Eleven Select SermonsGeorge Hough, 1806 - 298 pages |
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... objects ; that , in order to contemplate the divinity , terrestrial ideas must be furmounted ; that the eyes cannot fee him ; that the ears cannot hear him . A thought which Julian the apoftate , a great ad- mirer of that philofopher ...
... objects ; that , in order to contemplate the divinity , terrestrial ideas must be furmounted ; that the eyes cannot fee him ; that the ears cannot hear him . A thought which Julian the apoftate , a great ad- mirer of that philofopher ...
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... objects can be always prefent to the Supreme Intelligence ; but what mortal tongue can exprefs fuch fublime truths , or what capacity is able to conceive them ! On this article , we are obliged with our prophet to exclaim , such ...
... objects can be always prefent to the Supreme Intelligence ; but what mortal tongue can exprefs fuch fublime truths , or what capacity is able to conceive them ! On this article , we are obliged with our prophet to exclaim , such ...
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... objects at once , many ideas confound him ; if he would fee too much , he fees nothing he must fucceffively con- template what he cannot contemplate in one mo- ment . But God is an infinite fpirit ; with one fingle look : he beholdeth ...
... objects at once , many ideas confound him ; if he would fee too much , he fees nothing he must fucceffively con- template what he cannot contemplate in one mo- ment . But God is an infinite fpirit ; with one fingle look : he beholdeth ...
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... object , of which all the preaching in the world can give you only imperfect ideas . Sufpend your judgments ; we are going to fhew you whither this difcourfe , all glimmering as it is , ought to conduct you . We are going to fee what ...
... object , of which all the preaching in the world can give you only imperfect ideas . Sufpend your judgments ; we are going to fhew you whither this difcourfe , all glimmering as it is , ought to conduct you . We are going to fee what ...
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... objects , angels who are continually before God , seraphims who cover their faces in his prefence , Ifa . vi . 2. cher bims who are the minifters of his will , thousand thousands which minister unto him , ten thousand times ten thousand ...
... objects , angels who are continually before God , seraphims who cover their faces in his prefence , Ifa . vi . 2. cher bims who are the minifters of his will , thousand thousands which minister unto him , ten thousand times ten thousand ...
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Page 188 - The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous : the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.
Page 37 - Lord, thou knowest it altogether. Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
Page 163 - Cor. i. 30,) and elsewhere, that in him " are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge,
Page 147 - Fear not, Mary ; for thou hast found favour with God. And behold, thou shall conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shall call his name Jesus. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David. And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever ; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
Page 97 - The rich and the poor meet together: The Lord is the maker of them all.
Page 147 - Galilee ; and leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim : that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, " The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles ; the people which sat in darkness saw great light ; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
Page 148 - And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.
Page 85 - ... loved them, and washed them from their sins in his own blood, and rejoicing in hope of the glory of God.
Page 49 - Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar : and he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips ; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.
Page 168 - I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. 2 Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.