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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... mock at sin , when we speak of it and treat it as a thing of no moment . My dear Brethren , generally speaking , how lightly is sin regarded ! If we were to judge from obser- vation , who could think that sin is that dreadful 26 SERMON II .
... mock at sin , when we speak of it and treat it as a thing of no moment . My dear Brethren , generally speaking , how lightly is sin regarded ! If we were to judge from obser- vation , who could think that sin is that dreadful 26 SERMON II .
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... dreadful evil which it is represented to be in the Bible.- How awefully insensible are most minds to the corruption and wickedness that is in the world ! We are told by the prophet Ezekiel , that God set a mark upon those inhabitants of ...
... dreadful evil which it is represented to be in the Bible.- How awefully insensible are most minds to the corruption and wickedness that is in the world ! We are told by the prophet Ezekiel , that God set a mark upon those inhabitants of ...
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... the seeds of dissolution ; and it is bringing you down , many of you perhaps with sorrow , to the grave . - Sin has armed death with a dreadful sting , and caused him to triumph , and clothed him in terror . 32 SERMON II .
... the seeds of dissolution ; and it is bringing you down , many of you perhaps with sorrow , to the grave . - Sin has armed death with a dreadful sting , and caused him to triumph , and clothed him in terror . 32 SERMON II .
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... dreadful words " hell " and " damna- tion " -the impure allusion - all these are uttered as flippantly and as unscrupulously , as though it were no crime to take God's name in vain - to trifle and sport with eternal punishment , and to ...
... dreadful words " hell " and " damna- tion " -the impure allusion - all these are uttered as flippantly and as unscrupulously , as though it were no crime to take God's name in vain - to trifle and sport with eternal punishment , and to ...
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Preached at St. James's Church, Sheffield Thomas Best. a great and dreadful evil to be constantly hated and feared and fled from . sented character . But again , upon the stage sin is frequently boasted of and gloried in . It matters ...
Preached at St. James's Church, Sheffield Thomas Best. a great and dreadful evil to be constantly hated and feared and fled from . sented character . But again , upon the stage sin is frequently boasted of and gloried in . It matters ...
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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.