The British Pulpit: Consisting of Discourses by the Most Eminent Living Divines, in England, Scotland, and Ireland: Accompanied with Pulpit Sketches to which are Added Scriptural Illustrations; and Selections on the Office, Duties, and Responsibilities of the Christian MinistryGrigg & Elliot, 1837 |
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... thought , when casting at him his mild and pierc- ing eye , he said , " Before that Philip called thee , when thou wast under the fig tree , I saw thee . " So Zaccheus thought when he climbed up into the sycamore tree , because Jesus ...
... thought , when casting at him his mild and pierc- ing eye , he said , " Before that Philip called thee , when thou wast under the fig tree , I saw thee . " So Zaccheus thought when he climbed up into the sycamore tree , because Jesus ...
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... thought , when he took off the mask of hypocrisy by which they sought to impose upon the people , and exhibited their character in all its true , and odious , and disgusting colours , and thundered out the anathema , " Woe unto you ...
... thought , when he took off the mask of hypocrisy by which they sought to impose upon the people , and exhibited their character in all its true , and odious , and disgusting colours , and thundered out the anathema , " Woe unto you ...
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... thought he had sown the seeds of fragrant to burn in golden censers . She a great moral revolution ; but even Rous- does well when exploring boldly God's seau himself lived long enough to mourn visible works . She does better , when ...
... thought he had sown the seeds of fragrant to burn in golden censers . She a great moral revolution ; but even Rous- does well when exploring boldly God's seau himself lived long enough to mourn visible works . She does better , when ...
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... that mysterious scene where cold , and meagre , and evanescent spirits dwell to- gether in some unknown and incompre- hensible mode of existence . powering . Why , it may be thought , neighbour IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL . 43.
... that mysterious scene where cold , and meagre , and evanescent spirits dwell to- gether in some unknown and incompre- hensible mode of existence . powering . Why , it may be thought , neighbour IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL . 43.
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... thought over the ruins of a mighty desolation , and looking to the wreck of the present world by which he is encompassed , to conceive that future world in which he is to expa- tiate for ever . But harder achievement perhaps than any ...
... thought over the ruins of a mighty desolation , and looking to the wreck of the present world by which he is encompassed , to conceive that future world in which he is to expa- tiate for ever . But harder achievement perhaps than any ...
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Page 76 - But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many.
Page 494 - Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
Page 344 - All flesh is not the same flesh ; but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.
Page 206 - Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men ; yea, for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them.
Page 466 - And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul, the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. Howbeit, that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
Page 471 - But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land ; but unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta a city of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow. And many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet, and none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian.
Page 343 - For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words.
Page 56 - Moreover, brethren I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand, by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures...
Page 164 - Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest at any time we should let them slip. For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward ; how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation...
Page 404 - Now I say, that the heir, as long as he is a child, differeth nothing from a servant, though he be lord of all ; but is under tutors and governors until the time appointed of the father. Even so we, when we were children, were in bondage under the elements of the world...