Christian Sobriety: Being Eight Sermons on Titus II. 6, Preached with a Special View to the Benefit of the Young Men Usually Attending the Public Worship at the West Church in Boston ...R. & S. Draper, 1763 - 343 pages |
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... doubtlefs always room , and great occafion in this present evil world , for reformation . I am not cer- tain , however , that the above - mentioned charge charge is strictly juft : Poffibly they who bring it The DEDICATION . xi.
... doubtlefs always room , and great occafion in this present evil world , for reformation . I am not cer- tain , however , that the above - mentioned charge charge is strictly juft : Poffibly they who bring it The DEDICATION . xi.
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... evil practices , which are the natural fruit and confequence of having a mind thus darkned and corrupted . The original word will very easily and naturally bear fuch an ex- tenfive fignification as this . † And there is the more reafon ...
... evil practices , which are the natural fruit and confequence of having a mind thus darkned and corrupted . The original word will very easily and naturally bear fuch an ex- tenfive fignification as this . † And there is the more reafon ...
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... evil , when there is juft occafion for it . For , in the fame chapter , the apoftle enjoins Titus to do thus : " These things fpeak and exhort , and rebuke with " all authority ; let no man defpife thee . " Where you will observe , that ...
... evil , when there is juft occafion for it . For , in the fame chapter , the apoftle enjoins Titus to do thus : " These things fpeak and exhort , and rebuke with " all authority ; let no man defpife thee . " Where you will observe , that ...
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... evil and danger of fin insisted on ; or the ter- rors of the Lord fet before them . This is what fome people confider as favouring of harshness , fournefs and feverity ; hardly consistent with the meekness and charity which become the ...
... evil and danger of fin insisted on ; or the ter- rors of the Lord fet before them . This is what fome people confider as favouring of harshness , fournefs and feverity ; hardly consistent with the meekness and charity which become the ...
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... evil difpofitions . If fuch a perfon , tho ' but a young man , is destitute of wisdom , virtue , and a right turn of mind , he is certainly and pofitively erroneous , foolish , vici- ous , or wrongly difpofed . Whatever may imagined ...
... evil difpofitions . If fuch a perfon , tho ' but a young man , is destitute of wisdom , virtue , and a right turn of mind , he is certainly and pofitively erroneous , foolish , vici- ous , or wrongly difpofed . Whatever may imagined ...
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Page 34 - Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. Length of days is in her right hand ; and in her left hand riches and honour. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every...
Page 295 - Because I have called and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded ; But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity: I will mock when your fear cometh ; When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me...
Page 304 - Rejoice, O young man in thy youth ; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes ; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 318 - For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away : but the word of the Lord endureth for ever. And this is the word which by the gospel is preached unto you.
Page 279 - Hell from beneath is moved for thee to meet thee at thy coming: it stirreth up the dead for thee, even all the chief ones of the earth; it hath raised up from their thrones all the kings of the nations.
Page 65 - The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith, all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him. And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.
Page 297 - Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth ; and from thy face shall I be hid ; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth ; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
Page 271 - And he said unto him ; Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine. It was meet that we should make merry and be glad, for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again ; and was lost, and is found.
Page 143 - Then shall the virgin rejoice in the dance, both young men and old together : for I will turn their mourning into joy, and will comfort them, and make them rejoice from their sorrow.
Page 113 - I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.