Sermons on several subjects, publ. by B. Porteus and G. Stinton, Volume 3 |
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... Conduct in Life : and yet very few exa- mine , with any Care , what Conduct is likelieft to procure us the Felicity that we feek . The livelier Part of the World , hurried along by a giddy Tumult of Paffions and Fancies , ven- ture ...
... Conduct in Life : and yet very few exa- mine , with any Care , what Conduct is likelieft to procure us the Felicity that we feek . The livelier Part of the World , hurried along by a giddy Tumult of Paffions and Fancies , ven- ture ...
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... Conduct , II . On the Enjoyment , of our Lives . I. On our Conduct . Some indeed , miftaking the Dictates of Senfuality and Vanity for those of Reason , pre- fume to speak of the Author of our Nature , as if , by giving us the feveral ...
... Conduct , II . On the Enjoyment , of our Lives . I. On our Conduct . Some indeed , miftaking the Dictates of Senfuality and Vanity for those of Reason , pre- fume to speak of the Author of our Nature , as if , by giving us the feveral ...
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... Conduct ; the Prefence of that Thought would awe into Silence whatever was oppofite to it ; our bad Inclinations would die away and be forgotten ; good ones would spring up , and have nothing to oppofe their Growth ; a better Self , a ...
... Conduct ; the Prefence of that Thought would awe into Silence whatever was oppofite to it ; our bad Inclinations would die away and be forgotten ; good ones would spring up , and have nothing to oppofe their Growth ; a better Self , a ...
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... Conduct , or to inflame their Defires ; and to employ their Thoughts fo conftantly on what is good or lawful , as to exclude from them what is bad . For by fuch Care , early taken , the Prefervation of their Innocence will be eafy ...
... Conduct , or to inflame their Defires ; and to employ their Thoughts fo conftantly on what is good or lawful , as to exclude from them what is bad . For by fuch Care , early taken , the Prefervation of their Innocence will be eafy ...
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... Conduct intirely thrown aside . Witnefs the many Examples of Difpofitions , that once promised better Things , betrayed by Indulgences merely indifcreet at first , into grofs Vices , and fometimes open Diffolute- nefs . Now what ruins ...
... Conduct intirely thrown aside . Witnefs the many Examples of Difpofitions , that once promised better Things , betrayed by Indulgences merely indifcreet at first , into grofs Vices , and fometimes open Diffolute- nefs . Now what ruins ...
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Popular passages
Page 197 - Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy ; that they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate, laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
Page 59 - Rejoice, O young man in thy youth ; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes ; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Page 26 - There is nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the man.
Page 343 - ... 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 53 - Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown ; but we an incorruptible. I therefore so run, not as uncertainly ; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air ; but I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection ; lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a cast-away.
Page 283 - Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.
Page 171 - Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others. Let this mind be in you, which was also in Christ Jesus...
Page 18 - Light is sown for the righteous, And gladness for the upright in heart. Rejoice in the LORD, ye righteous ; And give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness.
Page 231 - Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which He hath promised to them that love Him?