Sixteen SermonsGeorge Grierson, printer to the King's most excellent Majesty, at the King's Arms and Two Bibles in Essex-Street, 1738 - 507 pages |
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... because they are coftly and beyond the Purses of other People . They will crave the wanton Pleasures of Love and Women , and all the Materials of Pride and Vanity at any Price . And as Money answers all Things , it is the Prerogative of ...
... because they are coftly and beyond the Purses of other People . They will crave the wanton Pleasures of Love and Women , and all the Materials of Pride and Vanity at any Price . And as Money answers all Things , it is the Prerogative of ...
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... because in the ordinary Course of the World all the good Things of this Life flow in upon them , without their being obliged to any body . But they forget that the ordinary Course of the World is only another Name for God's Providence ...
... because in the ordinary Course of the World all the good Things of this Life flow in upon them , without their being obliged to any body . But they forget that the ordinary Course of the World is only another Name for God's Providence ...
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... because it ever defeats its own Ends ; for no Man ever respects another merely because he demands it ; on the contrary , it is the very Reafon why every one contemns him . Refpect is one of thofe Things that is always given to Merit of ...
... because it ever defeats its own Ends ; for no Man ever respects another merely because he demands it ; on the contrary , it is the very Reafon why every one contemns him . Refpect is one of thofe Things that is always given to Merit of ...
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... because they have great Incomes and Revenues . For , in the first Place , their Lives depend abfolutely on the Pleasure of God , and he who has the Power of thefe , has in that Refpect the Power of their Eftates . The rich Man in the ...
... because they have great Incomes and Revenues . For , in the first Place , their Lives depend abfolutely on the Pleasure of God , and he who has the Power of thefe , has in that Refpect the Power of their Eftates . The rich Man in the ...
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... because they have no Warrant for fo doing , and therefore it would be a Mifapplication and Embezzlement , for which Stewards must be feverely punished : For if the unprofitable Servant who had made no Improvement of his Talent , was ...
... because they have no Warrant for fo doing , and therefore it would be a Mifapplication and Embezzlement , for which Stewards must be feverely punished : For if the unprofitable Servant who had made no Improvement of his Talent , was ...
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Page ix - Two things have I required of thee ; deny me them not before I die: remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, "Who is the Lord?" or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Page 482 - And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder ; and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps...
Page 76 - 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 365 - I beheld till the thrones were cast down, and the Ancient of days did sit, whose garment was white as snow, and the hair of his head like the pure wool : his throne was like the fiery flame, and his wheels as burning fire.
Page 279 - For none of us liveth to himself, and no man dieth to himself. For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; and whether we die, we die unto the Lord : whether we live therefore, or die, we are the Lord's.
Page 66 - He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Page 295 - For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, teaching us, that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world ; looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God, and our Saviour Jesus Christ...
Page 349 - Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy and find grace to help, in time of need.
Page 264 - 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 36 - Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which He hath promised to them that love Him?