Sermons, Volume 1T. Kirk, 1803 - Sermons, English |
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... necessary and more important cares ; in vain it announces to us , that to labour for what must pass away , is only amaffing , at a great expence , heaps of fand , which tumble upon our heads , as fast as we raise them up ; that the ...
... necessary and more important cares ; in vain it announces to us , that to labour for what must pass away , is only amaffing , at a great expence , heaps of fand , which tumble upon our heads , as fast as we raise them up ; that the ...
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... necessary to ac- complish it , without pleasure , and , as it were , against our will . The flighteft obligations of piety appear hard to us ; whatever we do for heaven tires us , exhausts us , difpleafes us Prayer confines our minds ...
... necessary to ac- complish it , without pleasure , and , as it were , against our will . The flighteft obligations of piety appear hard to us ; whatever we do for heaven tires us , exhausts us , difpleafes us Prayer confines our minds ...
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... necessary to cavil at , and difpute every thing ; and that piety does not confift in refining to fuch an extreme . But I ask you , Is fo much fubtilty required to know that the world is a de- ceitful guide ? That its maxims are rejected ...
... necessary to cavil at , and difpute every thing ; and that piety does not confift in refining to fuch an extreme . But I ask you , Is fo much fubtilty required to know that the world is a de- ceitful guide ? That its maxims are rejected ...
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... necessary in order to diffemble with ourfelves , and to connect , if poffible , the paffions with the holy rules ; there it is that the human mind has occasion for all its induftry , for the talk is diffi- cult : Such is exactly your ...
... necessary in order to diffemble with ourfelves , and to connect , if poffible , the paffions with the holy rules ; there it is that the human mind has occasion for all its induftry , for the talk is diffi- cult : Such is exactly your ...
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... necessary , belong in one fense to Je- fus Chrift , by the facility with which they ought to enable us to apply ourselves to more holy and more serious duties . Every thing we do ; every thing we rejoice or weep at , ought to be of fuch ...
... necessary , belong in one fense to Je- fus Chrift , by the facility with which they ought to enable us to apply ourselves to more holy and more serious duties . Every thing we do ; every thing we rejoice or weep at , ought to be of fuch ...
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abuſe afflictions againſt almoſt amuſe becauſe behold brethren cauſe cenfures charity Chriftian confcience confequence confolation corruption crimes death defires difgufts difpofitions diſguſts dread duties earth effential eſtabliſhed eternal exceffes facrifice faid faith falvation fame fecret feek felves ferve fhall fhould fince finners firft firſt fituation fole fome foon forrow foul fource freethinker ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fupport fure glory goſpel grace guilt happineſs hath heart heaven himſelf holy increaſe inftructions innocence interefts itſelf Jefus Chrift juft juſt laft laſt leaſt lefs likewife live loft longer Lord maſter meaſure mifery moft moſt muſt neceffary never nevertheleſs occafion ourſelves paffions penitence perfons piety pleaſe pleaſures praiſes prayer preſent promiſes puniſhment purpoſe reaſon render reſpect ſay ſhall ſpeak ſtate ſtill thee thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thouſand tion tranquil truth uſe virtue weakneſs whoſe wiſh yourſelf
Popular passages
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...