Sermons on several subjects, publ. by B. Porteus and G. Stinton, Volume 3 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 34
Page 2
... Turns . Yet furely Reason doth not make Part of our Nature for no Purpose ; nor Experience discover any Thing more plainly , than the numberless Miseries that proceed from going on thus at all Adventures . Thofe , therefore , who are a ...
... Turns . Yet furely Reason doth not make Part of our Nature for no Purpose ; nor Experience discover any Thing more plainly , than the numberless Miseries that proceed from going on thus at all Adventures . Thofe , therefore , who are a ...
Page 20
... Turns of Words to its Difadvantage . There must need more than this to confute it ; and therefore whoever , with little Read- ing and little Thought , finds much Inclina- tion to disbelieve , fhould learn to fufpect himself , himself ...
... Turns of Words to its Difadvantage . There must need more than this to confute it ; and therefore whoever , with little Read- ing and little Thought , finds much Inclina- tion to disbelieve , fhould learn to fufpect himself , himself ...
Page 21
... turns the Scale . If he doubts of fome Points ; let him ftill hold fast thofe , which remain undoubted ; and preserve that Refpect to Religion in general , which will prove his best Guide in every Particular . Nay , were it poffible for ...
... turns the Scale . If he doubts of fome Points ; let him ftill hold fast thofe , which remain undoubted ; and preserve that Refpect to Religion in general , which will prove his best Guide in every Particular . Nay , were it poffible for ...
Page 41
... Turns , the various Purfuits to which they fucceffively prompt us , we often fee at the Time , are leading us to Ruin : yet we know not how to be fo cruel to ourfelves , as to prefer the united Interefts of this World and the next to a ...
... Turns , the various Purfuits to which they fucceffively prompt us , we often fee at the Time , are leading us to Ruin : yet we know not how to be fo cruel to ourfelves , as to prefer the united Interefts of this World and the next to a ...
Page 60
... they , who have moft offended him , fhould on their fincere Re- pentance and Reformation immediately par- take . Therefore often examine your own Con- " dition : dition and at fuch Times alfo , turn off your 60 III . SERMON.
... they , who have moft offended him , fhould on their fincere Re- pentance and Reformation immediately par- take . Therefore often examine your own Con- " dition : dition and at fuch Times alfo , turn off your 60 III . SERMON.
Common terms and phrases
abfolutely againſt alfo almoſt alſo amongſt Anfwer Apoſtle becauſe befides Behaviour beſt bleffed Cafe Caufe Cauſe Chrift Chriſtianity Circumftances Confequences confider confiderable Courſe Death defire doth Duty elfe elſe eſpecially exprefs faid Faith fame Fault feem feldom felves fhall fhew fince firſt fmall fome fometimes foon ftill fuch fuffer fufficient fuppofing fure give Goodneſs greateſt Happineſs hath Heart Hezekiah higheſt himſelf Honour imagine inſtead Intereft intirely intitled itſelf Jefus juft juſt laft leaft leaſt lefs leſs live Lord Mind moft moſt muft muſt Neceffity Need nefs never Number obferve Occafions ourſelves peculiarly Perfons perhaps Piety pleaſe Pleaſure poffible Poor pray prefent preferve Promiſes Puniſhment Purpoſe Reaſon reft Religion Reſpect Rich ſeem Senfe ſhall ſhould Sickneſs Sins ſmall Souls ſtill ſtrong ſuch thefe themſelves theſe Things thofe thoſe thou tion Truft unleſs unto uſe Virtue whofe Wiſdom worfe World worſe
Popular passages
Page 197 - Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy ; that they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate, laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
Page 59 - Rejoice, O young man in thy youth ; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes ; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 26 - There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.
Page 343 - ... far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come. And hath put all things under his feet : and gave him to be the head over all things, to the church, which is his body, the fulness of him that filleth all in all...
Page 53 - Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown ; but we an incorruptible. I therefore so run, not as uncertainly ; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air ; but I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection ; lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a cast-away.
Page 283 - Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
Page 171 - Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus...
Page 18 - Light is sown for the righteous, And gladness for the upright in heart. Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous ; And give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.
Page 231 - 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?