Sermons on Practical Subjects, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1798 |
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... universal na- ture . He is not more truly present in the most magnificent temple , in the most numerous affembly , or even in the most glorious celeftial regions , than in the humbleft cottage or the most solitary retreat . The Eternal ...
... universal na- ture . He is not more truly present in the most magnificent temple , in the most numerous affembly , or even in the most glorious celeftial regions , than in the humbleft cottage or the most solitary retreat . The Eternal ...
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... universal frame , Thus wondrous fair ! thyself how wondrous then ! Unfpeakable ! who fit'ft above these heavens To us invifible , or dimly feen In these thy loweft works : yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought and power Divine ...
... universal frame , Thus wondrous fair ! thyself how wondrous then ! Unfpeakable ! who fit'ft above these heavens To us invifible , or dimly feen In these thy loweft works : yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought and power Divine ...
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... universal obligation . One of the most meritorious fervices which any one can render to his fpecies is , to endeavour to diffipate the clouds of error , and diffuse the light of truth , by freely communi- cating the refult of diligent ...
... universal obligation . One of the most meritorious fervices which any one can render to his fpecies is , to endeavour to diffipate the clouds of error , and diffuse the light of truth , by freely communi- cating the refult of diligent ...
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... universal de- pravity . If we fometimes meet with men who openly avow their dereliction of every principle of religion , and every moral obligation , and have the effrontery to confefs that they know only one rulé of conduct , that ...
... universal de- pravity . If we fometimes meet with men who openly avow their dereliction of every principle of religion , and every moral obligation , and have the effrontery to confefs that they know only one rulé of conduct , that ...
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... universal distrust but universal confusion ? Bad as the world is , it is , then , not true , nor approaching to the truth , that all men are knaves , or that all men are liars . The fact on the prefent question is fo clear , that the ...
... universal distrust but universal confusion ? Bad as the world is , it is , then , not true , nor approaching to the truth , that all men are knaves , or that all men are liars . The fact on the prefent question is fo clear , that the ...
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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...