Sermons Preached on Several Occasions: By James BurroughsT. Browne, 1733 - 275 pages |
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... . Pfalm CXIX . 106 . I have fworn , and I will perform it , that I will keep thy righteous judgments . 197 SERM . VIII . Another fermon on the fame text . 237 SER- : SERMON I. The wisdom of fearing GOD . JOB The CONTENTS .
... . Pfalm CXIX . 106 . I have fworn , and I will perform it , that I will keep thy righteous judgments . 197 SERM . VIII . Another fermon on the fame text . 237 SER- : SERMON I. The wisdom of fearing GOD . JOB The CONTENTS .
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... judgment and good fenfe . For if men deride us upon any of the former ac- counts , they expofe themselves rather than us ; and betray their own weak- nefs and folly , in defpifing us for things which give no juft occafion for juft ...
... judgment and good fenfe . For if men deride us upon any of the former ac- counts , they expofe themselves rather than us ; and betray their own weak- nefs and folly , in defpifing us for things which give no juft occafion for juft ...
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... judgment ; for that will fix him in a state of mife- ry , and bring on him indignation and wrath , tribulation and anguish . But it is otherwise with a religious man . Mark the perfect man , and behold the upright , for the end of that ...
... judgment ; for that will fix him in a state of mife- ry , and bring on him indignation and wrath , tribulation and anguish . But it is otherwise with a religious man . Mark the perfect man , and behold the upright , for the end of that ...
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... in- telligent man , a man of thought and judgment , who takes timely care to pre- vent thefe evils by repentance and obe- . dience to the laws of God . Thus Thus much shall fuffice for the proof of the wisdom 26 The wisdom of.
... in- telligent man , a man of thought and judgment , who takes timely care to pre- vent thefe evils by repentance and obe- . dience to the laws of God . Thus Thus much shall fuffice for the proof of the wisdom 26 The wisdom of.
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... judgment of things , we must come to this conclufion , that religion is the trueft wisdom ; because it contains in it a fenfe of the obligations we are under to to the author of our beings , and a be- 28 The wisdom of.
... judgment of things , we must come to this conclufion , that religion is the trueft wisdom ; because it contains in it a fenfe of the obligations we are under to to the author of our beings , and a be- 28 The wisdom of.
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