Sermons on Various Subjects, Evangelical, Devotional and Practical: Adapted to the Promotion of Christian Piety, Family Religion, and Youthful Virtue, Volume 1by Isaiah Thomas, Jun.; Sold at his respective bookstores in Boston and Worcester., 1809 |
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... . SERMON XXI . Reflections on Abraham's Artifice with Abimelech . SERMON XXII . The Kingdom of God without Observation . SERMON XXIII . The Subject of Sermon XXII , continued . SERMON XXIV . Innumerable gone to the Grave , and vi CONTENTS .
... . SERMON XXI . Reflections on Abraham's Artifice with Abimelech . SERMON XXII . The Kingdom of God without Observation . SERMON XXIII . The Subject of Sermon XXII , continued . SERMON XXIV . Innumerable gone to the Grave , and vi CONTENTS .
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... kingdom of God is righteous- ness and peace , and joy in the Holy Ghost ; and he who in these things serveth Christ , is accepted of God , and approved of men . 3. We learn farther , that under all the adversi- ties of life , we have ...
... kingdom of God is righteous- ness and peace , and joy in the Holy Ghost ; and he who in these things serveth Christ , is accepted of God , and approved of men . 3. We learn farther , that under all the adversi- ties of life , we have ...
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... kingdom to manage the affairs of it for the benefit of believ- ers ? -Is there in man any dignity or importance which deserves such a singular interposition ? -Are not the means out of proportion to the end ? Can we see any thing in the ...
... kingdom to manage the affairs of it for the benefit of believ- ers ? -Is there in man any dignity or importance which deserves such a singular interposition ? -Are not the means out of proportion to the end ? Can we see any thing in the ...
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... to glory , and made the Head of God's moral kingdom . " Whosoever shall fall on this stone , shall be broken . " Whoever , through ignorance , prejudice , or an implicit confidence in false leaders , 70 Redemption a Marvellous Work .
... to glory , and made the Head of God's moral kingdom . " Whosoever shall fall on this stone , shall be broken . " Whoever , through ignorance , prejudice , or an implicit confidence in false leaders , 70 Redemption a Marvellous Work .
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... kingdom . He fills the hungry with good things , but the rich he sends empty away . How joyous the message to these humble swains , A Saviour is born to you ! Every penitent soul may apply the gracious declaration . Do you perceive your ...
... kingdom . He fills the hungry with good things , but the rich he sends empty away . How joyous the message to these humble swains , A Saviour is born to you ! Every penitent soul may apply the gracious declaration . Do you perceive your ...
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Page 54 - Thou hast ordained ; what is man, that Thou art mindful of him ? and the son of man, that Thou visitest him ? For Thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of Thy hands; Thou hast put all things under his feet...
Page 85 - I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen : but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against me.
Page 352 - And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.
Page 38 - Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy ; that they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate, laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
Page 37 - For the love of Christ constraineth us —because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead ; and that he died for all, that they who live should not henceforth live unto themselves, but unto him who died for them and rose again.
Page 398 - And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it : I pray thee have me excused.
Page 327 - For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of GOD, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
Page 319 - Be patient therefore, brethren, unto the coming of the Lord. Behold the husbandman waiteth for the precious fruit of the earth, and hath long patience for it, until he receive the early and latter rain. Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts : for the Coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
Page 382 - Go to now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain: whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life ? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
Page 298 - And another dieth in the bitterness of his soul, and never eateth with pleasure. They shall lie down alike in the dust, and the worms shall cover them.