Sermons chiefly designed to display the connection between a sound faith and a holy lifeC. and J. Rivington, 1826 - 389 pages |
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... objects of great and nearly equal magnitude : first, that we maintain, as far as possible, what the Psalmist calls " a pure and upright heart," or, in the language of St. Paul, " a conscience void of offence towards God and towards man ...
... objects of great and nearly equal magnitude : first, that we maintain, as far as possible, what the Psalmist calls " a pure and upright heart," or, in the language of St. Paul, " a conscience void of offence towards God and towards man ...
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... object, to which our reflections upon the testimony of conscience invited our attention, that, when our own heart condemns us, we should pay due regard to its representations ; remembering, that, in that case, the sentence of God, who ...
... object, to which our reflections upon the testimony of conscience invited our attention, that, when our own heart condemns us, we should pay due regard to its representations ; remembering, that, in that case, the sentence of God, who ...
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... object, and render even their present life a scene of disappointment and misery. The very enjoyment of their tumultuous pleasures cannot be termed happiness: and there will be moments, when it will be impossible to suppress the ...
... object, and render even their present life a scene of disappointment and misery. The very enjoyment of their tumultuous pleasures cannot be termed happiness: and there will be moments, when it will be impossible to suppress the ...
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... object is at once the surest and most essential guide to success. ,\ /In no instance is this observation more exactly verified, than in the conduct of self-examination. So long as the mind of a sinner is filled with an earnest wish to ...
... object is at once the surest and most essential guide to success. ,\ /In no instance is this observation more exactly verified, than in the conduct of self-examination. So long as the mind of a sinner is filled with an earnest wish to ...
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... objects, and often powerfully aided by self-love and vanity, seize and distract the attention, or even totally engross it: so that men are led away, unawares, from reflections, which set out with a serious intention to examine and ...
... objects, and often powerfully aided by self-love and vanity, seize and distract the attention, or even totally engross it: so that men are led away, unawares, from reflections, which set out with a serious intention to examine and ...
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Page 251 - Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the Prophets.
Page 220 - By myself have I sworn, saith the Lord, for because thou hast done this thing, and hast not withheld thy son, thine only son, That in blessing I will bless thee...
Page vi - My father: and he said, here am I, my son. And he said, Behold, the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
Page 94 - And unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews : to them that are under the law...
Page 3 - Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.
Page iii - For if our heart condemn us, God is greater than our heart, and knoweth all things. Beloved, if our heart condemn us not, then have we confidence toward God.
Page 1 - Is there no balm in Gilead ; is there no physician there ? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered...
Page 154 - But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
Page 256 - So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants : we have done that which was our duty to do.
Page 232 - Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem? I tell you, Nay: but except ye repent yc shall all likewise perish.