Eleven Select SermonsGeorge Hough, 1806 - 298 pages |
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... whofe death , the ex- amination of his works , hath given us a fresh occafion to lament . We atteft this to the venerable Synod at Utrecht . In the fame fentiments , we fend the prefent atteftation to our dear brother , Mr. Dumont ...
... whofe death , the ex- amination of his works , hath given us a fresh occafion to lament . We atteft this to the venerable Synod at Utrecht . In the fame fentiments , we fend the prefent atteftation to our dear brother , Mr. Dumont ...
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... whofe profeffion is , not to enrich , but to save himself , and them who hear him . 1 Tim . iv . 16 . After Mr. Saurin had finished his ftudies , 1700 , he visited Holland and England . In the firft he made a very fhort ftay ; but in ...
... whofe profeffion is , not to enrich , but to save himself , and them who hear him . 1 Tim . iv . 16 . After Mr. Saurin had finished his ftudies , 1700 , he visited Holland and England . In the firft he made a very fhort ftay ; but in ...
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... whofe fake he fooke . An Italian acquaintance of mine , who often heard him at the Hague , tells me , that in the introductions of his fermons he used to deliver himfelf in a tone modeft and low ; in the body of the fermon , which was ...
... whofe fake he fooke . An Italian acquaintance of mine , who often heard him at the Hague , tells me , that in the introductions of his fermons he used to deliver himfelf in a tone modeft and low ; in the body of the fermon , which was ...
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... whofe candour I depend , yet I do not offer to publifh them to the world for the language of Mr. Saurin . I fhould have been glad to have pleafed every fubfcriber , by infert-- ing thofe fermons , which were most agreeable to him , had ...
... whofe candour I depend , yet I do not offer to publifh them to the world for the language of Mr. Saurin . I fhould have been glad to have pleafed every fubfcriber , by infert-- ing thofe fermons , which were most agreeable to him , had ...
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... whofe fyftem of atheifm , fays a fenfible writer , is more grofs , and therefore lefs dangerous , than others ; his poifer carrying its antidote with it . 3 skip like an unicorn and the binds to calve , 22 The Omnipresence of God .
... whofe fyftem of atheifm , fays a fenfible writer , is more grofs , and therefore lefs dangerous , than others ; his poifer carrying its antidote with it . 3 skip like an unicorn and the binds to calve , 22 The Omnipresence of God .
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Page 188 - The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous : the right hand of the LORD doeth valiantly.
Page 37 - Lord, thou knowest it altogether. Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
Page 163 - Cor. i. 30,) and elsewhere, that in him " are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge,
Page 147 - Fear not, Mary ; for thou hast found favour with God. And behold, thou shall conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shall call his name Jesus. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David. And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever ; and of his kingdom there shall be no end.
Page 97 - The rich and the poor meet together: The Lord is the maker of them all.
Page 147 - Galilee ; and leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim : that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, " The land of Zabulon, and the land of Nephthalim, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles ; the people which sat in darkness saw great light ; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up.
Page 148 - And it was told the house of David, saying, Syria is confederate with Ephraim. And his heart was moved, and the heart of his people, as the trees of the wood are moved with the wind.
Page 85 - ... loved them, and washed them from their sins in his own blood, and rejoicing in hope of the glory of God.
Page 49 - Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar : and he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips ; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged.
Page 168 - I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer. 2 Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.