The duties of a soldier, illustrated and enforced in a sermon |
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... nature , viz . that War is abfolutely forbidden by the Gofpel , and that in no cafe can man be justified in opposing force to force ? Surely the Authors of fuch an idea did but ill confult the interefts and welfare of focicty ; for if ...
... nature , viz . that War is abfolutely forbidden by the Gofpel , and that in no cafe can man be justified in opposing force to force ? Surely the Authors of fuch an idea did but ill confult the interefts and welfare of focicty ; for if ...
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... nature , looks abroad for fome Superior Being in which to place his hope and trust , --- and if reafon does not immediately di- rect him to the One Eternal , All - fufficient Effence , rather than con- clude that there is no GOD , his ...
... nature , looks abroad for fome Superior Being in which to place his hope and trust , --- and if reafon does not immediately di- rect him to the One Eternal , All - fufficient Effence , rather than con- clude that there is no GOD , his ...
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... weight and fecurity , and provided with weapons of the moft Prov . xxi . 31. - Pfalm xxxiii , 16. — Eccl . ix . 11. - Pfalm xliv , 3 , 4.-xx. 7. - xxxiii , 10 , 11 , moft dangerous and offenfive nature . David , on the [ 13 ]
... weight and fecurity , and provided with weapons of the moft Prov . xxi . 31. - Pfalm xxxiii , 16. — Eccl . ix . 11. - Pfalm xliv , 3 , 4.-xx. 7. - xxxiii , 10 , 11 , moft dangerous and offenfive nature . David , on the [ 13 ]
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John Gardiner (rector of Brailsford.) moft dangerous and offenfive nature . David , on the contrary , was but a youth of a ruddy and fair countenance , totally unacquainted with the ufe of arms , -without helmet or fhield , and had as a ...
John Gardiner (rector of Brailsford.) moft dangerous and offenfive nature . David , on the contrary , was but a youth of a ruddy and fair countenance , totally unacquainted with the ufe of arms , -without helmet or fhield , and had as a ...
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... nature to be interrupted . Here , as in every thing that relates to the comfort and preservation of life , our mental and bodily faculties are to be called into exercise - though every good gift and bleffing de- fcend from Above , yet ...
... nature to be interrupted . Here , as in every thing that relates to the comfort and preservation of life , our mental and bodily faculties are to be called into exercise - though every good gift and bleffing de- fcend from Above , yet ...
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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.