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... mystery clears up ; and he becomes a confiftent creature . He is truly defigned for both worlds ; by the difcipline of his paffions he is qualified for the enjoyments of both . By con- fining himself to pleasures , fo far as they are ...
... mystery clears up ; and he becomes a confiftent creature . He is truly defigned for both worlds ; by the difcipline of his paffions he is qualified for the enjoyments of both . By con- fining himself to pleasures , fo far as they are ...
Page 154
... mysteries . LAY afide your bible ; diveft yourself of what traditional religion has taught you ; look around you , take your fen- timents from your present abode , and see what they are in this unenlightened ftate . Do Do you know ...
... mysteries . LAY afide your bible ; diveft yourself of what traditional religion has taught you ; look around you , take your fen- timents from your present abode , and see what they are in this unenlightened ftate . Do Do you know ...
Page 164
... Mysteries is as folid , I think , as it is diverting . " FOR my part , fays he , having confidered the mat- " ter impartially , I can fee no reason , which those " gentlemen , you call free thinkers , can have for their " clamour ...
... Mysteries is as folid , I think , as it is diverting . " FOR my part , fays he , having confidered the mat- " ter impartially , I can fee no reason , which those " gentlemen , you call free thinkers , can have for their " clamour ...
Page 237
... mystery : but we may as well doubt of the usefulness of light and heat in the animal world , as of the reality of fpiritual influences in the moral . The great difficulty is , to reconcile the ope- rations of grace with the freedom of ...
... mystery : but we may as well doubt of the usefulness of light and heat in the animal world , as of the reality of fpiritual influences in the moral . The great difficulty is , to reconcile the ope- rations of grace with the freedom of ...
Page 255
... have right apprehenfions about this great funda- mental article . IT is a favourite notion with fome people , people , that where mystery begins , re- ligion ends COR iv 18 The things which are feen are temporal; eternal SERMON XI.
... have right apprehenfions about this great funda- mental article . IT is a favourite notion with fome people , people , that where mystery begins , re- ligion ends COR iv 18 The things which are feen are temporal; eternal SERMON XI.
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affiftance affliction againſt almoſt amidſt anſwer appointment baptifm baptized becauſe beſt bleffing buſineſs cafe Chrift chriftian church comfort confcience confequences confider corruption courfe courſe creatures defigned defires difcipline diforder Divine Divine grace eſtabliſh evil faith falvation fame fays fcripture felves fenfe ferious fervice fhall fincere finner firſt fome fpirit ftate ftill fuch fuffer fufficient fuppofe fupport fure goodneſs goſpel grace happineſs happy higheſt himſelf human induſtry inftruction interefts itſelf juſt labour libertine live mankind means means of grace ment mercy mind moral moſt muft muſt myſteries nature neceffary neceffity nefs neral obferve ourſelves paffions perfon pleaſed pleaſures prefent promiſes puniſhment purpoſes racter raiſe reafon reft religion repentance reward ſay ſcene ſee ſhall ſhould ſome ſpeak ſtate ſuch thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thouſand tion ture underſtanding univerfal unto uſeful virtue virtuous whofe wiſdom wiſh worldly yourſelf
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Page 101 - Although the fig-tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines : the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; The flock shall be cut off from the fold : and there shall be no herd in the stalls ; Yet I will rejoice in the Lord : I will joy in the God of my salvation.
Page 185 - Again, when the wicked man turneth away from his wickedness that he hath committed, and doeth that which Is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
Page 295 - Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.
Page 239 - Wherefore I put thee in remembrance, that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee, by the putting on of my hands.
Page 86 - Behold, the nations are as a drop of a bucket, and are counted as the small dust of the balance : behold, He taketh up the isles as a very little thing.
Page 189 - And the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.
Page 191 - Know ye not, that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death? Therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death: that like as Christ was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, even so we also should walk in newness of life.
Page 360 - ALMIGHTY God, who shewest to them that be in error the light of Thy truth, to the intent that they may return into the way of righteousness ; Grant unto all them that are admitted into the fellowship of Christ's Religion, that they may eschew those things that are contrary to their profession, and follow all such things as are agreeable to the same ; through our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.
Page 274 - Though the common experience and the ordinary course of things have justly a mighty influence on the minds of men, to make them give or refuse credit to any thing proposed to their belief; yet there is one case, wherein the strangeness of the fact lessens not the assent to a fair testimony given of it. For where such supernatural events are suitable to ends aimed at by him, who has the power to change the course of nature, there, under...
Page 233 - The wind bloweth where it lifteth, and thou heareft the found thereof, but canft not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth ; fo is every one that is born of the Spirit.