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... - righteous act to come , imagining that their attendance on public worship is a kind of a meritorious obedience , which will entitle them to heaven . Such things are inconsistent with the due worship of God 18 ON PROPRIETY OF CONDUCT.
... - righteous act to come , imagining that their attendance on public worship is a kind of a meritorious obedience , which will entitle them to heaven . Such things are inconsistent with the due worship of God 18 ON PROPRIETY OF CONDUCT.
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... kind , produced by either ancient or modern times . " That eminent dissenter , Mr. Robert Hall , of Leicester , says of our Liturgy , “ Though a protestant dissenter , I am by no means insen- sible to its merits : I believe that the ...
... kind , produced by either ancient or modern times . " That eminent dissenter , Mr. Robert Hall , of Leicester , says of our Liturgy , “ Though a protestant dissenter , I am by no means insen- sible to its merits : I believe that the ...
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... kind of solemn mockery to the divine majesty . With many people , the sermon is considered as by far the most important part of divine worship ; when , in fact , the sermon itself is no part of wor- ship , but only instruction or ...
... kind of solemn mockery to the divine majesty . With many people , the sermon is considered as by far the most important part of divine worship ; when , in fact , the sermon itself is no part of wor- ship , but only instruction or ...
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... kind of singing may please the multitude , it is certainly the effect of a false and corrupt taste . The first object of Christian worshippers should be to " " sing with the spirit , " and " with the understanding also ; " and to make ...
... kind of singing may please the multitude , it is certainly the effect of a false and corrupt taste . The first object of Christian worshippers should be to " " sing with the spirit , " and " with the understanding also ; " and to make ...
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... the amusement of men : and therefore it is nothing less than solemn mockery , and an insult to the Most High God . " He is nothing but a sound . " Such kind of singers are entirely inattentive and indifferent to ON PSALMODY . 53.
... the amusement of men : and therefore it is nothing less than solemn mockery , and an insult to the Most High God . " He is nothing but a sound . " Such kind of singers are entirely inattentive and indifferent to ON PSALMODY . 53.
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Page 35 - Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock. And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house ; and it fell not ; for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand. And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon...
Page 61 - HOLY Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation : so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an Article of the Faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation.
Page 3 - For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Page 4 - Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) and let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works: not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.
Page 76 - From all that dwell below the skies, Let the Creator's praise arise ; Let the Redeemer's name be sung, Through every land, by every tongue. 2. Eternal are thy mercies, Lord ; Eternal truth attends thy word : Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, Till suns shall rise and set no more.
Page 76 - BLESSED Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning; Grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience and comfort of thy holy Word, we may embrace, and ever hold fast, the blessed hope of everlasting life, which thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ.
Page 3 - HOW amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of Hosts! My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord : my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
Page 20 - And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it.
Page 34 - And these words which I command thee this day, shall be in thy heart : And thou shalt teach them diligently to thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Page 7 - For all people will walk every one in the name of his god, and we will walk in the name of the Lord our God for ever and ever.