Sermons, on a Number of Connected Subjects: In which an Attempt is Made to Explain the Leading Principles of Revealed Religion; to Show Their Consistency, Reasonableness and Importance; and to Guard Them Against Dangerous Misconstructions and False Inferences, and Against the Specious Objections of Unbelievers |
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... necessary to be known ; and what kind of knowledge of them it is requisite for men to have . Respecting the former , as it opens a wide field , there will be time only just to mention those particu- lars which seem most essential . 1 ...
... necessary to be known ; and what kind of knowledge of them it is requisite for men to have . Respecting the former , as it opens a wide field , there will be time only just to mention those particu- lars which seem most essential . 1 ...
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... necessary that they should come to the knowledge of the truth respecting themselves . It highly concerns us to form a just opinion of our natural powers ; and not to think more highly or more meanly of ourselves , in that regard , than ...
... necessary that they should come to the knowledge of the truth respecting themselves . It highly concerns us to form a just opinion of our natural powers ; and not to think more highly or more meanly of ourselves , in that regard , than ...
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... necessary that the truth should be known , concerning the Holy Spirit ; and his saving operations in effectual calling , regeneration , and pro- gressive sanctification . Concerning his sealing be- lievers unto the day of redemption ...
... necessary that the truth should be known , concerning the Holy Spirit ; and his saving operations in effectual calling , regeneration , and pro- gressive sanctification . Concerning his sealing be- lievers unto the day of redemption ...
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... necessary . This is the counsel of Solomon : " Take fast hold of instruction ; let her not go : keep her ; for she is thy life . " And he represents instruction in wisdom , as saying , " Blessed is he that heareth me , watching daily at ...
... necessary . This is the counsel of Solomon : " Take fast hold of instruction ; let her not go : keep her ; for she is thy life . " And he represents instruction in wisdom , as saying , " Blessed is he that heareth me , watching daily at ...
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... necessary , lest gross darkness should cover the peo- ple ; and lest , while the gospel is sent to others , the truth and purity of it should be taken from us . Many are the instructions which cause to err from the words of knowledge ...
... necessary , lest gross darkness should cover the peo- ple ; and lest , while the gospel is sent to others , the truth and purity of it should be taken from us . Many are the instructions which cause to err from the words of knowledge ...
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Page 196 - I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. For I delight in the law of God after the inward man; but I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
Page 398 - My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee, so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding ; if thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures ; then shalt thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.
Page 116 - And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God and escheweth evil?
Page 394 - When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us: and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are...
Page 332 - Ye rulers of the people, and elders of Israel, if we this day be examined of the good deed done to the impotent man, by what means he is made whole ; be it known unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, even by him doth this man stand here before you whole.
Page 55 - These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; Thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself : But I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes. " Now consider this, ye that forget God, Lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
Page 362 - My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me : And I give unto them eternal life ; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My father which gave them me is greater than all ; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.
Page 62 - See now that I, even I, am he, And there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: Neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
Page 405 - Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest. For wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.
Page 76 - 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.