Twenty-six Sermons on Various Subjects ...T.W. and sold by J. Pemberton, 1739 - Sermons, English |
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... World wou'd certainly have produced them : But it is pitiable to ob- ferve , that after their laboured Searches and Researches , they were never able to come to any thing certain and conclufive about it ; and that the Whole of their ...
... World wou'd certainly have produced them : But it is pitiable to ob- ferve , that after their laboured Searches and Researches , they were never able to come to any thing certain and conclufive about it ; and that the Whole of their ...
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... World with their Inftructions fo much , as to leave the Way to Happiness even more uncer- tain than if there was no Revelation at all . Again , Tradition is of all other the most impure and uncertain Conveyance of Truth ; in the Affairs ...
... World with their Inftructions fo much , as to leave the Way to Happiness even more uncer- tain than if there was no Revelation at all . Again , Tradition is of all other the most impure and uncertain Conveyance of Truth ; in the Affairs ...
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... World with refpect to all thofe Circumstances , which it is the proper Business of History to clear up and establish . But the most affecting Argument to evince the Divine Inspiration of Sacred Writings feems to be the in- trinfick ...
... World with refpect to all thofe Circumstances , which it is the proper Business of History to clear up and establish . But the most affecting Argument to evince the Divine Inspiration of Sacred Writings feems to be the in- trinfick ...
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... World , and prove that Divinity alone muft have dictated those Instructions , which are able to raise Men fo much above themselves ; and that the Light with which they thus shine among Men , is no other than the Re- flexion of the ...
... World , and prove that Divinity alone muft have dictated those Instructions , which are able to raise Men fo much above themselves ; and that the Light with which they thus shine among Men , is no other than the Re- flexion of the ...
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... World is a Place , as of imperfect Hap- piness , fo of imperfect Joy : The most ferene and calm Condition of Life , meets with the gloomy and ruffling Storms of many Afflictions ; and it is impoffible in the Midft of outward Uneafiness ...
... World is a Place , as of imperfect Hap- piness , fo of imperfect Joy : The most ferene and calm Condition of Life , meets with the gloomy and ruffling Storms of many Afflictions ; and it is impoffible in the Midft of outward Uneafiness ...
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Page 125 - I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
Page 118 - For the word of God is quick and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight : but all things are naked and opened unto the eyes of him with whom we have to do.
Page 279 - For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us...
Page 255 - Man he faid, behold, the Fear of the Lord that is Wifdom, and to depart from Evil is Underftanding.
Page 205 - Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Page 121 - Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence? If I ascend up into heaven, thou are there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
Page 207 - The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took and hid in three meafures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
Page 284 - For such a high priest became us, holy, guileless, undefiled, separated from sinners, and made higher than the heavens ; who needeth not daily, like those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people : for this he did once for all, when he offered up himself.
Page 287 - Galilee, why ftand ye gazing up into Heaven ? This fame Jefus which is taken up from you into Heaven, fhall fo come in like Manner as ye have feen Him go into Heaven.