Sermons on the Dignity of Man: And the Value of the Objects Principally Relating to Human Happiness, Volume 1Thomas & Sturtevant, 1807 - Dignity |
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... expect at his hands ! What degree of perfection and bliss may not be attainable by them ! Lastly , consider man in his outward figure , and his station in the world . Consider the place he fills upon the earth ; what he is and does with ...
... expect at his hands ! What degree of perfection and bliss may not be attainable by them ! Lastly , consider man in his outward figure , and his station in the world . Consider the place he fills upon the earth ; what he is and does with ...
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... and no greater satisfactions to expect ! And still dost thou tremble at the approach of death , which is to put thee in possession of such great felicity ! And still dost thou shudder and start at the sight 30 What is in Opposition to.
... and no greater satisfactions to expect ! And still dost thou tremble at the approach of death , which is to put thee in possession of such great felicity ! And still dost thou shudder and start at the sight 30 What is in Opposition to.
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... expect from all he has here learnt and done and suffered and sacrificed and practised ! How little nourishment for his nobler sentiments , how little incitement to great and generous actions , to hard but beneficial undertakings , what ...
... expect from all he has here learnt and done and suffered and sacrificed and practised ! How little nourishment for his nobler sentiments , how little incitement to great and generous actions , to hard but beneficial undertakings , what ...
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... expect to reap in due time without ceasing ; work , like our great leader and precursor Jesus , while it is day , that the night may not come upon you before your task be finished ; carefully re- deem the time , and mark as much as ...
... expect to reap in due time without ceasing ; work , like our great leader and precursor Jesus , while it is day , that the night may not come upon you before your task be finished ; carefully re- deem the time , and mark as much as ...
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... expect from us , and which they cannot so confidently hope to receive from any other . We thereby plunge them perhaps , into the utmost indigence and distress , bring them to the brink of ruin , and leave them a prey to poverty ...
... expect from us , and which they cannot so confidently hope to receive from any other . We thereby plunge them perhaps , into the utmost indigence and distress , bring them to the brink of ruin , and leave them a prey to poverty ...
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Page 211 - And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by Him.
Page 170 - And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither : for God did send me before you to preserve life.
Page 384 - It is a faithful saying : For if we be dead with Him, we shall also live with Him : if we suffer, we shall also reign with Him...
Page 189 - They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge. Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold. For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
Page 126 - For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
Page 317 - Savior says, that it will profit a man nothing to have gained the whole world, if he lose his own soul ; or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul...
Page 267 - I am the way, the truth, and the life ;" — " I am the light of the world," — are declarations of a similar import.
Page 402 - CHRIST ; showing, of a truth, that " the sufferings of this present time are not to be compared with the glory that shall be revealed in us.
Page 246 - His kingdom is not in meats and drinks, but in righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
Page 385 - I am the resurrection, and the life: he that bclieveth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: 26 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die.