Sermons on Practical Subjects, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1798 |
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... acts of devotion . The God whom we worship is no local deity , prefiding over a particular region or country , but the God of universal na- ture . He is not more truly present in the most magnificent temple , in the most numerous ...
... acts of devotion . The God whom we worship is no local deity , prefiding over a particular region or country , but the God of universal na- ture . He is not more truly present in the most magnificent temple , in the most numerous ...
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... both towards God and man . An appeal to Heaven by an oath appears peculiarly folemn , when it is confidered , that in this act of religion we call the God of truth to attest that we speak the truth . D 3 of On the Faithfulness of God . 37.
... both towards God and man . An appeal to Heaven by an oath appears peculiarly folemn , when it is confidered , that in this act of religion we call the God of truth to attest that we speak the truth . D 3 of On the Faithfulness of God . 37.
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... acts of devotion declare our defire and de- termination to obey the will of God , we ought to confider thefe external acts of religion as a folemn promise , by which we acknowledge our affent to the eternal law of reason , and bind ...
... acts of devotion declare our defire and de- termination to obey the will of God , we ought to confider thefe external acts of religion as a folemn promise , by which we acknowledge our affent to the eternal law of reason , and bind ...
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... acts of kindness . As in the human body , the eye cannot fay to the hand , I have no need of thee , nor again , the head , I have no need of you ; fo in the general body of fociety , no individual can claim independence on his brethren ...
... acts of kindness . As in the human body , the eye cannot fay to the hand , I have no need of thee , nor again , the head , I have no need of you ; fo in the general body of fociety , no individual can claim independence on his brethren ...
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... strength , worships him in fpirit and in truth , and commits himself to him in the way of well - doing , experiences a kind of fatisfac- tion and delight in religious contempla- tion and in acts tion 74 The Chriftian Religion.
... strength , worships him in fpirit and in truth , and commits himself to him in the way of well - doing , experiences a kind of fatisfac- tion and delight in religious contempla- tion and in acts tion 74 The Chriftian Religion.
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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...