Discourses preached at the Temple church, and on several occasions. To which are added, Discourses on the use and intent of prophecy [&c.]., Volume 2 |
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... against the many evils of life : this is our sheet - anchor ; with this , no ftate of life is infupportable ; without it , no condition is to- lerable . Give me leave to examine before you the truth of this affertion . Such is the Some ...
... against the many evils of life : this is our sheet - anchor ; with this , no ftate of life is infupportable ; without it , no condition is to- lerable . Give me leave to examine before you the truth of this affertion . Such is the Some ...
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... against the natu- ral fear of death : if any thing , it is a support against the fear of guilt , but no fupport against the fear of death . For , suppose the man who believes nothing of the being of God , to be however a man of moral ...
... against the natu- ral fear of death : if any thing , it is a support against the fear of guilt , but no fupport against the fear of death . For , suppose the man who believes nothing of the being of God , to be however a man of moral ...
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... against the fear of death , are but like cordials given to criminals before execution , which leffen their fears only in proportion as they weaken their fenfe and under- ftanding . Since then we must neceffarily die , the fear of death ...
... against the fear of death , are but like cordials given to criminals before execution , which leffen their fears only in proportion as they weaken their fenfe and under- ftanding . Since then we must neceffarily die , the fear of death ...
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... against the cafualties of fortune , and the torments which the disappointments of the world bring with them ; that can fave us from the cares and folicitudes which attend upon large poffef- fions , and give us a mind capable of ...
... against the cafualties of fortune , and the torments which the disappointments of the world bring with them ; that can fave us from the cares and folicitudes which attend upon large poffef- fions , and give us a mind capable of ...
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... against the evils and calamities of the world , to which every condition of life is more or less expofed ; fo the terrors of religion , being very grievous in themselves , exclufive of these comforts , add weight to all our miseries ...
... against the evils and calamities of the world , to which every condition of life is more or less expofed ; fo the terrors of religion , being very grievous in themselves , exclufive of these comforts , add weight to all our miseries ...
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Page 49 - In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, And rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. His going forth is from the end of the heaven, And his circuit unto the ends of it : And there is nothing hid from the heat thereof.
Page 376 - For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly ; neither is that circumcision which is outward in the flesh : but he is a Jew, which is one inwardly ; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter ; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
Page 358 - And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
Page 455 - ... that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of his power to usward who believe according to the working of his mighty power, .which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead...
Page 359 - Verily I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city.
Page 175 - A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
Page 49 - There is no speech nor language, Where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth, And their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun...
Page 288 - What, could ye not watch with me one hour? Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
Page 455 - ... 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 420 - ... who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high ; being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.