent writer , that if the Sabbath was instituted immediately after the creation , it must be regarded as a command given to the progeni- tors of our race , and so obligatory on all the race alike ...
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... tion ; and here , in the very same simple historical style , you have the account of the seventh , completing the nar- rative of the first week : —and , perhaps , the second chap- ter might have begun , with greater propriety , at the ...
... tion ; and here , in the very same simple historical style , you have the account of the seventh , completing the nar- rative of the first week : —and , perhaps , the second chap- ter might have begun , with greater propriety , at the ...
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Page 131 - Thus saith God the LORD, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out; he that spread forth the earth and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath unto the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein...
Page 31 - And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
Page 97 - And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to break bread, Paul preached unto them, (ready to depart on the morrow) and continued his speech until midnight.
Page 131 - Sing, O ye heavens; for the LORD hath done it; shout, ye lower parts of the earth : break forth into singing, ye mountains, O forest, and every tree therein: for the LORD hath redeemed Jacob, and glorified himself in Israel.
Page 53 - Think not that I am come to destroy the law or the prophets; I am not come to destroy but to fulfil. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.
Page 147 - The impotent man answered him, 'Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me.' "Jesus saith unto him, 'Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.
Page 29 - Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, for a perpetual covenant. It is a sign between me and the children of Israel for ever : for in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and on the seventh day he rested, and was refreshed.
Page 42 - ... (for not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified : for when the Gentiles, which have not the law, do by nature the things contained in the law, these, having not the law, are a law unto themselves : which shew the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and their thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another ;) in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to...
Page 150 - And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself.
Page 10 - For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.