Sermons, Volume 1Hezekiah Howe and Durrie & Peck, 1828 - Congregational churches |
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... lives would have been less useful and happy . In our present situation we are prone to imagine , that , if we could see a little farther , and know a little more , we should arrive at certain boundaries , where satisfaction and rest ...
... lives would have been less useful and happy . In our present situation we are prone to imagine , that , if we could see a little farther , and know a little more , we should arrive at certain boundaries , where satisfaction and rest ...
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... hopes of salvation , must all be found in that which is revealed ; and in a cordial conformity to it in our habits , our affections , and our lives . SERMON II . GOD TO BE BELIEVED RATHER THAN MAN 24 [ SER . I. SECRET THINGS BELONG TO GOD .
... hopes of salvation , must all be found in that which is revealed ; and in a cordial conformity to it in our habits , our affections , and our lives . SERMON II . GOD TO BE BELIEVED RATHER THAN MAN 24 [ SER . I. SECRET THINGS BELONG TO GOD .
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... lives , and many centuries , to acquire satis- factory views concerning this unfathomable subject . After all his labours , after all his anxieties , he will find himself compelled to address to his own soul the language of Zophar to ...
... lives , and many centuries , to acquire satis- factory views concerning this unfathomable subject . After all his labours , after all his anxieties , he will find himself compelled to address to his own soul the language of Zophar to ...
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Timothy Dwight. provide for our wants ; if he does not preserve our lives ; if he does not defend us from evil ; if , when distressed , he does not re- store us to comfort and hope ; then plainly we are indebted to Him for none of these ...
Timothy Dwight. provide for our wants ; if he does not preserve our lives ; if he does not defend us from evil ; if , when distressed , he does not re- store us to comfort and hope ; then plainly we are indebted to Him for none of these ...
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... live here , as to live there ; be welcomed by the inhabitants to their number , and so- ciety ; useful to the promotion of their happiness ; and be able and disposed to harmonize in their divine employments , so as to become blessings ...
... live here , as to live there ; be welcomed by the inhabitants to their number , and so- ciety ; useful to the promotion of their happiness ; and be able and disposed to harmonize in their divine employments , so as to become blessings ...
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Page 247 - Ye call Me Master, and Lord : and ye say well; for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example that ye should do as I have done to you.
Page 489 - I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the heavens, and they had no light.
Page 217 - We are journeying unto the place of which the LORD said, I will give it you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel.
Page 236 - For brass I will bring gold, and for iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stones iron : I will also make thy officers peace, and thine exactors righteousness.
Page 401 - That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; 16 Holding forth the word of life...
Page 456 - And Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, and will give me bread to eat, and raiment to put on, So that I come again to my father's house in peace ; then shall the Lord be my God : and this stone, which I have set for a pillar, shall be God's house : and of all that thou shalt give me, I will surely give the tenth unto thee.
Page 257 - When he prepared the heavens, I was there; when he set a compass upon the face of the depth; when he established the clouds above; when he strengthened the fountains of the deep; when he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment ; when he appointed the foundations of the earth : then I was by him, as one brought up with him; and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him; rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of...
Page 222 - Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men; but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him. But whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come.
Page 201 - For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass : for he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
Page 179 - For behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy which shall be to all the people: For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord.