A Collection of Discourses on Various SubjectsN. Bangs and J. Emory, for the Methodist Episcopal Church, 1827 - 274 pages |
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... earth ; thou hast borne no cross , mortified no passion ; didst not receive the salvation God had provided for thee ; thou didst not belong to the people of God upon earth , and thou canst not dwell with them in glory . " There are but ...
... earth ; thou hast borne no cross , mortified no passion ; didst not receive the salvation God had provided for thee ; thou didst not belong to the people of God upon earth , and thou canst not dwell with them in glory . " There are but ...
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... earth , where the souls of the right- eous and the wicked were detained , previous to their being sent , the former to Elysium , and the latter to Tar- tarus . This place , with all its appendages , according to the heathen mythology ...
... earth , where the souls of the right- eous and the wicked were detained , previous to their being sent , the former to Elysium , and the latter to Tar- tarus . This place , with all its appendages , according to the heathen mythology ...
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... earth , should be compensated with the ever- during enjoyments of heaven . To this opinion our Lord seems here to refer ; and it is certain that there are mul- titudes of Scriptures , both in the Old and New Testa- ments , which appear ...
... earth , should be compensated with the ever- during enjoyments of heaven . To this opinion our Lord seems here to refer ; and it is certain that there are mul- titudes of Scriptures , both in the Old and New Testa- ments , which appear ...
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... earth , without bottom , and which swallows up and renders invisible , whatever falls into it . Some of the ancients considered this as the place of tor ment . Plutarch , in his Treatise on the Damon of So- crates , gives a description ...
... earth , without bottom , and which swallows up and renders invisible , whatever falls into it . Some of the ancients considered this as the place of tor ment . Plutarch , in his Treatise on the Damon of So- crates , gives a description ...
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... earth , to which the providence of God should open their way . It was necessary that , in the first planting of the gos- pel , these messengers of God should be able to mark extraordinary interpositions of Divine providence in their ...
... earth , to which the providence of God should open their way . It was necessary that , in the first planting of the gos- pel , these messengers of God should be able to mark extraordinary interpositions of Divine providence in their ...
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Page 127 - For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.
Page 74 - But the scripture hath concluded all under sin, that the promise by faith of Jesus Christ might be given to them that believe.
Page 140 - ... his ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts.
Page 127 - I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; for kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
Page 3 - There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day : and there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, and desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table : moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.
Page 87 - Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness?
Page 3 - And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried: and in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried, and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.
Page 191 - But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.
Page 82 - Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh ; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again.
Page 164 - That in the Name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven and things on earth and things under the earth, And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.