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Page 29
... deep attachment , with the fulfilment of the first and great com- mandment , the love of God with all our heart , and mind , and soul , and strength . This latter is , in a word , the sum and substance of religion . Without this , or at ...
... deep attachment , with the fulfilment of the first and great com- mandment , the love of God with all our heart , and mind , and soul , and strength . This latter is , in a word , the sum and substance of religion . Without this , or at ...
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... which they signify . And , yet , into this deep delirium we have fallen , if we do not , by an intuitive perception , by a felt experience , know that religion is love ; and that 66 this , and this alone , is the golden 30 SERMON II .
... which they signify . And , yet , into this deep delirium we have fallen , if we do not , by an intuitive perception , by a felt experience , know that religion is love ; and that 66 this , and this alone , is the golden 30 SERMON II .
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... deep in man's nature , which serve effectually , because insensibly , to set this vigilance asleep . The assimilative power of example , is , perhaps , the chief of these . It is one of our steadiest and strongest instincts , to yield ...
... deep in man's nature , which serve effectually , because insensibly , to set this vigilance asleep . The assimilative power of example , is , perhaps , the chief of these . It is one of our steadiest and strongest instincts , to yield ...
Page 63
... deep , more lasting , and harder to flesh and blood , than if we , literally , parted with all our pos- sessions , and set out upon the world , as naked as we entered it . But I will add , that this separation is not grievous to the ...
... deep , more lasting , and harder to flesh and blood , than if we , literally , parted with all our pos- sessions , and set out upon the world , as naked as we entered it . But I will add , that this separation is not grievous to the ...
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... the happiness of religion , lies deeper than the ruffled surface of life . It is peace in the centre of the heart ; a deep reliance upon God , in the calm recesses of the inward man . It is a joy , so sweet , and so serene SERMON V. 79.
... the happiness of religion , lies deeper than the ruffled surface of life . It is peace in the centre of the heart ; a deep reliance upon God , in the calm recesses of the inward man . It is a joy , so sweet , and so serene SERMON V. 79.
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Page 67 - And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see ; and that they which see might be made blind.
Page 213 - WE do not presume to come to this thy Table, O merciful Lord, trusting in our own righteousness, but in thy manifold and great mercies. We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under thy table.
Page 405 - Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
Page 390 - Entreat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee : for whither thou goest, I will go ; and where thou lodgest I will lodge : thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God: " Where thou diest, will I die, and there will I be buried; the Lord do so to me, and more also, if aught but death part thee and me.
Page 299 - And all the angels stood round about the throne and about the elders and the four beasts, and fell before the throne on their faces, and worshipped God, saying ; Amen ; Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honour and power and might be unto our God for ever and ever. Amen.
Page 401 - Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
Page 207 - We are not worthy so much as to gather up the crumbs under thy table. But thou art the same Lord, whose property is always to have mercy : grant us, therefore, gracious Lord, so to eat the flesh of thy dear Son Jesus Christ, and to drink his blood, that our sinful bodies may be made clean by his body, and our souls washed through his most precious blood, and that we may evermore dwell in him, and he in us.
Page 63 - Brother, fear not; greater is he that is in us, than he that is in the world.
Page 43 - For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same, my name shall be great among the gentiles, and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts.
Page 11 - My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass : Because I will publish the name of the Lord: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.