The Works of the Rev. John Witherspoon...: To which is Prefixed an Account of the Author's Life, in a Sermon Occasioned by His Death, Volume 1William W. Woodward, n.̊ 52, South second street., 1802 - 475 pages |
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Page 56
... suffer , because they will not obey . But where there is a complete sense of obligation , it im- plies a belief of the righteousness of the law , as well as the power of the law - giver ; of the equity , nay , the excellence of the ...
... suffer , because they will not obey . But where there is a complete sense of obligation , it im- plies a belief of the righteousness of the law , as well as the power of the law - giver ; of the equity , nay , the excellence of the ...
Page 138
... Suffer me to befpeak the readers of this clafs in the following terms . Are not many of you a wonder to yourselves , as well as to one another ? Is not your danger often pointed out to you in the cleareft manner ? Is not your character ...
... Suffer me to befpeak the readers of this clafs in the following terms . Are not many of you a wonder to yourselves , as well as to one another ? Is not your danger often pointed out to you in the cleareft manner ? Is not your character ...
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... Suffer me now to conclude this general account of the fpirit and temper of the regenerate , with a few particu- lar characters , by which they will commonly be distin- guifhed . 1. The new nature will discover itfelf by great humi- lity ...
... Suffer me now to conclude this general account of the fpirit and temper of the regenerate , with a few particu- lar characters , by which they will commonly be distin- guifhed . 1. The new nature will discover itfelf by great humi- lity ...
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... Suffer me to afk every parent who reads this difcourfe , or rather to befeech all fuch , to afk themselves ferioufly , what are their own strongest defires and hopes concerning their children ? In those moments when your affections are ...
... Suffer me to afk every parent who reads this difcourfe , or rather to befeech all fuch , to afk themselves ferioufly , what are their own strongest defires and hopes concerning their children ? In those moments when your affections are ...
Page 185
... suffering to be no fuffering . But if you are sensible that you ftill adhere to God as your portion , that you cannot find peace or reft in any thing elfe ; and that a whole world would not induce you to give up even your doubtful title ...
... suffering to be no fuffering . But if you are sensible that you ftill adhere to God as your portion , that you cannot find peace or reft in any thing elfe ; and that a whole world would not induce you to give up even your doubtful title ...
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Page 243 - Except a man be born again, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God,
Page 155 - But by the grace of God I am what I am; and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all; yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.
Page 294 - I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.
Page 452 - Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another ; and the Lord hearkened, and heard it : and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.
Page 279 - I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
Page 501 - If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.
Page 262 - Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools. And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.
Page 481 - To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto Me ? saith the LORD : I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts ; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats.
Page 304 - And this is his commandment, That we should believe on the name of his Son Jesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave us commandment.
Page 480 - Samuel said, hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices as in obeying the voice of the Lord ? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken, than the fat of rams.