Sermons Preached on Several Occasions: By James BurroughsT. Browne, 1733 - 275 pages |
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Page 64
... , as fuch ; then we may be fure that christians are not exempted from it . For if they did but live according to the doctrine which they embrace , they would would be the most holy and religious of all men 64 Conftant joy.
... , as fuch ; then we may be fure that christians are not exempted from it . For if they did but live according to the doctrine which they embrace , they would would be the most holy and religious of all men 64 Conftant joy.
Page 65
... christians not only to rejoice , but to rejoice ever- more intimating that the chriftian's joy fhould not be fleeting and tranfitory , like that of the world , which perhaps is raised to a very high pitch one day , and vanishes the next ...
... christians not only to rejoice , but to rejoice ever- more intimating that the chriftian's joy fhould not be fleeting and tranfitory , like that of the world , which perhaps is raised to a very high pitch one day , and vanishes the next ...
Page 67
... christian fympathize with his christian brother in his afflictions ? will he not partake of his griefs , and enter ... christians in all ages . What fhall we fay therefore to this difficulty ? On the one hand it cannot be denied , that ...
... christian fympathize with his christian brother in his afflictions ? will he not partake of his griefs , and enter ... christians in all ages . What fhall we fay therefore to this difficulty ? On the one hand it cannot be denied , that ...
Page 68
... christian at once to mourn and to rejoice . Sorrow ( as one well ' defines it ) is an uneafinefs of mind upon the thought of a good loft , which might have been enjoy'd longer , or the fenfe of a prefent evil : and joy ' is a delight of ...
... christian at once to mourn and to rejoice . Sorrow ( as one well ' defines it ) is an uneafinefs of mind upon the thought of a good loft , which might have been enjoy'd longer , or the fenfe of a prefent evil : and joy ' is a delight of ...
Page 72
... christians from a vicious courfe , by the confidera- tion of the many evils which attend it . See verfe 21. What fruit had ye then in thofe things whereof ye are now afhamed ? for the end of those things is death . In this verfe there ...
... christians from a vicious courfe , by the confidera- tion of the many evils which attend it . See verfe 21. What fruit had ye then in thofe things whereof ye are now afhamed ? for the end of those things is death . In this verfe there ...
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Page 155 - I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ...
Page 39 - Who will render to every man according to his deeds: To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life : But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, Tribulation and anguish, upon every soul of man that doeth evil...
Page 68 - But now the righteousness of God without the Law is manifested, being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets; even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference...
Page 11 - Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools. And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.
Page 41 - Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God ? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old ? Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul...
Page 97 - Now them that are such we command and exhort, by our Lord Jesus Christ, that with quietness they work, and eat their own bread.
Page 80 - Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live? For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure; but he for our profit, that we might be partakers of his holiness.
Page 220 - Trust in him. at all times; ye people, pour out your heart before him: God is a refuge for us.
Page 3 - But where shall wisdom be found? and where is the place of understanding? Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. The depth saith, It is not in me; and the sea saith, It is not with me.
Page 180 - Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause...