SermonsJ. Moir, Royal Bank Close, 1803 - 491 pages |
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... affiduous efforts . If we increase our own knowledge of divine things , if we investigate the facred oracles , if we im- prove * Luke ix . 46 . + Acts i . 3 . i prove in the wisdom that is from above * 14 On the Duty and Character.
... affiduous efforts . If we increase our own knowledge of divine things , if we investigate the facred oracles , if we im- prove * Luke ix . 46 . + Acts i . 3 . i prove in the wisdom that is from above * 14 On the Duty and Character.
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... increase , or to preserve , a fortune , what better means could we employ , than Christian diligence and honesty ? To rife to preferment and honour , what fo efficacious , as that inflex- ible integrity , that cheerful and ready fub ...
... increase , or to preserve , a fortune , what better means could we employ , than Christian diligence and honesty ? To rife to preferment and honour , what fo efficacious , as that inflex- ible integrity , that cheerful and ready fub ...
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... will not , in the end , contribute to the increase of its happiness ! These are joys pure and fubftantial , fuit- ed to the dignity of the rational nature , and independent of our brutal part . These can S ER 66 On the foy and Peace.
... will not , in the end , contribute to the increase of its happiness ! These are joys pure and fubftantial , fuit- ed to the dignity of the rational nature , and independent of our brutal part . These can S ER 66 On the foy and Peace.
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... increase of its funds , and to infinuate that they are not adequately applied , ( and , alas ! fuch have been found ! ) let them bestow fome attention on exa- mining its nature , its objects , its progress , and IV . SERM . and its ...
... increase of its funds , and to infinuate that they are not adequately applied , ( and , alas ! fuch have been found ! ) let them bestow fome attention on exa- mining its nature , its objects , its progress , and IV . SERM . and its ...
Page 237
... increase of mental stability , weakens the bondage of corrup tion , and brings him nearer to the glorious liberty of the children of God * . Advancing thus in his virtuous progrefs , he acquires , at every step , fresh vigour and ...
... increase of mental stability , weakens the bondage of corrup tion , and brings him nearer to the glorious liberty of the children of God * . Advancing thus in his virtuous progrefs , he acquires , at every step , fresh vigour and ...
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Page 46 - Bring no more vain oblations; incense is an abomination unto me; the new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; it is iniquity, even the solemn meeting. Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth; they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them.
Page 46 - Wash ye, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; "Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Page 46 - And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Page 325 - Two things have I required of thee ; deny me them not before I die: Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me: lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Page 146 - REMEMBER now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them...
Page 423 - Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.
Page 222 - According as his divine power hath given unto us all things that pertain unto life and godliness, through the knowledge of him that hath called us to glory and virtue : Whereby are given unto us exceeding great and precious promises: that by these ye might be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
Page 373 - For the love of money is the root of all evil : which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Page 228 - The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: which indeed is the least of all seeds : but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.