The doctrine of the Church of Geneva illustrated, in a series of sermons preached by the modern divines of that city, ed. by J.S. PonsJacques Samuel Pons 1825 |
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... poor , the menial , the weak , and the ignorant , that the piety of the poor sufferer , who prays to God for his benefactors , is a more grateful offering to heaven than all the easy virtues of prosperity . " THE WORD WAS MADE FLESH ...
... poor , the menial , the weak , and the ignorant , that the piety of the poor sufferer , who prays to God for his benefactors , is a more grateful offering to heaven than all the easy virtues of prosperity . " THE WORD WAS MADE FLESH ...
Page 87
... poor , and though you give your body to be burned , and have not charity , " that is to say , love in the heart , you are nothing . " It is love that God asks of his creature ; it is with love that he requires to be served ; it is love ...
... poor , and though you give your body to be burned , and have not charity , " that is to say , love in the heart , you are nothing . " It is love that God asks of his creature ; it is with love that he requires to be served ; it is love ...
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... poor , healing to the broken - hearted and deliverance to the cap- tives , " but in this life , in order to go to Christ , nothing more is necessary than to be sensible of our unhappy condition , and sin- cerely to wish for relief ; it ...
... poor , healing to the broken - hearted and deliverance to the cap- tives , " but in this life , in order to go to Christ , nothing more is necessary than to be sensible of our unhappy condition , and sin- cerely to wish for relief ; it ...
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... poor , miserable , blind , and naked , " with no other offering than the confession of my unworthiness , with no other claim to thy mercies but my misery and thy promises . Purge me , O God , with hyssop , " and the blood of the ...
... poor , miserable , blind , and naked , " with no other offering than the confession of my unworthiness , with no other claim to thy mercies but my misery and thy promises . Purge me , O God , with hyssop , " and the blood of the ...
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... poor , a brother - to the afflicted , a comforter.c And with respect to the first manifestation which Heaven makes of this gift , you have just heard it related ; and must have remarked in it a similar conjunction of circumstances the ...
... poor , a brother - to the afflicted , a comforter.c And with respect to the first manifestation which Heaven makes of this gift , you have just heard it related ; and must have remarked in it a similar conjunction of circumstances the ...
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Page 63 - When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison. 59 I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.
Page 320 - If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him. If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
Page 91 - And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them : and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the City of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord.
Page 70 - Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem ? I tell you, Nay: but except ye repent ye shall all likewise perish.
Page 307 - Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end.
Page 128 - And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.
Page 312 - Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into His hands, and that He was come from God, and went to God; He riseth from supper, and laid aside His garments; and took a towel, and girded Himself. After that He poureth water into a bason, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith He was girded.
Page 57 - And Jesus, answering, said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galileans were sinners above all the Galileans, because they suffered such things? 3 I tell you, Nay; but except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.
Page 146 - Ye are my witnesses, saith the Lord and my servant whom I have chosen that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I Am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.
Page 169 - I will sing unto the Lord as long as I live : I will sing praise to my God while I have my being.