Sermons, Volume 2Hickman & Hazzard, 1822 - Presbyterian Church |
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... means of full instruction in the truth . The Angel accosts him with this salutation , Cornelius , Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God . It is to the conjunction of prayers and alms that I purpose now to ...
... means of full instruction in the truth . The Angel accosts him with this salutation , Cornelius , Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God . It is to the conjunction of prayers and alms that I purpose now to ...
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... mean time , persons of this character condemn them- selves to live a most unquiet life . They pass their days in per- petual anxiety , listening to every motion , startled by every alarm ; changing their measures on every new occurrence ...
... mean time , persons of this character condemn them- selves to live a most unquiet life . They pass their days in per- petual anxiety , listening to every motion , startled by every alarm ; changing their measures on every new occurrence ...
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... mean or trifling incidents which occasionally fa- voured their designs ; with what superior satisfaction does the servant of God remark the hand of that gracious Power which hath raised him up ; which hath happily conducted him through ...
... mean or trifling incidents which occasionally fa- voured their designs ; with what superior satisfaction does the servant of God remark the hand of that gracious Power which hath raised him up ; which hath happily conducted him through ...
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... exertions . which are the means of purifying and perfect- ing the good . On the competition between time and eternity de- pends the chief exercise of human virtue . The obscurity 56 [ SERMON IV . On our Imperfect Knowledge.
... exertions . which are the means of purifying and perfect- ing the good . On the competition between time and eternity de- pends the chief exercise of human virtue . The obscurity 56 [ SERMON IV . On our Imperfect Knowledge.
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... mean to deny forgiveness to the penitent and the hum- ble ? When , overcome by the sense of guilt , man looks up with an astonished eye to the justice of his , Creator , let him recollect that hour which the text speaks , and be ...
... mean to deny forgiveness to the penitent and the hum- ble ? When , overcome by the sense of guilt , man looks up with an astonished eye to the justice of his , Creator , let him recollect that hour which the text speaks , and be ...
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Page 453 - Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun : but if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all ; yet let him remember the days of darkness ; for they shall be many.
Page 383 - Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near...
Page 313 - So now it was not you that sent me hither, but God ; and he hath made me a father to Pharaoh, and lord of all his house, and a ruler throughout all the land of Egypt.
Page 259 - Boast not thyself of to-morrow ; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
Page 313 - shine as the brightness of the firmament, and as the stars for ever and ever.
Page iv - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear ; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Page 174 - Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth : therefore let thy words be few.
Page 394 - For honourable age is not that which standeth in length of time, nor that is measured by number of years ; but wisdom is the grey hair unto men, and an unspotted life is old age.
Page 163 - And Judah said unto his brethren, What profit is it if we slay our brother, and conceal his blood? Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh : and his brethren were content.
Page 233 - They shall perish, but thou shalt endure: Yea, all of them shall wax old like a garment; As a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: 27 But thou art the same, And thy years shall have no end. 28 The children of thy servants shall continue, And their seed shall be established before thee.