Sermons on the Amusements of the Stage: Preached at St. James's Church, SheffieldGeorge Ridge; Hamilton and Adams, London, 1831 - 305 pages |
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... consider it a sufficient ground of compliance or conformity with any proposal or practice , because it is common or fashionable . Yield not yourselves to human in- fluence or authority . - Do not commit the keeping of your consciences ...
... consider it a sufficient ground of compliance or conformity with any proposal or practice , because it is common or fashionable . Yield not yourselves to human in- fluence or authority . - Do not commit the keeping of your consciences ...
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... considering this subject , let us inquire , first , what is meant by " sin ; " secondly - what it is " to make a mock at sin ; " thirdly - why those persons are said to be " Fools " who do this . Having thus considered the several parts ...
... considering this subject , let us inquire , first , what is meant by " sin ; " secondly - what it is " to make a mock at sin ; " thirdly - why those persons are said to be " Fools " who do this . Having thus considered the several parts ...
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... consider the term " sinners " as applying only or chiefly to bold unscrupulous transgressors.— The consequence is , that the greater part of mankind , not being conscious of any such enor- mities , do not take to themselves the declara ...
... consider the term " sinners " as applying only or chiefly to bold unscrupulous transgressors.— The consequence is , that the greater part of mankind , not being conscious of any such enor- mities , do not take to themselves the declara ...
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... Consider then what you are doing when , by your attendance , you are sanctioning and supporting such Amusements . You are countenancing and encouraging your fellow- creatures in making themselves " fools , " and in provoking God . They ...
... Consider then what you are doing when , by your attendance , you are sanctioning and supporting such Amusements . You are countenancing and encouraging your fellow- creatures in making themselves " fools , " and in provoking God . They ...
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... Consider what you are doing , when you are enjoying such Amuse- ments ; think how you are making " fools " of yourselves . The Eye of God is upon you in every place ; and while you are making merry with the burlesque exhibition of sin ...
... Consider what you are doing , when you are enjoying such Amuse- ments ; think how you are making " fools " of yourselves . The Eye of God is upon you in every place ; and while you are making merry with the burlesque exhibition of sin ...
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Page 225 - Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD GOD had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath GOD said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden...
Page 181 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 225 - And the woman said unto the serpent, We may eat of the fruit of the trees of the garden: But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eat of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest ye die.
Page 131 - Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean thing; and I will receive you, and will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty.
Page 233 - Say ye to the righteous, that it shall be well with him, for they shall eat the fruit of their doings. " Woe unto the wicked! It shall be ill with him, for the reward of his hands shall be given him.
Page viii - Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
Page 97 - First, I learn to believe in God the Father, who hath made me and all the world. Secondly, in God the Son, who hath redeemed me, and all mankind. Thirdly, in God the holy Ghost, who sanctifieth me, and all the elect people of God.
Page 151 - Have always therefore printed in your remembrance, how great a treasure is committed to your charge. For they are the sheep of Christ, which he bought with his death, and for whom he shed his blood.
Page 234 - The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.
Page 153 - Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.