Sermons on Select Subjects, Volume 1T. Osborne, 1743 - 436 pages |
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... excellent Being ; and therefore when we fay , God is a Spirit , we do not mean , that he is fuch a Being as Angels and the Souls of Men are ; but only that , being of a fpiritual Nature , he tranfcends the Excellency of Angelic Natures ...
... excellent Being ; and therefore when we fay , God is a Spirit , we do not mean , that he is fuch a Being as Angels and the Souls of Men are ; but only that , being of a fpiritual Nature , he tranfcends the Excellency of Angelic Natures ...
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... excellent Ends , and effects them by the most proper and becoming Means ; and , though there are different Degrees of Wisdom in the Creatures , yet the wi- feft of them all are in fome Circumftan- ces deficient , and God is truly ftiled ...
... excellent Ends , and effects them by the most proper and becoming Means ; and , though there are different Degrees of Wisdom in the Creatures , yet the wi- feft of them all are in fome Circumftan- ces deficient , and God is truly ftiled ...
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... excellent Reward than any this World can afford him , that dares oppofe himself against the Stream , and stem the Torrent of a vicious Age . He must by an Eye of Faith behold the Glory of a future State , who can be able to con- temn ...
... excellent Reward than any this World can afford him , that dares oppofe himself against the Stream , and stem the Torrent of a vicious Age . He must by an Eye of Faith behold the Glory of a future State , who can be able to con- temn ...
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... excellent Being , and therefore to be loved and admired , ferved and obeyed , for his own Sake , without any Refpect to our Convenience and Advantage ; and that as , on the one Hand , to be frighted out of our Sins , by the Terror of ...
... excellent Being , and therefore to be loved and admired , ferved and obeyed , for his own Sake , without any Refpect to our Convenience and Advantage ; and that as , on the one Hand , to be frighted out of our Sins , by the Terror of ...
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... excellent and incómprehenfible Rewards which God has prepared for those that love him ; and of those dreadful and in- tolerable Punishments which God has de- nounced against the impenitent Offenders ; fhould put us upon a ferious ...
... excellent and incómprehenfible Rewards which God has prepared for those that love him ; and of those dreadful and in- tolerable Punishments which God has de- nounced against the impenitent Offenders ; fhould put us upon a ferious ...
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Popular passages
Page 209 - My substance was not hid from thee, when I was made in secret, and curiously wrought in the lowest parts of the earth.
Page 152 - Thus saith the Lord, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool : where is the house that ye build unto me ? and where is the place of my rest ? For all those things hath mine hand made...
Page 291 - God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness. But ye have not so learned Christ; if so be that ye have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus...
Page 251 - The Lord is slow to anger, and great in power, and will not at all acquit the wicked : the Lord hath His way in the whirlwind and in the storm, and the clouds are the dust of His feet.
Page 39 - All things come alike to all: there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth, and to him that sacrificeth not: as is the good, so is the sinner; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
Page 199 - To fight the good fight of faith, and lay hold upon eternal life." " To serve God acceptably, with reverence and godly fear." " To be steadfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as we know that our labour is not in vain in the Lord.
Page 223 - Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches : but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth Me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth : for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.
Page 195 - And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail ; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath ; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them...
Page 71 - I Therefore the prisoner of the Lord beseech you, that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called, with all lowliness and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love ; endeavouring to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace.
Page 291 - That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts; And be renewed in the spirit of your mind; And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.