Plain Sermons, Volume 4J.G.F. & J. Rivington, 1842 |
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... less than this : that they cannot or will not govern their own thoughts , and turn them more earnestly than usual towards eternal things , in order that they may be the readier to keep Good Friday and Easter as they ought to be kept ...
... less than this : that they cannot or will not govern their own thoughts , and turn them more earnestly than usual towards eternal things , in order that they may be the readier to keep Good Friday and Easter as they ought to be kept ...
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... less than behaving rightly towards HIM . Consider , then , whether your improvement in this respect has been answerable to the means of grace which Almighty God has mercifully afforded you . Consider whether , when left to your- self ...
... less than behaving rightly towards HIM . Consider , then , whether your improvement in this respect has been answerable to the means of grace which Almighty God has mercifully afforded you . Consider whether , when left to your- self ...
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... less our duty to spend our lives in our brethren's service . In whatever way we are engaged with them , we ought to think much , and patiently , how we may do them most good . I am afraid most of us may find , when our time comes , that ...
... less our duty to spend our lives in our brethren's service . In whatever way we are engaged with them , we ought to think much , and patiently , how we may do them most good . I am afraid most of us may find , when our time comes , that ...
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... less and less . We must without any delay set about doing right , and not trust in any degree to mere right feeling , however earnest and sincere . The feeling of its own accord will grow weaker and pass away ; but we shall be no losers ...
... less and less . We must without any delay set about doing right , and not trust in any degree to mere right feeling , however earnest and sincere . The feeling of its own accord will grow weaker and pass away ; but we shall be no losers ...
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... less and less proud , less and less covetous , less and less dissolute ? and if he neglect to do so , will he not of course , and without any effort , fall back into a worse condition than he was in before his partial recovery ? An ...
... less and less proud , less and less covetous , less and less dissolute ? and if he neglect to do so , will he not of course , and without any effort , fall back into a worse condition than he was in before his partial recovery ? An ...
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Page 218 - And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.
Page 225 - They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark ; and the flood came, and destroyed them all.
Page 50 - Rubric, teach openly in the church, all children that they were made members of Christ, children of God, and inheritors of the kingdom of heaven...
Page 35 - But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan : thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men.
Page 81 - And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked : and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.
Page 179 - But a certain Samaritan as he journeyed came where he was, and when he saw him he had compassion on him, and went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn and took care of him.
Page 92 - If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
Page 305 - God of God, Light of Light, Very God of very God, Begotten, not made, Being of one substance with the Father, By whom all things were made: Who for us men, and for our salvation came down from heaven, And was incarnate by the Holy Ghost of the Virgin Mary, And was made man, And was crucified also for us under Pontius Pilate.
Page 161 - Who also hath made us able ministers of the new testament; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
Page 200 - And when the Chief Priests and Scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David...