The Works of Thomas Secker...J. Dickson, 1792 - Sermons, English |
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... present interest here , had we no other guide , far from permitting us to do e- very mad thing , that paffion , appetites or fancies , prompt us to , would direct us , in a great measure , to a course of honesty , friendlinefs and ...
... present interest here , had we no other guide , far from permitting us to do e- very mad thing , that paffion , appetites or fancies , prompt us to , would direct us , in a great measure , to a course of honesty , friendlinefs and ...
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... present age hath confeffedly a peculiar turn that way . Whether the preceding ones had not other faults as bad is out of the question : our concern is to watch against our own : for which purpose the text affords us a most equitable and ...
... present age hath confeffedly a peculiar turn that way . Whether the preceding ones had not other faults as bad is out of the question : our concern is to watch against our own : for which purpose the text affords us a most equitable and ...
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... present , be happier than others ; though it were true , that , without it , they would be more miferable . Not that he meant to affirm , that they would be more miferable were the profpect of a better state out of the question . Far ...
... present , be happier than others ; though it were true , that , without it , they would be more miferable . Not that he meant to affirm , that they would be more miferable were the profpect of a better state out of the question . Far ...
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... present happiness of vice . But we ought not to state things otherwise than they are , in order to draw useful conclufions and no good will come of it . Being perfuaded , that wickedness is happier at present , may incline as many to ...
... present happiness of vice . But we ought not to state things otherwise than they are , in order to draw useful conclufions and no good will come of it . Being perfuaded , that wickedness is happier at present , may incline as many to ...
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... present us with a multiplicity of fancies and notions , quite foreign to the bufinefs we are upon but never more fo , than in the midst of our religious exercifes . And when once our minds are got loose ; an effect , which the leaft ...
... present us with a multiplicity of fancies and notions , quite foreign to the bufinefs we are upon but never more fo , than in the midst of our religious exercifes . And when once our minds are got loose ; an effect , which the leaft ...
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Page 297 - ... 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 v - Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
Page 421 - For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.
Page 119 - And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as My people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them : for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.
Page 461 - I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.
Page 306 - Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly; not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God, even to us, who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead.
Page 461 - Can any man forbid water, that these should not be baptized, which have received the Holy Ghost as well as we? And he commanded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord.
Page 168 - Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet'; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, 'Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.' '"Love worketh no ill to his neighbour: therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Page 571 - When you glorify the Lord, exalt him as much as you can ; for even yet will he far exceed. And when you exalt him, put forth all your strength, and be not weary; for you can never go far enough.