Religious Cases of Conscience Answered in an Evangelical Manner: At the Casuistical Lecture, in Little St. Helen's, Bishopsgate-streetCharles Peirce, bookseller, 1808 - 408 pages |
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... hear thy words , but do them not . Let not any there- fore conclude , that ordinances are profitable to them , merely because they are pleasing and delightful to their ears ; for the manner of the preacher's address may make a natural ...
... hear thy words , but do them not . Let not any there- fore conclude , that ordinances are profitable to them , merely because they are pleasing and delightful to their ears ; for the manner of the preacher's address may make a natural ...
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... hear a searching discourse , a discourse that plainly sets forth the marks and signs of a safe or dangerous state , of a good or bad frame , .now let us observe , if this touches our affections , and , if it does , whether the reason is ...
... hear a searching discourse , a discourse that plainly sets forth the marks and signs of a safe or dangerous state , of a good or bad frame , .now let us observe , if this touches our affections , and , if it does , whether the reason is ...
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... hear- er , but a doer of the word , although thou mayest not be so af- fectionate as some others are . ( 3. ) Hence learn , How to fait proper questions to your selves , to know whether you are truly advantaged by any divine ordinances ...
... hear- er , but a doer of the word , although thou mayest not be so af- fectionate as some others are . ( 3. ) Hence learn , How to fait proper questions to your selves , to know whether you are truly advantaged by any divine ordinances ...
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... hear you humbly addressing him in the following manner : Lord , shew me what thou wouldst have me to do . I would acknowledge my many omisions of duty , my great carelessness , and would be deeply sensibly of the loss I have sustained ...
... hear you humbly addressing him in the following manner : Lord , shew me what thou wouldst have me to do . I would acknowledge my many omisions of duty , my great carelessness , and would be deeply sensibly of the loss I have sustained ...
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... Hear , O my soul , what he says - What , did I look upon thee from everlasting with infinite kindness , and are these the returns thou art making ? Is this like one of my chosen vessels ? Did I pass by thousands , and look upon thee ...
... Hear , O my soul , what he says - What , did I look upon thee from everlasting with infinite kindness , and are these the returns thou art making ? Is this like one of my chosen vessels ? Did I pass by thousands , and look upon thee ...
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Page 230 - And he, trembling and astonished, said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it shall be told thee what thou must do.
Page 69 - Elegance of style is not to be weighed against purity of heart, purity both from the lusts of the flesh, the lusts of the eye, and the pride of life.
Page 143 - ready always to give an answer to every man orJ'*mportarrt that asketh [him] a reason of the hope that Is in [him] with meekness and fear.
Page 29 - Israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. Take with you words, and turn to the Lord : say unto him, "Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
Page 120 - And the Lord said unto Moses, if her father had but spit in her face, should she not be ashamed seven days? Let her be shut out from the camp seven days, and after that let her be received in again.
Page 92 - As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, So the Lord is round about his people From henceforth even for ever.
Page 145 - ... powers, and tramples them under feet. The shield that he ever bears before him can neither be missed nor pierced; if his hand be wounded, yet his heart is safe. He is often tripped, seldom foiled, and, if sometimes foiled, never vanquished. He hath white hands, and a clean soul fit to lodge God in, all the rooms whereof are set apart for His holiness. Iniquity hath oft called at the door and craved entertainment, but with a repulse; or, if sin of force will be his tenant, his Lord he cannot....
Page 108 - Thou shalt tread upon the lion and the adder: the young lion and the dragon shall thou trample under feet.
Page 234 - Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee ; and before thou earnest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.
Page 86 - ... with every tear wiped from their eyes, standing before the throne of God and the Lamb, in white robes, and palms in their hands, crying with a loud voice, Salvation to God, that sitteth upon the throne, and to the Lamb...