The Posthumous Works of Jeremiah Seed, M.A. Late Rector of Enham in Hampshire. And Fellow of Queen's College, Oxford: Consisting of Sermons, Letters, Essays, &c. in Two Volumes. Published from the Author's Original Manuscrips [sic].M. Seed, and sold, 1750 - Sermons, English |
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Page 8
... some re- gular Plan which takes place . One would not chufe to live in a World where there was no Order , no Principle of mutual Trust and focial Union , no Dependence of one Perfon upon another . One would not chufe to fit out a Play ...
... some re- gular Plan which takes place . One would not chufe to live in a World where there was no Order , no Principle of mutual Trust and focial Union , no Dependence of one Perfon upon another . One would not chufe to fit out a Play ...
Page 39
... some hundreds of Miles in a Minute , and fome thoufands in an Hour , with a Velocity unperceived by us , and yet more rapid than that of a Cannon Ball . Thus again , when it is proved that Light comes from the Sun ; we do not fufpect ...
... some hundreds of Miles in a Minute , and fome thoufands in an Hour , with a Velocity unperceived by us , and yet more rapid than that of a Cannon Ball . Thus again , when it is proved that Light comes from the Sun ; we do not fufpect ...
Page 48
... some- thing must have existed from all Eternity . But when the Imagination would lay hold on fome Idea to represent it , it can lay hold on none , but what labours under a Com- plication of Abfurdities : it cannot conceive any Being to ...
... some- thing must have existed from all Eternity . But when the Imagination would lay hold on fome Idea to represent it , it can lay hold on none , but what labours under a Com- plication of Abfurdities : it cannot conceive any Being to ...
Page 54
... Some Writers , who fet out with oppofing the Divinity of the Son , have at laft , by a natural Gradation of Error , ended in combating the Prescience of God ; and made at leaft very near Ap- proaches to Atheism . For next to believ- ing ...
... Some Writers , who fet out with oppofing the Divinity of the Son , have at laft , by a natural Gradation of Error , ended in combating the Prescience of God ; and made at leaft very near Ap- proaches to Atheism . For next to believ- ing ...
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... some fixed Anchor , fome Haven and secure Si- tuation , when one fees and hears of so many who have either made Shipwreck of their Faith , or are driving at the Mercy of the Wind : which can be only this : that Moral Certainty is a ...
... some fixed Anchor , fome Haven and secure Si- tuation , when one fees and hears of so many who have either made Shipwreck of their Faith , or are driving at the Mercy of the Wind : which can be only this : that Moral Certainty is a ...
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Page 159 - How art thou fallen from heaven, 0 Lucifer, son of the morning ! how art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations...
Page 203 - He that regardeth the day, regardeth it unto the Lord ; And he that regardeth not the day, to the Lord he doth not regard it. He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, for he giveth God thanks ; And he that eateth not, to the Lord he eateth not, and giveth God thanks.
Page 292 - And Esau ran to meet him, and embraced him, and fell on his neck, and kissed him : and they wept.
Page 205 - I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch in me that beareth not fruit, he taketh away ; and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit.
Page 119 - Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.
Page 302 - My only 71 question at present is, la thine heart right as my heart is with thy heart ? If it be, give me thine hand.
Page 1 - For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the .power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty.
Page 162 - He bindeth up the waters in his thick clouds; and the cloud is not rent under them.
Page 119 - This is the catholic faith : which except a man believe faithfully he cannot be saved.
Page 202 - And the harp, and the viol, the tabret and pipe, and wine are in their feafts: but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither confider the operation of his hands.