Sermons on several subjects, publ. by B. Porteus and G. Stinton, Volume 3 |
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Page 41
... Means , muft fail of it , and make us miferable . tender fondnefs that will fuffer us to mifs no Pleasure , and bear no Hardship , will as cer- tainly deftroy all Firmnefs and Health in the Soul , as it doth in the Body , and unfit us ...
... Means , muft fail of it , and make us miferable . tender fondnefs that will fuffer us to mifs no Pleasure , and bear no Hardship , will as cer- tainly deftroy all Firmnefs and Health in the Soul , as it doth in the Body , and unfit us ...
Page 42
... Means or the other we are fure to be miferable , even in this World , and unfpeakably more fo in the next , if we permit our own Wills and Paffions to be our Guides . Therefore our bleffed Lord , the Way , the Truth , and the Life , who ...
... Means or the other we are fure to be miferable , even in this World , and unfpeakably more fo in the next , if we permit our own Wills and Paffions to be our Guides . Therefore our bleffed Lord , the Way , the Truth , and the Life , who ...
Page 43
... Means than Obedience , truft God for the Confequences . Were we but in fuch a State of Mind , we should have one invariable Rule to act by , " This is my Duty , therefore nothing shall feduce me from it : this is contrary to my Duty ...
... Means than Obedience , truft God for the Confequences . Were we but in fuch a State of Mind , we should have one invariable Rule to act by , " This is my Duty , therefore nothing shall feduce me from it : this is contrary to my Duty ...
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... Means of Help from above we have attained to a Perfection of Self - denial , or of any other Vir- tue , we mistake our Condition , endanger our Humility , and neglecting to prefs forward , Rom . xii . 1 . * Gal . ii . 20 . h 1 Cor ...
... Means of Help from above we have attained to a Perfection of Self - denial , or of any other Vir- tue , we mistake our Condition , endanger our Humility , and neglecting to prefs forward , Rom . xii . 1 . * Gal . ii . 20 . h 1 Cor ...
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... Means to fecure , and if they fall , to recover , themselves . For wherewithal shall a young Man cleanfe his Way ? even by ruling himself after thy Word1 . The other Sort of Pleasures , especially dan- gerous to young People , are gay ...
... Means to fecure , and if they fall , to recover , themselves . For wherewithal shall a young Man cleanfe his Way ? even by ruling himself after thy Word1 . The other Sort of Pleasures , especially dan- gerous to young People , are gay ...
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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?