Eight Sermons on the Nativity, Personal Character, Crucifixion and Death, Resurrection and Ascension of Christ: With Critical and Explanatory Notes Interspersed : Several Hebrew Odes, Literally Translated : and Miscellaneous Observations, Chiefly Religious and Moral, Taken from Various Eminent Authors, with Occasional Remarks |
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All o . ther systems of divinity and morality have been either imperfect or
erroneous , and have directed us to a wrong end or misguided us by indirect
means ; but this is an exact and perfect rule of conduct , proposing heaven as our
ultimate ...
All o . ther systems of divinity and morality have been either imperfect or
erroneous , and have directed us to a wrong end or misguided us by indirect
means ; but this is an exact and perfect rule of conduct , proposing heaven as our
ultimate ...
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... who seduced our first parents and deceiveth the whole world ; whose cunning ,
artifices , and malicious devices , this divine instructor hath counteracted and
defeated , as he himself declares : “ I beheld Satan , as lightning , fall from
heaven .
... who seduced our first parents and deceiveth the whole world ; whose cunning ,
artifices , and malicious devices , this divine instructor hath counteracted and
defeated , as he himself declares : “ I beheld Satan , as lightning , fall from
heaven .
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The words at present run thus : “ It is impossible for those who were once
enlightened , and have tasted of the heavenly gift , and were made partakers of
the Holy Ghost , and have tasted the good word of God , and the powers of the
world to ...
The words at present run thus : “ It is impossible for those who were once
enlightened , and have tasted of the heavenly gift , and were made partakers of
the Holy Ghost , and have tasted the good word of God , and the powers of the
world to ...
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... so making peace between heaven and earth ; and , by thus slaying the enmity
that subsisted , he hath reconciled the ... sublime strain , * * Blessed be the King
that cometh in the name of the Lord : peace in heaven , and glory in the highest .
... so making peace between heaven and earth ; and , by thus slaying the enmity
that subsisted , he hath reconciled the ... sublime strain , * * Blessed be the King
that cometh in the name of the Lord : peace in heaven , and glory in the highest .
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And , to set a just value upon the signal favours which heaven has vouchsafed us
, we should take a transient view of the deplorable state of ignorance and error in
which we , with the rest of the heathen nations , lay for many ages , having no ...
And , to set a just value upon the signal favours which heaven has vouchsafed us
, we should take a transient view of the deplorable state of ignorance and error in
which we , with the rest of the heathen nations , lay for many ages , having no ...
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Page 13 - Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace according to thy word, for mine eyes have seen thy salvation which thou hast prepared before the face of all people; a light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel.
Page 70 - Behold, we go up to Jerusalem ; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the Chief Priests, and unto the Scribes; and they shall condemn him to death...
Page 82 - ... but Christ being come, an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building ; neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
Page 22 - So shall they fear the name of the LORD from the west, and His glory from the rising of the sun. When the enemy shall come in like a flood, the Spirit of the LORD shall lift up a standard against him.
Page 49 - All they that see me laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying, He trusted on the Lord that he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in him.
Page 69 - The Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not ; but for blasphemy ; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.
Page 64 - Behold the man whose name is The Branch; and he shall grow up out of his place, and he shall build the temple of the Lord: even he shall build the temple of the Lord ; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.
Page 67 - Jacob selah lift up your heads O ye gates and be ye lifted up ye everlasting doors and the King of glory shall come in...
Page 23 - The sun shall be no more thy light by day; neither for brightness shall the moon give light unto thee : but the Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting light, and thy God thy glory.
Page 23 - Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying. But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.