The Posthumous Works of Jeremiah Seed ...: Consisting of Sermons, Letters, Essays, Etc, Volume 2M. Seed and sold, 1750 - Sermons, English |
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... Virtue . No Man , of whatever Order or Condi- tion in Life , can think himself unconcern- ed in the Duty of Charity considered in this View ; and though this be not the princi- pal Point under our present Confideration , yet it may help ...
... Virtue . No Man , of whatever Order or Condi- tion in Life , can think himself unconcern- ed in the Duty of Charity considered in this View ; and though this be not the princi- pal Point under our present Confideration , yet it may help ...
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... Virtue whereof one would hope They would be inclined to fhew them- felves more eminent Patterns ; because as their Station fits them peculiarly for it , fo it denies them the Occafions of practising many Virtues of another Sort . They ...
... Virtue whereof one would hope They would be inclined to fhew them- felves more eminent Patterns ; because as their Station fits them peculiarly for it , fo it denies them the Occafions of practising many Virtues of another Sort . They ...
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... Virtue is , the Difficulty of pitching upon any fixed and ftated Propor- tion , fhort of which our Charity ought not to fall : and where the determinate Measure of Duty is not or cannot be affigned , there Men's Intereft or Covetoufnefs ...
... Virtue is , the Difficulty of pitching upon any fixed and ftated Propor- tion , fhort of which our Charity ought not to fall : and where the determinate Measure of Duty is not or cannot be affigned , there Men's Intereft or Covetoufnefs ...
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... upon Vagrants and common Beggars ? who , for ought we know , may be Coun- terfeits whose greatest Want may be that of Virtue . ; VOL . II . C I would SERM . I. I would not however be misunderstood : ftated and enforced . 15.
... upon Vagrants and common Beggars ? who , for ought we know , may be Coun- terfeits whose greatest Want may be that of Virtue . ; VOL . II . C I would SERM . I. I would not however be misunderstood : ftated and enforced . 15.
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... Virtue to the Teft ; to try whether it be genuine ( as founded upon a pure unmixed Principle of pleafing God without any fini- fter Views of worldly Applaufe ) our Sa- viour has ordered us to give Alms fecretly ; and our Father which ...
... Virtue to the Teft ; to try whether it be genuine ( as founded upon a pure unmixed Principle of pleafing God without any fini- fter Views of worldly Applaufe ) our Sa- viour has ordered us to give Alms fecretly ; and our Father which ...
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abfurd affert againſt anſwer becauſe beſt bleffed Cafe Caſe Charity Chrift Chriſtianity Circumftance confequently confider Confideration confift Converſation Defign Defire Deity diftinct Diſtreſs Divine Nature Doctrine Duty eafy Effence effentially eternal Exerciſe exifts Exiſtence faid fame farther fatisfy feem felves fhall fhew fhort fhould fince fincere firſt fome fons ftance ftill fuch fuffer fufficient fuppofe fure give Goodneſs Grace greateſt Happineſs hath Heaven higheſt himſelf IIdly Increaſe infinite itſelf juft juſt laft laſt leaſt lefs Manichæan Meaſure Mercy Mind Miſtake moſt muft muſt myſelf neceffarily neceffary Neceffity nefs neral Number obferve Occafion ourſelves Paffions Perfection Perfon pleaſed Pleaſure poffible Power preſent progreffive Puniſhment Queſtion Reaſon Religion Repentance Saviour ſay ſee ſeems Senfe Senſe SERM ſhall ſhort ſome Soul ſtill Subftance ſuch ſuppoſe themſelves ther theſe Thing thofe thoſe thou tion ture underſtand Unity unto uſe Virtue whofe whole whoſe your's
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Page 65 - For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
Page 160 - If I climb up into heaven, thou art there: If I go down to hell, thou art there also. If I take the wings of the morning, and remain in the uttermost parts of the sea; Even there also shall thy hand lead me, And thy right hand shall hold me.
Page 70 - What could have been done more to my vineyard, That I have not done in it? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, Brought it forth wild grapes?
Page 69 - And now go to ; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard : I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up, And break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down...
Page 89 - At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it; if that nation against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
Page 1 - Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, When it is in the power of thine hand to do it. Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, And to-morrow I will give ; When thou hast it by thee.
Page 55 - Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect : but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that, for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus.
Page 55 - Brethren, I count not myfelf to have apprehended ; but this one thing I do, forgetting thofe things which are behind, and reaching forth unto thofe things which are before, I prefs toward the mark, for the prize of the high calling of God in Chrift Jefus.
Page 51 - perfect even as our Father which is in Heaven is perfect.
Page 222 - He was of that rare affability and temper in debate, and of that seeming humility and submission of judgment, as if he brought no opinion of his own with him, but a desire of information and instruction ; yet he had so subtle a way of interrogating, and under the notion of doubts, insinuating his objections; that he infused his own opinions 'into those from whom he pretended to learn and receive them.