Eleven Select SermonsGeorge Hough, 1806 - 298 pages |
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Page 61
... use of his gifts , and to turn the benefits that we receive , against the benefac- tor from whom we receive them . What gifts are they , by which God hath most distinguished us ? Thee he hath diftinguifhed by a penetrating genius ...
... use of his gifts , and to turn the benefits that we receive , against the benefac- tor from whom we receive them . What gifts are they , by which God hath most distinguished us ? Thee he hath diftinguifhed by a penetrating genius ...
Page 116
... use your utmost induftry to fill it wortbily . You are a magiftrate : the virtue of your station , the duty of your sank , is to employ yourself wholly to ferve your fellow subjects in inferior stations , to prefer the public : good ...
... use your utmost induftry to fill it wortbily . You are a magiftrate : the virtue of your station , the duty of your sank , is to employ yourself wholly to ferve your fellow subjects in inferior stations , to prefer the public : good ...
Page 136
... use the language of a prophet , that he bad sbaken the heavens and the carib , the sea and the dry land , Hag . ii . 6. perhaps , were we to tell you , that , in order to fave your fouls , God deferred the end of the world , and pur off ...
... use the language of a prophet , that he bad sbaken the heavens and the carib , the sea and the dry land , Hag . ii . 6. perhaps , were we to tell you , that , in order to fave your fouls , God deferred the end of the world , and pur off ...
Page 242
... use of individuals were plain by an utter averfion to ufelefs bravery , fo that they confidered in a light equally mean , the general , who expofed his per- fon needlefsly , and him , who avoided danger , when the public good rendered ...
... use of individuals were plain by an utter averfion to ufelefs bravery , fo that they confidered in a light equally mean , the general , who expofed his per- fon needlefsly , and him , who avoided danger , when the public good rendered ...
Page 256
... use the language of fcripture , is a partaker of the divine nature . We are going to fpeak of this man , and , we will firft defcribe him , and next fet forth his magnanimity , or ,. to keep to the text , we will firft explain what it ...
... use the language of fcripture , is a partaker of the divine nature . We are going to fpeak of this man , and , we will firft defcribe him , and next fet forth his magnanimity , or ,. to keep to the text , we will firft explain what it ...
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Page 188 - The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous : the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.
Page 37 - Lord, thou knowest it altogether. Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
Page 163 - Cor. i. 30,) and elsewhere, that in him " are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge,
Page 147 - Fear not, Mary ; for thou hast found favour with God. And behold, thou shall conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shall call his name Jesus. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David. And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever ; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
Page 97 - The rich and the poor meet together: The Lord is the maker of them all.
Page 147 - Galilee ; and leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim : that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, " The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles ; the people which sat in darkness saw great light ; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
Page 148 - And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.
Page 85 - ... loved them, and washed them from their sins in his own blood, and rejoicing in hope of the glory of God.
Page 49 - Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar : and he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips ; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.
Page 168 - I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. 2 Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.