The Sermons, and Other Practical Works of the Late Reverend and Learned Mr. Ralph Erskine ...: Consisting of Above One Hundred and Fifty Sermons, Besides His Poetical Pieces ... To which is Prefixed, an Account of the Author's Life and Writings, with an Elegiac Poem, and Large Contents ...W. Smith, 1777 |
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Page vii
... honour- ably defcended of very refpectable ancestors ; his father , the Rev. Mr. HENRY ERSKINE , being one of the thirty- three children of RALPH ERSKINE of Shielfield , a fa- mily of confiderable repute and standing in the county of ...
... honour- ably defcended of very refpectable ancestors ; his father , the Rev. Mr. HENRY ERSKINE , being one of the thirty- three children of RALPH ERSKINE of Shielfield , a fa- mily of confiderable repute and standing in the county of ...
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... honoured by the Moft High , in his public mini- ftrations , in anfwering the doubts , and folving the per- plexing cafes of the truly exercifed foul ; inftances where- of his works abound with . He converfed much with thofe exercised to ...
... honoured by the Moft High , in his public mini- ftrations , in anfwering the doubts , and folving the per- plexing cafes of the truly exercifed foul ; inftances where- of his works abound with . He converfed much with thofe exercised to ...
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... honoured to be the happy instruments of it ; yet he joined with those who favoured their tefti- mony , was of the number of the protefters against any fentence that was paffed against them , and kept commu- nion with them . He did not ...
... honoured to be the happy instruments of it ; yet he joined with those who favoured their tefti- mony , was of the number of the protefters against any fentence that was paffed against them , and kept commu- nion with them . He did not ...
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... honour upon him ; in regard it hath given the greatest display of his abilities , both as a divine and philofopher , and how capable he was to ex- haust any point , when he fet himself to it , even in an abstract way of reafoning a book ...
... honour upon him ; in regard it hath given the greatest display of his abilities , both as a divine and philofopher , and how capable he was to ex- haust any point , when he fet himself to it , even in an abstract way of reafoning a book ...
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... honour and cause of Christ , a steady boldness in defending his truths , and a firm attachment to the doctrine , worship , difcipline , and government of the church of Scotland . -But as the judicious and intelligent readers will obtain ...
... honour and cause of Christ , a steady boldness in defending his truths , and a firm attachment to the doctrine , worship , difcipline , and government of the church of Scotland . -But as the judicious and intelligent readers will obtain ...
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Page 450 - It shall even be as when an hungry man dreameth, and, behold, he eateth; but he awaketh, and his soul is empty: or as when a thirsty man dreameth, and, behold, he drinketh; but he awaketh, and, behold, he is faint, and his soul hath appetite: so shall the multitude of all the nations be, that fight against mount Zion.
Page 381 - This only would I learn of you, Received ye the Spirit by the works of the law, or by the hearing of faith ? "Are ye so foolish?
Page 154 - And therefore will the Lord wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
Page 452 - For I was alive without the law once : but when the commandment came, sin revived, and I died.
Page 247 - I am the Lord; that is my name; and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
Page 251 - Sanctify the LORD of hosts himself; and let him be your fear, and let him be your dread. And he shall be for a sanctuary...
Page 298 - Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
Page 356 - A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things, and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
Page 159 - Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things that are written in the book of the law to do them,
Page 479 - Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.