Sermons on Important Subjects ... To which are Prefixed, Memoirs and Character of the Author: And Two Sermons on Occasion of His Death, Volume 2Lincoln & Edmands, 1811 - Presbyterian Church |
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... honour of a martyr for the cause of truth and virtue ; and yet , even he , when making his defence before his judges , speaks in the language of uncertainty and perplexity . " Death , " says he , " either reduces us to nothing , and ...
... honour of a martyr for the cause of truth and virtue ; and yet , even he , when making his defence before his judges , speaks in the language of uncertainty and perplexity . " Death , " says he , " either reduces us to nothing , and ...
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... honours and pleasures , will prove but a quicksand in that day . Your friends and relations , were they ever so great or powerful , can then afford you no support . If they can but find refuge for themselves , that will be all ...
... honours and pleasures , will prove but a quicksand in that day . Your friends and relations , were they ever so great or powerful , can then afford you no support . If they can but find refuge for themselves , that will be all ...
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... honour an empty breath , pleasure a delusory dream , our own righteousness a spider's web . If on these we rely , disappointment must ensue , and shame be inevitable . Nothing but Christ , nothing but Christ , can stably support our ...
... honour an empty breath , pleasure a delusory dream , our own righteousness a spider's web . If on these we rely , disappointment must ensue , and shame be inevitable . Nothing but Christ , nothing but Christ , can stably support our ...
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... honour were tried , and they were found an unquenchable flame , that glowed without once languishing through the whole of his life . His love to men - to sinners - to enemies , was tried : tried to the uttermost it was put to the trial ...
... honour were tried , and they were found an unquenchable flame , that glowed without once languishing through the whole of his life . His love to men - to sinners - to enemies , was tried : tried to the uttermost it was put to the trial ...
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... honours , riches , pleasures , and all the world , were but breaking bubbles ? Have you been sensible that your own righteousness was a rotten foundation , and that you were just ready to sink every moment under the burden of your sins ...
... honours , riches , pleasures , and all the world , were but breaking bubbles ? Have you been sensible that your own righteousness was a rotten foundation , and that you were just ready to sink every moment under the burden of your sins ...
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Page 11 - Marvel not at this ; for the hour is coming, in which all that are in their graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth-; they that have done good to the resurrection of life ; and they that have done evil to the resurrection of damnation,"
Page vii - And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. So that servant came and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
Page 185 - For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Page 99 - And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church : but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican.
Page 14 - Marvel not at this : for the hour is coming, in which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life ; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.
Page 435 - Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
Page 311 - He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
Page 185 - The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom : a good understanding have all they that do his commandments: his praise endureth for ever.
Page iii - Judgment also will I lay to the line, And righteousness to the plummet: And the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, And the waters shall overflow the hiding place.
Page 482 - Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think any thing as of ourselves ; but our sufficiency is of God.