Sermons [&c.]. [41 sermons in all].1790 |
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Side 1
... is more glorious than virtue , nothing more dishonourable than vice , will , I hope , VOL . I. fufficiently B fufficiently appear in the following inquiry . -But let it Virtue Glorious, Vice Infamous XIII The Duty of loving our Ene-
... is more glorious than virtue , nothing more dishonourable than vice , will , I hope , VOL . I. fufficiently B fufficiently appear in the following inquiry . -But let it Virtue Glorious, Vice Infamous XIII The Duty of loving our Ene-
Side 13
... hopes and fears , and drawing them by the strongest and most powerful motives . Nothing therefore is plainer , than that vir- tue is most acceptable , and vice moft odious in the fight of God . - We may further con- fider the ...
... hopes and fears , and drawing them by the strongest and most powerful motives . Nothing therefore is plainer , than that vir- tue is most acceptable , and vice moft odious in the fight of God . - We may further con- fider the ...
Side 16
... hopes depend hereupon , it is , confidered in itself , infinitely defirable . Our natural in- clinations are so far from being crossed and obftructed by religion , that the best and nobleft of them can be gratified no other way . The ...
... hopes depend hereupon , it is , confidered in itself , infinitely defirable . Our natural in- clinations are so far from being crossed and obftructed by religion , that the best and nobleft of them can be gratified no other way . The ...
Side 32
... hopes in the next . On the fide of his gains , mere cyphers ; that is , a few broken pleasures , or rather fhadows of pleasure , which vanished as a morning cloud , and as the early dew paffed away . The enjoyments of fin are fa fo very ...
... hopes in the next . On the fide of his gains , mere cyphers ; that is , a few broken pleasures , or rather fhadows of pleasure , which vanished as a morning cloud , and as the early dew paffed away . The enjoyments of fin are fa fo very ...
Side 35
... benefactor ; the author of all grace , the giver of all good , and the ground of all our hopes : in a word , it is to ferve Him who has every poffible claim D 2 claim and title to our fervice , and will have The Servitude of Sin . 35.
... benefactor ; the author of all grace , the giver of all good , and the ground of all our hopes : in a word , it is to ferve Him who has every poffible claim D 2 claim and title to our fervice , and will have The Servitude of Sin . 35.
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abfurd againſt anſwer becauſe beſt bleffings cafe caufe cauſe chriftians confequence confider confideration confifts corrupt courſe darkneſs defires difpofition diftinction diſcover divine doctrine duty enjoyments evil faculties fafe fame fatisfaction fecure feem feldom felves fenfe ferve fervice fhall fhew fhort fhould fince fincere firft firſt folly fome foon foul fpirit fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuppofe fure future ftate glory God's goodneſs goſpel greateſt happineſs hearts heaven higheſt himſelf honour human impoffible inftruction inſtead intereft itſelf juft juſt leaſt lefs mankind meaſure men's ment mind moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary never nobleft obferve object occafions oppofition ourſelves paffions perfect pleaſes pleaſure poffible praiſe precept prefent profperity propofed purpoſe purſuits reafon refpect religion ſenſe ſet ſhall ſhort ſpeaking ſtate ſtill ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion truth underſtandings univerfal uſe virtue wiſdom wiſh worfe worſhip
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Side 179 - Her ways. are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
Side 263 - As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
Side 167 - The way of a fool is right in his own eyes; but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
Side 236 - That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven : for he maketh his fun to rife on the evil and on the good, and fendeth rain on the juft and on the unjuft.
Side 21 - Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourfelves fervants to obey, his fervants ye are to whom ye obey ; whether of fin unto death, or of obedience unto righteoufnefs...
Side 285 - As well, nay better, and more easily, might he suppose that an earthquake might happen to build towns and cities ; or the materials carried down by a flood fit themselves up, without hands, to a regular fleet. For what are towns, cities, or fleets, in comparison of the vast and amazing fabric of...
Side 280 - Verily I say unto you, in as much as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
Side 323 - For Thou haft made him a little lower than the angels, and haft crowned him with glory and honour. Thou madeft him to have dominion over the works of Thy hands ; Thou haft put all things under his feet...
Side 164 - Contentment is a pearl of great price, and whoever procures it at the expense of ten thousand desires makes a wise and a happy purchase.
Side 284 - THE meanest insect we can see, the minutest and most contemptible weed we can tread upon, is really sufficient to confound atheism, and baffle all its pretensions. How much more that astonishing variety and multiplicity of God's works, with which we are continually surrounded ! Let any man survey the face of the earth, or lift up his eyes to the firmament ; let him consider the nature and instincts of...