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... a perpetual tendency downwards into vice and disorder . To direct and impel it upwards , requires a constant effort . Experience may convince VOL . II . D you , SERMON you , that almost every desire has a pro- of the Heart . 33.
... a perpetual tendency downwards into vice and disorder . To direct and impel it upwards , requires a constant effort . Experience may convince VOL . II . D you , SERMON you , that almost every desire has a pro- of the Heart . 33.
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... direct influence on conduct . It is plain , that thought gives the first impulse to every principle of action . Actions are , in truth , no other than thoughts ripened into consistency and substance . So certain is this , that to judge ...
... direct influence on conduct . It is plain , that thought gives the first impulse to every principle of action . Actions are , in truth , no other than thoughts ripened into consistency and substance . So certain is this , that to judge ...
Page 95
... direct path is always pointed out to man . The Supreme Being is , and was , and ever will be , the supporter of order and virtue ; the righteous Lord loving righteousness . The external forms of religion may vary ; but under all ...
... direct path is always pointed out to man . The Supreme Being is , and was , and ever will be , the supporter of order and virtue ; the righteous Lord loving righteousness . The external forms of religion may vary ; but under all ...
Page 134
... direct approach to the Sovereign of the uni- verse ; and laboured to find out some auspi- cious introductor to that awful présence . With blind and trembling eagerness the nations fled to subordinate deities , to tute- lar V. lar gods ...
... direct approach to the Sovereign of the uni- verse ; and laboured to find out some auspi- cious introductor to that awful présence . With blind and trembling eagerness the nations fled to subordinate deities , to tute- lar V. lar gods ...
Page 144
... direct competition between our duty and our fancied honour , between the praise of men and the praise of God , the passion for ap- plause may become criminal , by occupying the place of a better principle . When vain- glory usurps the ...
... direct competition between our duty and our fancied honour , between the praise of men and the praise of God , the passion for ap- plause may become criminal , by occupying the place of a better principle . When vain- glory usurps the ...
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Page 188 - But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
Page 121 - Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need
Page vii - It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
Page 127 - Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more ? Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore? Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies?
Page 105 - Hath he said, and shall he not do it ? Hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good...
Page 211 - I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave : I am deprived of the residue of my years. I said, I shall not see the LORD, Even the LORD, in the land of the living : I shall behold man no more With the inhabitants of the world.
Page 220 - I am the Resurrection, and the Life : he that believeth on Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live : and whosoever liveth and believeth in
Page vii - And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord ? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child. And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing?
Page 295 - Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
Page 381 - By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent...