Sermons on Practical Subjects, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1798 |
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... divine . His manner of delivery was grave and impreffive , affecting rather a tenor of uniform dignity than a variety of expreffion , for which his voice was not well calculated . It was entirely free from what is called tone , and ...
... divine . His manner of delivery was grave and impreffive , affecting rather a tenor of uniform dignity than a variety of expreffion , for which his voice was not well calculated . It was entirely free from what is called tone , and ...
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... divine nature and perfections . Pof- fibly the test of rationality might with him fuperfede that of literary criticism . It will be seen from the fubjects felected for this publication , that moral topics were much more congenial to him ...
... divine nature and perfections . Pof- fibly the test of rationality might with him fuperfede that of literary criticism . It will be seen from the fubjects felected for this publication , that moral topics were much more congenial to him ...
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... Divine infpection , and he com- prehends in one view the immenfity of the creation . Boundless as the Divine works are - and philofophy difcovers to us worlds beyond worlds in endless progref- fion - they all lie open to the view of the ...
... Divine infpection , and he com- prehends in one view the immenfity of the creation . Boundless as the Divine works are - and philofophy difcovers to us worlds beyond worlds in endless progref- fion - they all lie open to the view of the ...
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... to that attribute of the divine nature which is the fubject of our prefent meditations . If God be every where prefent , it is very evident , that he B 4 cannot reft . cannot be more in one place than in On the Omniprefence of God . 7.
... to that attribute of the divine nature which is the fubject of our prefent meditations . If God be every where prefent , it is very evident , that he B 4 cannot reft . cannot be more in one place than in On the Omniprefence of God . 7.
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... Divine nature : for it is most evi- dently impoffible , that the great Being , who is every where , fhould be of an hu- man form , or should be inclofed in a hu- man body . This doctrine may be farther applied to expose the folly This ...
... Divine nature : for it is most evi- dently impoffible , that the great Being , who is every where , fhould be of an hu- man form , or should be inclofed in a hu- man body . This doctrine may be farther applied to expose the folly This ...
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Page 19 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; And backward, but I cannot perceive him: On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: He hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him: But he knoweth the way that I take: When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Page xlvii - For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think ; but to think soberly, according as God- hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
Page 241 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Page 252 - Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
Page 32 - He will not only pardon, but pardon abundantly: for his thoughts are not as our thoughts, nor his ways as our ways.
Page 40 - Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds ; and have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of Him that created him...
Page 6 - Whither shall I go from Thy Spirit? or whither shall I flee from Thy presence ? If I ascend up into heaven, Thou art there ; if I make my bed in the grave, behold, Thou art there.
Page 53 - With whose beauty if they being delighted took them to be gods; let them know how much better the Lord of them is: for the first author of beauty hath created them.
Page 346 - ... hath made of one blood all nations of men to dwell on all the face of the earth...
Page 31 - Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations...