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... attention , for a few moments , to the dignity and importance of his work , and , in a special manner , of that branch of it which consists in the public ministration of the word . In order to estimate the greatness of the preacher's ...
... attention , for a few moments , to the dignity and importance of his work , and , in a special manner , of that branch of it which consists in the public ministration of the word . In order to estimate the greatness of the preacher's ...
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... attention . Thus is the philosophy which transcends the knowledge of planets and suns , nothing more than an ele- mentary branch of the preacher's great science . But he does not confine himself to the spiritual phenomena of men . He is ...
... attention . Thus is the philosophy which transcends the knowledge of planets and suns , nothing more than an ele- mentary branch of the preacher's great science . But he does not confine himself to the spiritual phenomena of men . He is ...
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... attention of the American churches , and which is supposed to have resulted in nearly thirty thousand instances of spiritual reformation . During the delivery of the sermon the auditors groaned and shrieked convulsively , and their ...
... attention of the American churches , and which is supposed to have resulted in nearly thirty thousand instances of spiritual reformation . During the delivery of the sermon the auditors groaned and shrieked convulsively , and their ...
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... attention of an inquirer or caviller , a bright child or an inquisitive stu- dent , he might lay out his great strength on a few sentences and feel somewhat secure . He can indeed foresee that some parts of his ministration will require ...
... attention of an inquirer or caviller , a bright child or an inquisitive stu- dent , he might lay out his great strength on a few sentences and feel somewhat secure . He can indeed foresee that some parts of his ministration will require ...
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... attention and assent , but likewise , by moving all the secret springs of the soul , to make it love that truth it is convinced of . In one word , our author would have his orator's mind filled with bright , useful truths ,, and the ...
... attention and assent , but likewise , by moving all the secret springs of the soul , to make it love that truth it is convinced of . In one word , our author would have his orator's mind filled with bright , useful truths ,, and the ...
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Page 149 - 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 375 - Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Page 356 - For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.
Page 439 - Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness...
Page 417 - For if we sin wilfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sin, but a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
Page 136 - God is not a man, that he should lie;. neither the son of man, that he should repent: hath he said, and shall he not do it ? or hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good?
Page 439 - Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
Page 349 - Wherefore I take you to record this day, that I am pure from the blood of all men. For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God.
Page 16 - While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name : those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the Son of Perdition, that the Scripture might be fulfilled.
Page 121 - First follow Nature, and your judgment frame By her just standard, which is still the same: Unerring Nature, still divinely bright, One clear, unchanged, and universal light, Life, force, and beauty, must to all impart, At once the source, and end, and test of Art. Art from that fund each just supply provides; Works without show, and without pomp presides: In some fair body thus th...