Sermons Preached to a Country Congregation: To which are Added, a Few Hints for Sermons; Intended Chiefly for the Use of the Younger Clergy, Volume 3T. Cadell, 1822 |
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... - will among men , we hear little more of it now , than we did before the days of Christianity . We see nations equally disposed to quarrel and fight ; people every every where to cheat and deceive ; to plunder and 8 SERMON I.
... - will among men , we hear little more of it now , than we did before the days of Christianity . We see nations equally disposed to quarrel and fight ; people every every where to cheat and deceive ; to plunder and 8 SERMON I.
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... equally afraid of committing a wicked action even in thought . Your actions , you may depend upon it , will always be guided by your faith . Would you know what a man believes , attend to what he does , not to what he says . The ...
... equally afraid of committing a wicked action even in thought . Your actions , you may depend upon it , will always be guided by your faith . Would you know what a man believes , attend to what he does , not to what he says . The ...
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... equally free from envy . They know not what it is to repine at the superior pos- sessions of another ; nor to wish mischief to those who stand between them and their desired en- joyments . And is there nothing , think you , to be ...
... equally free from envy . They know not what it is to repine at the superior pos- sessions of another ; nor to wish mischief to those who stand between them and their desired en- joyments . And is there nothing , think you , to be ...
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... equally bad , all of us , even the best , if he narrowly watch his own heart , will find frequent intimations . But whatever our failings are , we should often recollect them , if we wish to amend them . Let us always remember our ...
... equally bad , all of us , even the best , if he narrowly watch his own heart , will find frequent intimations . But whatever our failings are , we should often recollect them , if we wish to amend them . Let us always remember our ...
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... is at least the easiest , and the most pleasant . Thus , as both heaven and the world cannot equally be enjoyed , the future must give way to the present . - The 1 The great conclusion which our Saviour draws from the 76 SERMON VII .
... is at least the easiest , and the most pleasant . Thus , as both heaven and the world cannot equally be enjoyed , the future must give way to the present . - The 1 The great conclusion which our Saviour draws from the 76 SERMON VII .
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Page 21 - More especially, we pray for the good estate of the Catholic Church; that it may be so guided and governed by Thy good Spirit, that all who profess and call themselves Christians may be led into the way of truth, and hold the faith in unity of spirit, in the bond of peace, and in righteousness of life.
Page 330 - And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat: this is my body. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying. Drink ye all of it; For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
Page 314 - Yea, a man may say, Thou hast faith, and I have works : shew me thy faith without thy works, and I will shew thee my faith by my works.
Page 204 - Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.
Page 79 - And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all: For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.
Page 319 - For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office ; so we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.
Page 371 - Be ye angry, and sin not : let not the sun go down upon your wrath : neither give place to the devil.
Page 402 - Howbeit in the business of the ambassadors of the princes of Babylon, who sent unto him to enquire of the wonder that was done in the land, God left him, to try him, that he might know all that was in his heart.
Page 1 - Fear not; for behold, I bring you glad tidings of great joy which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord...
Page 342 - And the multitude of them that believed were of one heart and of one soul: neither said any of them that aught of the things which he possessed was his own; but they had all things common.