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... believe that he is , and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently feek him . How comfortless fhould we be if we knew neither whence we fprung , nor how we are fupported , if we never regarded the hand that f Heb . vi . 6 . that ...
... believe that he is , and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently feek him . How comfortless fhould we be if we knew neither whence we fprung , nor how we are fupported , if we never regarded the hand that f Heb . vi . 6 . that ...
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... believe that no man ever exifted whofe mind was folely and for ever occupied with the concerns of virtue and religion , important as they are . Such a temper is incompatible with humanity . But is the perfon worthy the name of a man ...
... believe that no man ever exifted whofe mind was folely and for ever occupied with the concerns of virtue and religion , important as they are . Such a temper is incompatible with humanity . But is the perfon worthy the name of a man ...
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... believe might occur to a christian of a pious and fober turn of mind , who should fet himself at this period deliberately to confider the subject , and who fhould fhould be more careful to declare with fim- plicity the SERMON 29 II .
... believe might occur to a christian of a pious and fober turn of mind , who should fet himself at this period deliberately to confider the subject , and who fhould fhould be more careful to declare with fim- plicity the SERMON 29 II .
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... believe there are very few readers of the gofpel who will not allow that the peculiar attachment which our Saviour fhewed to John , must have imparted a very fingular fatisfaction to that difciple . Confider what constitutes the real ...
... believe there are very few readers of the gofpel who will not allow that the peculiar attachment which our Saviour fhewed to John , must have imparted a very fingular fatisfaction to that difciple . Confider what constitutes the real ...
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... to his figure in life . As if a purple robe were a defence against pain , remorfe , despair , or death ! or , as if riches that are said , and I believe , believe , often thought to be able to purchase every 38 SERMON II .
... to his figure in life . As if a purple robe were a defence against pain , remorfe , despair , or death ! or , as if riches that are said , and I believe , believe , often thought to be able to purchase every 38 SERMON II .
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Page 310 - There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most? Simon answered and said, I suppose that he to whom he forgave most. And He said unto him, Thou hast rightly judged.
Page 243 - But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him ; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet : and bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it ; and let us eat, and be merry : For this my son was dead, and is alive again ; he was lost, and is found.
Page 242 - And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.
Page vii - And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me.
Page 184 - I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock : and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the wind? blew and beat upon that house ; and it fell not : for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand : and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house ; and it fell : and great was the fall of it.
Page 330 - My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me. And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.
Page 330 - Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.
Page 410 - 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.
Page 309 - And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, and stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.
Page 330 - What, could ye not watch with me one hour? Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.