Sermons on various subjects, and preached on several occasions, Volume 2T. Cadell, 1787 - Sermons, English |
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Page 69
... Thousands there are whom human frailty hath misled into the paths of folly , who , like the prodigal , would gladly return to the road of virtue , but that these men place themselves at the door , deny them re - admiffion , and drive ...
... Thousands there are whom human frailty hath misled into the paths of folly , who , like the prodigal , would gladly return to the road of virtue , but that these men place themselves at the door , deny them re - admiffion , and drive ...
Page 138
... thousands fall befide us , and ten thousand on our right hand , yet , whilft we have fociety to animate , whilst we have hope to encourage , and all the noife and bustle of the war to divert our thoughts , we are ftrangers to fear , and ...
... thousands fall befide us , and ten thousand on our right hand , yet , whilft we have fociety to animate , whilst we have hope to encourage , and all the noife and bustle of the war to divert our thoughts , we are ftrangers to fear , and ...
Page 168
... thousand errors and imperfec- tions which he had never thought on : how happy would he esteem himself , were it poffible , that he could write it all over again ! -And in like manner , If the best man who ever lived was to look back on ...
... thousand errors and imperfec- tions which he had never thought on : how happy would he esteem himself , were it poffible , that he could write it all over again ! -And in like manner , If the best man who ever lived was to look back on ...
Page 192
... thousands unhappy , and then laugh at them for being fo ; who cafts arrows , fire - brands , and death , and then Says , Was I not in sport ? 1 But the folly , the meannefs , and the impiety of evil - fpeaking will appear still more ...
... thousands unhappy , and then laugh at them for being fo ; who cafts arrows , fire - brands , and death , and then Says , Was I not in sport ? 1 But the folly , the meannefs , and the impiety of evil - fpeaking will appear still more ...
Page 275
... thousand difappointments ? he will tell you , that the hopes of men deceive , that their faculties defert , and their pow- ers betray them : that where they ex- pected to have conquered every difficul- ty , and met with thorough ...
... thousand difappointments ? he will tell you , that the hopes of men deceive , that their faculties defert , and their pow- ers betray them : that where they ex- pected to have conquered every difficul- ty , and met with thorough ...
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affift againſt alfo Almighty alſo amongſt angels angry art thou becauſe beſt bleffed buſineſs cauſe Chrift Chriſtianity confequences confider deferve defign defire deftruction deſtroy divine doth evil excufe faid falvation fame Father fave fays feaſt felves fent fervants fhall fhort firſt fociety folly fome forrow fpirits ftill fuch fufficiently fuperior fuppofe furely goodneſs Goſpel greateſt happineſs hath hearts himſelf holy human idle inftruction inſtead itſelf knowledge laſt leaſt lefs mankind maſter meaſure mercy mifery moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary obferve ourſelves paffions pafs parable paſs paſt peace pleaſure poffible prefent puniſhment reaſon refuſe religion repentance rich Saviour ſays ſee SERM ſhall ſhort ſhould ſtate ſtill ſuch tares thee themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou thouſand tion underſtanding univerfal unto uſeful utmoſt vice virtue whilft whofe whoſe wiſdom XXII XXIX XXVI XXVII XXXI XXXII XXXIV
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Page 78 - Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
Page 81 - So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good : and the wedding was furnished with guests.
Page 326 - But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping ; and as she wept she stooped down and looked into the sepulchre, and seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain.
Page iv - The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, and sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.
Page 89 - And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it : I pray thee have me excused.
Page 331 - THEREFORE with Angels and Archangels, and with all the company of heaven, we laud and magnify thy glorious Name ; evermore praising thee, and saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God of hosts, heaven and earth are full of thy glory : Glory be to thee, O Lord most High.
Page 242 - And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did? But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
Page 49 - I will arife, and go to my father, and will fay unto him, Father, I have finned againft Heaven, and before thee ; and am no more worthy to be called thy fon : make me as one of thy hired fervants.
Page 322 - Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared. Beware of him, and obey his voice, provoke him not ; for he will not pardon your transgressions : for my name is in him.
Page v - Whatfoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might, for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge nor wifdom, in the grave, whither tho.u goeft.