The duties of a soldier, illustrated and enforced in a sermon |
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... cause be founded on neceffity , and our war be a war of self - preservation and defence , we may , on certain conditions , look up with confidence for the protection of the Most High , -we may entreat the LORD to go forth with our ...
... cause be founded on neceffity , and our war be a war of self - preservation and defence , we may , on certain conditions , look up with confidence for the protection of the Most High , -we may entreat the LORD to go forth with our ...
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... Cause , and agency of a fuperintending Providence is a fentiment indelibly engraved on the human mind , — It is to be discovered in the rudest ages of fociety : The barbarous and unlettered Savage , impreffed with a sense of the frailty ...
... Cause , and agency of a fuperintending Providence is a fentiment indelibly engraved on the human mind , — It is to be discovered in the rudest ages of fociety : The barbarous and unlettered Savage , impreffed with a sense of the frailty ...
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... our ways . Sometimes when he appears to fufpend or withdraw his influence , nay even to aban don our cause , he is in reality more effectually bringing it to an ad . vantageous vantageous conclufion . Sometimes it is in mercy that he [ 17 ]
... our ways . Sometimes when he appears to fufpend or withdraw his influence , nay even to aban don our cause , he is in reality more effectually bringing it to an ad . vantageous vantageous conclufion . Sometimes it is in mercy that he [ 17 ]
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... cause of his displeasure . With thefe fentiments we ought to enter into his views , to bewail what we have done amifs , to reform and correct our ways - Then , far from being oppressed with dismay , we we ought to be more fervent in our ...
... cause of his displeasure . With thefe fentiments we ought to enter into his views , to bewail what we have done amifs , to reform and correct our ways - Then , far from being oppressed with dismay , we we ought to be more fervent in our ...
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... causes . -Such an application of my subject , I fay , would be natural , but it would lead me too far from my present purpose — I reflect on the na- ture of the task with which I am honoured , and to discharge it to the best of my power ...
... causes . -Such an application of my subject , I fay , would be natural , but it would lead me too far from my present purpose — I reflect on the na- ture of the task with which I am honoured , and to discharge it to the best of my power ...
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accompliſh affuredly againſt alfo Almighty alſo amidſt battle becauſe beſt bleſſing Brethren cafe caufe cauſe character confcience confequences confidence confideration confult corruption counſel courſe defigning defire difcern diſcharge Diſcourſe diſtinguiſhed duties EARL POULETT effential enlightened equality eſcape eſpecial eſtabliſhed evil exalted exerciſe exiſtence facred fafety falutary fame favour fecurity Fellow-creatures felves fentiments fhall fhew fince firſt fober fociety folation fome fortune ftand ftill fuch fuggeft fuperfluous fupport fword goodneſs happineſs heart himſelf Hofts honour human humble illuftrious injuftice interefting juftice laſt lefs leſs liberty LIGHT CAVALRY Lord meaſure mind Moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary never obfervation ourſelves Perfons pleaſure prefume preſent Profeffion puniſh purpoſe purſuit reaſon reflect religion reſpect ſchemes ſeem ſenſe SERMON ſervice ſet ſhall ſhould ſome Somerfet SOMERSET LIGHT ſpirit ſubject ſubſtantial ſuppoſe taſk TAUNTON thefe theſe banners thing thofe thoſe tion ufurpation uſe venera victory wifeft wiſdom wiſh
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Page 14 - Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield : but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
Page 13 - For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them : but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
Page 7 - We will rejoice in thy salvation, and in the name of our God we will set up our banners : the LORD fulfil all thy petitions.
Page 13 - The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect.
Page 13 - Some trust in chariots, and some in horses ; but we will remember the name of the Lord our God.