Sermons Upon the Following Subjects: The Natural Advantages of Men for Attaining to the Knowledge and Practice of Religion ...A. Millar, 1750 |
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... external Duties of reli- gious Werthip , and pofitive Kites of Chriftianity . The Nature of Faith , Hope , and Charity , and the Excel- lency of Charity above Faith and Hope . The Evidence of a future Judg- ment , and its Influence for ...
... external Duties of reli- gious Werthip , and pofitive Kites of Chriftianity . The Nature of Faith , Hope , and Charity , and the Excel- lency of Charity above Faith and Hope . The Evidence of a future Judg- ment , and its Influence for ...
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... external Duties of religious Worship , and pofitive Rites of Christianity . НЕВ . Х. 25 . Not forfaking the assembling of ourselves to- gether , as the manner of fome is ; but ex- borting one another . SERM . VII . page 154 . The Nature ...
... external Duties of religious Worship , and pofitive Rites of Christianity . НЕВ . Х. 25 . Not forfaking the assembling of ourselves to- gether , as the manner of fome is ; but ex- borting one another . SERM . VII . page 154 . The Nature ...
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... external Senfes , and an inward Perception and Confcioufnefs of what paffes within ourselves ; by which we know both the outward Form of the Body , and the various Organs and Members , of which it is compofed ; and the feveral Powers ...
... external Senfes , and an inward Perception and Confcioufnefs of what paffes within ourselves ; by which we know both the outward Form of the Body , and the various Organs and Members , of which it is compofed ; and the feveral Powers ...
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... external Advantages : Whereas the greatest Uneafiness , the most real and lasting Torment of Mind , together with Infamy and C 2 Dif ; SER M. Difhonour , and the lofs of Health and for attaining the Knowledge of Religion . 19.
... external Advantages : Whereas the greatest Uneafiness , the most real and lasting Torment of Mind , together with Infamy and C 2 Dif ; SER M. Difhonour , and the lofs of Health and for attaining the Knowledge of Religion . 19.
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... external Force or the Fear of human Punishment , if there were not fome internal Principles in Men , which freely determined them to the Actions neceffary for the prefervation of them . I come now to make fome useful Reflecti- ons ...
... external Force or the Fear of human Punishment , if there were not fome internal Principles in Men , which freely determined them to the Actions neceffary for the prefervation of them . I come now to make fome useful Reflecti- ons ...
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Page 84 - Bring no more vain oblations ; incense is an abomination unto me, the new moons and Sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
Page 51 - Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches : but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth Me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth : for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.
Page 84 - And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Page vi - But woe unto you, Pharisees ! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Page 84 - To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me ? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts ; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats.
Page 316 - For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward ; how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him...
Page 242 - But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
Page 371 - God, in much patience, in afflictions, in necessities, in distresses, in stripes, in imprisonments, in tumults, in labours, in watchings, in fastings; by pureness, by knowledge, by longsuffering, by kindness, by the Holy Ghost, by love unfeigned, by the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armour of righteousness on the right hand and on the left...
Page 234 - To be steadfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as we know that our labour is not in vain in the Lord.
Page 85 - Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, And bow myself before the high God? Shall I come before him with burnt-offerings, With calves of a year old ? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, Or with ten thousands of rivers of oil ? Shall I give my first-born for my transgression, The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul...