Sermons, on a Number of Connected Subjects: In which an Attempt is Made to Explain the Leading Principles of Revealed Religion; to Show Their Consistency, Reasonableness and Importance; and to Guard Them Against Dangerous Misconstructions and False Inferences, and Against the Specious Objections of UnbelieversOliver D. Cooke; Lincoln and Gleason, printers, 1803 - 436 pages |
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Page 47
... takes in their misery , or from any want of a friendly disposition towards them . As a tender father doth not cease to love an offending child , when most displeased with it , and when Ser . III . ] 47 Divine Goodness .
... takes in their misery , or from any want of a friendly disposition towards them . As a tender father doth not cease to love an offending child , when most displeased with it , and when Ser . III . ] 47 Divine Goodness .
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... doth the universal Parent cease to love , with benevolence , his rebellious creatures , even the most criminal of them ; though he will not spare them , when , for any good ends , of sufficient importance , their punishment is seen ...
... doth the universal Parent cease to love , with benevolence , his rebellious creatures , even the most criminal of them ; though he will not spare them , when , for any good ends , of sufficient importance , their punishment is seen ...
Page 74
... doth work , but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand , that I cannot see him . " Job wanted to reason with God , one would suppose from these complaints , not being able to comprehend the goodness , or per- haps the ...
... doth work , but I cannot behold him : he hideth himself on the right hand , that I cannot see him . " Job wanted to reason with God , one would suppose from these complaints , not being able to comprehend the goodness , or per- haps the ...
Page 89
... to take the spoil , and to take the prey , and to tread them down like the mire of the streets . Howbeit he meaneth not so , neither doth his heart M think so . " Another instance , and the most Ser . VI . ] God's universal Providence . 89.
... to take the spoil , and to take the prey , and to tread them down like the mire of the streets . Howbeit he meaneth not so , neither doth his heart M think so . " Another instance , and the most Ser . VI . ] God's universal Providence . 89.
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... . I add , therefore ; 2. It appears to me , that to suppose God the Cre- ator of sin , whether in principle or action , is hardly reconcilable with his perfect holiness . " Doth a fountain Ser . VI . ] God's universal Providence . 91.
... . I add , therefore ; 2. It appears to me , that to suppose God the Cre- ator of sin , whether in principle or action , is hardly reconcilable with his perfect holiness . " Doth a fountain Ser . VI . ] God's universal Providence . 91.
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Page 196 - I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. For I delight in the law of God after the inward man; but I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
Page 398 - My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee, so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding ; if thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures ; then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.
Page 116 - And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God and escheweth evil?
Page 394 - When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us: and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are...
Page 332 - Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel, if we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole ; be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.
Page 55 - These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself : But I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes. " Now consider this, ye that forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
Page 362 - My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me : And I give unto them eternal life ; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My father which gave them me is greater than all ; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
Page 62 - See now that I, even I, am he, And there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: Neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
Page 405 - Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest. For wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.
Page 76 - At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; if that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.