The Clergyman's Instructor; Or, a Collection of Tracts on the Ministerial DutiesClarendon Press, 1827 - 443 pages |
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... , or eloquent , but holy : a cha- racter , that Hermogenes never dreamed of , and therefore he could give no precepts thereof . But it is gained , first , by choosing texts of devotion , not controversy , moving 44 The Country Parson .
... , or eloquent , but holy : a cha- racter , that Hermogenes never dreamed of , and therefore he could give no precepts thereof . But it is gained , first , by choosing texts of devotion , not controversy , moving 44 The Country Parson .
Page 141
... racter , and find the way to it too easy , and the access to it too free . But this holy father had a very different sense of this matter . He had indeed submitted to his father's au- thority , he being his bishop , as well as his ...
... racter , and find the way to it too easy , and the access to it too free . But this holy father had a very different sense of this matter . He had indeed submitted to his father's au- thority , he being his bishop , as well as his ...
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... racter . If these things are begun in him , if they are yet but as a grain of mustard seed ; yet if there is a life in them , and a vital sense of the tendencies and effects they must have , such a person , so moulded , 186 Of the ...
... racter . If these things are begun in him , if they are yet but as a grain of mustard seed ; yet if there is a life in them , and a vital sense of the tendencies and effects they must have , such a person , so moulded , 186 Of the ...
Page 322
... racter , as ministers of the gospel . Or , it may endear them to free and irregular livers , who delight in nothing more , than to see clergymen willing to become sharers in their irregularities . But whether that , in the end , proves ...
... racter , as ministers of the gospel . Or , it may endear them to free and irregular livers , who delight in nothing more , than to see clergymen willing to become sharers in their irregularities . But whether that , in the end , proves ...
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... racter and function , to be led into what is right by a sense of duty and conscience , than to be driven into it by the threatenings and penalties of the law . And a matter of conscience this certainly is , not only in itself , as it is ...
... racter and function , to be led into what is right by a sense of duty and conscience , than to be driven into it by the threatenings and penalties of the law . And a matter of conscience this certainly is , not only in itself , as it is ...
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Page 397 - Remember not, Lord, our offences, nor the offences of our forefathers ; neither take thou vengeance of our sins : spare us, good Lord, spare thy people, whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood, and be not angry with us for ever.
Page 404 - Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.
Page 397 - The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just.
Page 280 - One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
Page 420 - But if the watchman see the sword come, and blow not the trumpet, and the people be not warned ; if the sword come, and take any person from among them, he is taken away in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at the watchman's hand.
Page 36 - Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith ; or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching ; or he that exhorteth, on exhortation : he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity ; he that ruleth, with diligence ; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.
Page 122 - A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land; The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof (Jer.5:22-31).
Page 239 - I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; for kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
Page 286 - Have always therefore printed in your remembrance, how great a treasure is committed to your charge. For they are the sheep of Christ, which he bought with his death, and for whom he shed his blood.
Page 131 - And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.