Sermons, Volume 1T. Kirk, 1803 - Sermons, English |
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Page 11
... gospel itself , and fuch as an Apostle might have paid . " Sire , " faid he , ' addressing the king , " if the world were to speak “ to your Majesty from this place , it would not fay , Blef- " fed are they who weep . Happy , would it ...
... gospel itself , and fuch as an Apostle might have paid . " Sire , " faid he , ' addressing the king , " if the world were to speak “ to your Majesty from this place , it would not fay , Blef- " fed are they who weep . Happy , would it ...
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... gospel does not speak the language of the world . " .. The audience of Versailles , accustomed as it was to Bour- dalous and Boffuets , had never witneffed an eloquence at once fo delicate and noble ; and accordingly , it excited in the ...
... gospel does not speak the language of the world . " .. The audience of Versailles , accustomed as it was to Bour- dalous and Boffuets , had never witneffed an eloquence at once fo delicate and noble ; and accordingly , it excited in the ...
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... gospel proposes only maxims unfortunate and inimical to fociety ; and that , were it believed , and ftrictly observed , it would be necef- fary to quit all ; to exclude ourselves from the world ; to renounce all public concerns ; to ...
... gospel proposes only maxims unfortunate and inimical to fociety ; and that , were it believed , and ftrictly observed , it would be necef- fary to quit all ; to exclude ourselves from the world ; to renounce all public concerns ; to ...
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... gospel does not con- tradict and forbid them ? The world boafts of luxury , of magnificence , of the delicacies of the table ; and in matters of expence , it deems nothing exceffive but what may tend to derange the circumftances : Have ...
... gospel does not con- tradict and forbid them ? The world boafts of luxury , of magnificence , of the delicacies of the table ; and in matters of expence , it deems nothing exceffive but what may tend to derange the circumftances : Have ...
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... gospel , which condemn all those who live as you do ; you have nothing , to answer , but that you are not fingular , and that you must live like the reft of the world . Great God ! to what pur- pose are great abilities in the conduct of ...
... gospel , which condemn all those who live as you do ; you have nothing , to answer , but that you are not fingular , and that you must live like the reft of the world . Great God ! to what pur- pose are great abilities in the conduct of ...
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Page 341 - Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, 'Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was an hungred and ye gave me meat, I was thirsty and ye gave me drink, I was a stranger and ye took me in; naked and ye clothed me, I was sick and ye visited me, I was in prison and ye came unto me.
Page 379 - I am feeble and sore broken : I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.
Page 317 - And when the day was now far spent, his disciples came unto him, and said, This is a desert place, and now the time is far passed: 36 Send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they have nothing to eat.
Page 81 - For the good that I would I do not; but the evil which I would not, that I do. Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwelleth in me. I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me.
Page 387 - And the manna ceased on the morrow after they had eaten of the old corn of the land ; neither had the children of Israel manna any more ; but they did eat of the fruit of the land of Canaan that year.
Page 243 - Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.
Page 81 - For I delight in the law of God after the inward man ; but I fee another law in my members, warring againft the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of fin -which is in my members.
Page 161 - ... a thousand faults which lead our judgment to believe them capable of all the rest; to inspire the minds of those who listen to us with a thousand suspicions which point out what we dare not say ; to make satirical remarks which discover a mystery, where no person before had perceived the least intention of concealment; by poisonous interpretations to give an air of ridicule...
Page 104 - fins, he is faithful and juft to forgive us our *.' fins, and to cleanfe us from all unrighteouf*^.nefs. If we fay that we have not finned, we " make him a liar, and his word is not in us...
Page 161 - I not proposed only to paint to you the vileness of the vice, which I am now going to combat; but, as I have already said, these are only general invectives, which none apply to themselves. The more odious the vice is represented, the less do you perceive yourselves concerned in it; and though you acknowledge the principle, you make no...