The Works of the Most Reverend Dr. John Tillotson, Volume 3G. Hamilton, 1748 - Sermons, English |
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... greater evidence of the bad temper of mankind , than the general proneness of men to this vice : for ( as our Saviour fays ) out of the abundance of the heart the mouth Speaketh . And therefore men do commonly incline to the cenforious ...
... greater evidence of the bad temper of mankind , than the general proneness of men to this vice : for ( as our Saviour fays ) out of the abundance of the heart the mouth Speaketh . And therefore men do commonly incline to the cenforious ...
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... greater danger hanging o- ver us from God . If we allow ourselves in this evil practice , all our religion is good for nothing . So St. James exprefsly tells us , chap . i . 26. If any man among you feem to be religious , and bridleth ...
... greater danger hanging o- ver us from God . If we allow ourselves in this evil practice , all our religion is good for nothing . So St. James exprefsly tells us , chap . i . 26. If any man among you feem to be religious , and bridleth ...
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... greater faults , as not to be obnoxious to reproach upon one account or other . Even the wifest , and most virtuous , and most perfect among men , have fome little vanity or affectation , which lays them open to the raillery of a ...
... greater faults , as not to be obnoxious to reproach upon one account or other . Even the wifest , and most virtuous , and most perfect among men , have fome little vanity or affectation , which lays them open to the raillery of a ...
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... greater dignity . And yet I must acknowledge , that there feems to be no fmall difficulty in the interpretation I have given of this expreffion in which Chrift is faid by the Apoftle to be the firft - born of every creature , or of the ...
... greater dignity . And yet I must acknowledge , that there feems to be no fmall difficulty in the interpretation I have given of this expreffion in which Chrift is faid by the Apoftle to be the firft - born of every creature , or of the ...
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... greater and heavier prejudice than this is . And this I should now take into confideration , and fhew , befides the novelty of this interpretation , and the great violence and unreasonableness of it , the utter in- confiftency of it ...
... greater and heavier prejudice than this is . And this I should now take into confideration , and fhew , befides the novelty of this interpretation , and the great violence and unreasonableness of it , the utter in- confiftency of it ...
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Page 101 - Almighty God, Who hast given us Thy only-begotten Son to take our nature upon Him, and as at this time to be born of a pure Virgin ; grant that we being regenerate, and made Thy children by adoption and grace, may daily be renewed by Thy Holy Spirit...
Page 100 - YE that do truly and earnestly repent you of your sins, and are in love and charity with your neighbours, and intend to lead a new life, following the commandments of God, and walking from henceforth in his holy ways, draw near with faith, and take this Holy Sacrament to your comfort; and make your humble confession to Almighty God, meekly kneeling upon your knees.
Page 31 - These are they who were set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. When he prepared the heavens, they were there; when he established the clouds above, when he strengthened the fountains of the deep.
Page 143 - Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? why do we deal treacherously every man against his brother, by profaning the covenant of our fathers?
Page 9 - Men look with an evil eye upon the good that is in others, and think that their reputation obscures them, and their commendable qualities stand in their light ; and therefore they do what they can to cast a cloud over them, that the bright shining of their virtues may not obscure them.
Page 151 - If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, 0 king. But if not, be it known unto thee, 0 king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
Page 34 - God, by whom all things were made, and without whom was not any thing made that was made.
Page 121 - And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, 6. And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
Page 35 - Who being the brightnefs of his glory, and the exprefs image of his perfon, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himfelf purged our fins, fat down on the right hand of the majefty on high...
Page 235 - O come, let us worship, and fall down : and kneel before the Lord our Maker. For he is the Lord our God : and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand.