The Christian Doctrine of Sanctification Considered in Eight Sermons: Preached Before the University of Oxford, at the Bampton Lecture, for the Year MDCCCXLVIII.Seeleys, 1848 - 283 pages |
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... wisdom , greatness , and majesty were as conspicuous and universal as his goodness , must have appeared to him the most attractive object within the range of his observa- tion ; nor could he do otherwise than love him with all his mind ...
... wisdom , greatness , and majesty were as conspicuous and universal as his goodness , must have appeared to him the most attractive object within the range of his observa- tion ; nor could he do otherwise than love him with all his mind ...
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... wisdom become subject to decay ? Love desires the good or the honour of its ob- ject , not its own . When therefore all the wants of a creature are supplied to the full , and , look- ing out of himself for objects , on which to bestow ...
... wisdom become subject to decay ? Love desires the good or the honour of its ob- ject , not its own . When therefore all the wants of a creature are supplied to the full , and , look- ing out of himself for objects , on which to bestow ...
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... wisdom , and the goodness of God ; and every successive act of his providence , and every successive occupation , in which he saw fit to employ them , would discover those quali- ties in him more and more to their apprehension . But yet ...
... wisdom , and the goodness of God ; and every successive act of his providence , and every successive occupation , in which he saw fit to employ them , would discover those quali- ties in him more and more to their apprehension . But yet ...
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... wisdom and goodness , which resided in him from all eter- nity , had not displayed themselves , but the gradual disclosure of which in acts , peculiar to Deity , may give ever new and constant delight to souls , who love to contemplate ...
... wisdom and goodness , which resided in him from all eter- nity , had not displayed themselves , but the gradual disclosure of which in acts , peculiar to Deity , may give ever new and constant delight to souls , who love to contemplate ...
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... wisdom and mercy of God the soul of man may regain the glory , which it has lost , that so his gracious purpose in our favour may be accomplished , to restore under a new head , avarépaλaiwσaobai , as saint Paul ex- presses it , all ...
... wisdom and mercy of God the soul of man may regain the glory , which it has lost , that so his gracious purpose in our favour may be accomplished , to restore under a new head , avarépaλaiwσaobai , as saint Paul ex- presses it , all ...
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Page 131 - Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith : these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
Page 179 - Jesus : that ye put off, concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts ; and be renewed in the spirit of your mind ; and that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
Page 123 - And if a stranger sojourn with thee in your land, ye shall not vex him. But the stranger that dwelleth with you shall be unto you as one born among you, and thou shalt love him as thyself; for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt : I am the Lord your God.
Page 129 - 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 130 - Will ye steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense unto Baal, and walk after other gods whom ye know not ; and come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations...
Page 135 - But we will certainly do whatsoever thing goeth forth out of our own mouth, to burn incense unto the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink-offerings unto her, as we have done, we, and our fathers, our kings, and our princes, in the cities of Judah, and in the streets of Jerusalem : for then had we plenty of victuals, and were well, and saw no evil.
Page 126 - For my people have committed two evils ; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
Page 83 - I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive them out of the land: for I wot that he whom thou blessest is blessed, and he whom thou cursest is cursed.
Page 145 - I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. But though we, or an Angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.
Page 79 - Then shall it be for a man to burn ; for he will take thereof and warm himself; yea, he kindleth it, and baketh bread; yea, he maketh a god, and worshippeth it; he maketh it a graven image, and faileth down thereto.