Thirteen [or rather Twenty-six] sermons on various subjects1740 |
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... World wou'd certainly have produced them : But it is pitiable to ob- ferve , that after their laboured Searches and Researches , they were never able to come to any thing certain and conclufive about it ; and that the Whole of their ...
... World wou'd certainly have produced them : But it is pitiable to ob- ferve , that after their laboured Searches and Researches , they were never able to come to any thing certain and conclufive about it ; and that the Whole of their ...
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... World with their Inftructions fo much , as to leave the Way to Happiness even more uncer . tain than if there was no Revelation at all . Again , Tradition is of all other the most impure and uncertain Conveyance of Truth ; in the ...
... World with their Inftructions fo much , as to leave the Way to Happiness even more uncer . tain than if there was no Revelation at all . Again , Tradition is of all other the most impure and uncertain Conveyance of Truth ; in the ...
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... World with refpect to all thofe Circumstances , which it is the proper Business of History to clear up and establish . But the most affecting Argument to evince the Divine Inspiration of Sacred Writings feems to be the in- trinfick ...
... World with refpect to all thofe Circumstances , which it is the proper Business of History to clear up and establish . But the most affecting Argument to evince the Divine Inspiration of Sacred Writings feems to be the in- trinfick ...
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... World , and prove that Divinity alone muft have dictated those Inftructions , which are able to raife Men fo much above themfelves ; and that the Light with which they thus fhine among Men , is no other than the Re- flexion of the ...
... World , and prove that Divinity alone muft have dictated those Inftructions , which are able to raife Men fo much above themfelves ; and that the Light with which they thus fhine among Men , is no other than the Re- flexion of the ...
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... World is a Place , as of imperfect Hap- piness , so of imperfect Joy : The most ferene and calm Condition of Life , meets with the gloomy and ruffling Storms of many Afflictions ; and it is impoffible in the Midft of outward Uneafinefs ...
... World is a Place , as of imperfect Hap- piness , so of imperfect Joy : The most ferene and calm Condition of Life , meets with the gloomy and ruffling Storms of many Afflictions ; and it is impoffible in the Midft of outward Uneafinefs ...
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Popular passages
Page 113 - Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize ? So run, that ye may obtain. And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown ; but we an incorruptible.
Page 282 - For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us...
Page 22 - Then the priest of Jupiter, which was before their city, brought oxen and garlands unto the gates, and would have done sacrifice with the people.
Page 295 - Father, that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou that takest away the sins of the world, have mercy upon us. Thou that takest away the sins of the world, receive our prayer. Thou that sittest at the right hand of God the Father, have mercy upon us.
Page 116 - For the word of God is quick and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight : but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
Page 159 - Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Page 253 - Man he faid, behold, the Fear of the Lord that is Wifdom, and to depart from Evil is Underftanding.
Page 199 - Speak not evil one of another, brethren. He that speaketh evil of his brother, and judgeth his brother, speaketh evil of the law, and judgeth the law : but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.
Page 111 - And the lord commended the unjuft fteward, becaufe he had done wifely: for the children of this world are in their generation wifer than the children of light.