SermonsJ. Moir, Royal Bank Close, 1803 - 491 pages |
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... thefe are points of natural religion , on which Christianity raises her superstructure . These she has , indeed , more clearly unfolded and more firmly efta- blished , than was , or could ever have been done , by the mere efforts of ...
... thefe are points of natural religion , on which Christianity raises her superstructure . These she has , indeed , more clearly unfolded and more firmly efta- blished , than was , or could ever have been done , by the mere efforts of ...
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... thefe emotions . It is a rapturous , but , at the fame time , a folemn ; -a vivid , but also a steady ; —an ar- dent , but moreover a calm , temperate , and permanent affection . It excludes , on the one hand , extravagant and indecent ...
... thefe emotions . It is a rapturous , but , at the fame time , a folemn ; -a vivid , but also a steady ; —an ar- dent , but moreover a calm , temperate , and permanent affection . It excludes , on the one hand , extravagant and indecent ...
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... thefe , when our thoughts are directed to Him who formed the universe itself , who spake and it was done , who commanded and it stood fast * ? What comparison , then , can be made be- C 2 * Psalm xxxiii.9 .荞 tween II . SERM . tween the ...
... thefe , when our thoughts are directed to Him who formed the universe itself , who spake and it was done , who commanded and it stood fast * ? What comparison , then , can be made be- C 2 * Psalm xxxiii.9 .荞 tween II . SERM . tween the ...
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... thefe en- joyments concentre in the highest degree . It gives exercife to the finest feelings of our nature . The foul , which it fills , animates , and moves , is both confcious of the defire and pursuit of moral excellence , and is ...
... thefe en- joyments concentre in the highest degree . It gives exercife to the finest feelings of our nature . The foul , which it fills , animates , and moves , is both confcious of the defire and pursuit of moral excellence , and is ...
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... thefe affections ? What can be more be- coming , than that thofe , who ftrongly ap- prove benevolence , exhibited by their fel- low men , and feel the lively emotions of gratitude , when they experience its ef- fects , fhould ...
... thefe affections ? What can be more be- coming , than that thofe , who ftrongly ap- prove benevolence , exhibited by their fel- low men , and feel the lively emotions of gratitude , when they experience its ef- fects , fhould ...
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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.