The Works of the Rev. John Witherspoon...: To which is Prefixed an Account of the Author's Life, in a Sermon Occasioned by His Death, Volume 2William W. Woodward, n.̊ 52, South second street., 1802 - 475 pages |
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... evil cannot dwell , nor finners stand " in his prefence ; who looketh to the moon , and it fhineth " not , to the ftars , and they are not pure in his fight : " his infinite wifdom , " who worketh all things according " to his will ...
... evil cannot dwell , nor finners stand " in his prefence ; who looketh to the moon , and it fhineth " not , to the ftars , and they are not pure in his fight : " his infinite wifdom , " who worketh all things according " to his will ...
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... evil confcience , from which he was abfolutely free ; and from defpair of mercy , which none will affirm that even God's defertion of him at that awful feafon did imply . It is probable , there was a mixture of all these particulars in ...
... evil confcience , from which he was abfolutely free ; and from defpair of mercy , which none will affirm that even God's defertion of him at that awful feafon did imply . It is probable , there was a mixture of all these particulars in ...
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... evil , ready to burst asunder every reftraining tie ? There is fo ; and yet there is more in our danger than merely a propenfity to fin . There is also a deceit and impofition which over - reaches us , and in- fnares us into the ...
... evil , ready to burst asunder every reftraining tie ? There is fo ; and yet there is more in our danger than merely a propenfity to fin . There is also a deceit and impofition which over - reaches us , and in- fnares us into the ...
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... evil good , and good evil ; that put " darkness for light , and light for darkness ; that put bitter " for fweet , and fweet for bitter . Wo unto them that are " wife in their own eyes , and prudent in their own fight . " Wo unto them ...
... evil good , and good evil ; that put " darkness for light , and light for darkness ; that put bitter " for fweet , and fweet for bitter . Wo unto them that are " wife in their own eyes , and prudent in their own fight . " Wo unto them ...
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... evil , by mistaking it for what is good . Juftly does the Apostle , in this paffage , warn Chriftians against be- ing hardened ; for if fin can hardly be reftrained , even by the most conftant vigilance , and the most steady refiftance ...
... evil , by mistaking it for what is good . Juftly does the Apostle , in this paffage , warn Chriftians against be- ing hardened ; for if fin can hardly be reftrained , even by the most conftant vigilance , and the most steady refiftance ...
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Page 155 - For I delight in the law of God after the inward man ; but I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. O wretched man that I am ! who shall deliver me from the body of this death ? I thank God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 177 - Who is among you that feareth the Lord, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the Lord, and stay upon his God.
Page 82 - And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the Lord shall raise him up ; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him. Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed.
Page 26 - Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire; mine ears hast thou opened: burnt offering and sin offering hast thou not required. Then said I, "Lo, I come:" in the volume of the book it is written of me, "I delight to do thy will, O my God." Yea, thy law is within my heart: I have preached righteousness in the great congregation: lo, I have not refrained my lips, O Lord, thou knowest.
Page 561 - God; to comfort all that mourn ; to appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord, that he might be glorified.
Page 56 - I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) dwelleth no good thing: for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good, I find not. For the good that I would, I do not: but the evil which I would not, that I do. Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me.
Page 249 - And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them : and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not : for of such is the kingdom of God. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein. And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.
Page 26 - And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof.' 3 And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon.
Page 56 - For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) dwelleth no good thing : for to will is present with me; but how to perform that which is good I find not.
Page 14 - And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty...