Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions, Volume 1Hurd & Houghton, 1866 |
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2dly absurd actions affections amongst apostle argument assert atheist blessed called casuists cause cern certainly Christ CHRIST CHURCH Christian church church of England command concerning condition confess conscience consequently consider contrary deny despised devil discourse divine doctrine doubt duty embase enemy epicure eternal evermore evil faculty false forasmuch friendship give God's gospel grace guilt hand heart heathen heaven holy honor idolatry infinite ingratitude innocence Jeroboam Jews judge judgment kind king lastly liturgy look Lord man's means men's sins mercy mind moral nature never niscience obliged pass person Pharisees pleasure practice pray prayer PREACHED priest principles properly reason receive religion repentance ROBERT SOUTH rule sacrament scripture sense SERMON sinner Socinianism soul speak spirit sure thee thou thought tion trepan truth vice virtue WESTMINSTER ABBEY whatsoever whole wisdom words worship
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Page 295 - Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words be few.
Page 211 - Rule thou over us, both thou, and thy son, and thy son's son also: for thou hast delivered us from the hand of Midian. 23 And Gideon said unto them, I will not rule over you, neither shall my son rule over you : the LORD shall rule over you.
Page 83 - ... now there was found in it a poor wise man, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man. Then said I, "Wisdom is better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.
Page 204 - If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled ; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
Page 131 - What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in ? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.
Page 297 - And he would not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man: yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.
Page 64 - Whereupon the king took counsel, and made two calves of gold, and said unto them, It is too much for you to go up to Jerusalem: behold thy gods, O Israel, which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt.
Page xx - After this thing Jeroboam returned not from his evil way, but made again of the lowest of the people priests of the high places: whosoever would, he consecrated him, and he became one of the priests of the high places.
Page 32 - This is the great instrument and engine of nature, the bond and cement of society, the spring and spirit of the universe. Love is such an affection, as cannot so properly be said to be in the soul, as the soul to be in that.
Page 78 - Then said Paul, I wist not, brethren, that he was the high priest: for it is written, Thou shalt not speak evil of the ruler of thy people.