Theology: Explained and Defended, in a Series of Sermons, Volume 4T. Dwight & son, 1839 - Theology |
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... moral good has no charms ; and never becomes the object of either complacency , or desire . By such a man , his own soul is neglected and forgotten ; his fellow- men are neither befriended nor loved ; and his God is neither wor- shipped ...
... moral good has no charms ; and never becomes the object of either complacency , or desire . By such a man , his own soul is neglected and forgotten ; his fellow- men are neither befriended nor loved ; and his God is neither wor- shipped ...
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... moral principles , which they dignified with the name of Philoso- phy ; and which they proposed as proper rules to direct the con- duct of men . By these principles the faith of mankind was per- plexed ; their morality unhinged ; the ...
... moral principles , which they dignified with the name of Philoso- phy ; and which they proposed as proper rules to direct the con- duct of men . By these principles the faith of mankind was per- plexed ; their morality unhinged ; the ...
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... morals dissolv- ed , and their sense of religious obligation destroyed , by the pen of sophistry ; it is incredible , that ... moral reputation , and decent life , when seized by the disease of Ambition , lose suddenly all their former ...
... morals dissolv- ed , and their sense of religious obligation destroyed , by the pen of sophistry ; it is incredible , that ... moral reputation , and decent life , when seized by the disease of Ambition , lose suddenly all their former ...
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... moral duties of man , they have styled " legal sermons , " and those who have delivered them , " legal preachers . " By this language they have intended to insinuate , or openly to declare , that the de- sign of such preaching was the ...
... moral duties of man , they have styled " legal sermons , " and those who have delivered them , " legal preachers . " By this language they have intended to insinuate , or openly to declare , that the de- sign of such preaching was the ...
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... Morality of the Gospel . In solitary in- stances , the charge may have been deserved . That it is generally just ... moral subject has been more a theme of contention , than this . It is no part of my design to recount the clashing ...
... Morality of the Gospel . In solitary in- stances , the charge may have been deserved . That it is generally just ... moral subject has been more a theme of contention , than this . It is no part of my design to recount the clashing ...
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Page 358 - After the same manner also he took the cup, when he had supped, saying, This cup is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of me. For as often as ye eat this bread, and drink this cup, ye do shew the Lord's death till he come.
Page 259 - Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.
Page 386 - Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone ; if he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church : but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.
Page 347 - And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided. And the children of Israel went into the midst of the sea upon the dry ground; and the waters were a wall unto them on their right hand and on their left.
Page 489 - And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or malceth a lie : but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life.
Page 333 - And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them : and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them, Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me; and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me.
Page 438 - His head and his hairs were white like wool, as white as snow; and his eyes were as a flame of fire; and his feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice as the sound of many waters. And he had in his right hand seven stars; and out of his mouth went a sharp two-edged sword: and his countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
Page 48 - Whereupon, O king Agrippa, I was not disobedient unto the heavenly vision ; but shewed first unto them of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, and throughout all the coasts of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, and do works meet for repentance.
Page 494 - And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices ; and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven Spirits of God : and before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal. And in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind.
Page 460 - The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him : but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed ! good were it for that man if he had never been born.