Sermons. To which is prefixed, a biogr. memoir [signed P.].1834 |
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... immortal interests in which so many of the children of men waste the season allotted for their preparation for eternity . And the number of those who thus live in sloth and carelessness about their most import- ant interests is not ...
... immortal interests in which so many of the children of men waste the season allotted for their preparation for eternity . And the number of those who thus live in sloth and carelessness about their most import- ant interests is not ...
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... immortal being can be intrusted ? Then do you act as it be- comes the candidates for an immortal inheritance ; and , during the brief and transient season that Providence affords you , you will have the assurance of those " durable ...
... immortal being can be intrusted ? Then do you act as it be- comes the candidates for an immortal inheritance ; and , during the brief and transient season that Providence affords you , you will have the assurance of those " durable ...
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... literature which accords best with his taste and inclination ; and may interrupt his pursuits or vary his studies as he feels disposed , or as his situation may prompt him . But in the pursuit of life and immortality it is SERMON I. 51.
... literature which accords best with his taste and inclination ; and may interrupt his pursuits or vary his studies as he feels disposed , or as his situation may prompt him . But in the pursuit of life and immortality it is SERMON I. 51.
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John Johnston. But in the pursuit of life and immortality it is not left to the sons of men to say to what extent , or at what intervals , they shall direct their attention to this high concern . If they do so , they do it at their peril ...
John Johnston. But in the pursuit of life and immortality it is not left to the sons of men to say to what extent , or at what intervals , they shall direct their attention to this high concern . If they do so , they do it at their peril ...
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... immortal interests from day to day , and from year to year , he must look with equal carelessness and disregard on the improvement and happiness of his brethren . He who does not make any seri- ous or urgent inquiries what he himself ...
... immortal interests from day to day , and from year to year , he must look with equal carelessness and disregard on the improvement and happiness of his brethren . He who does not make any seri- ous or urgent inquiries what he himself ...
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Page 239 - For though I be free from all men, yet have I made myself servant unto all, that I might gain the more ; and unto the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might gain the Jews ; to them that are under the law...
Page 132 - Go and wash in Jordan seven times, and thy flesh shall come again to thee, and thou shalt be clean. But Naaman was wroth, and went away, and said, Behold, I thought, He will surely come out to me, and stand, and call on the name of the Lord his God, and strike his hand over the place, and recover the leper.
Page 255 - Who will shew us any good?" Lord, lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us. Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased.
Page 187 - Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me.
Page 424 - When ye come to appear before me, Who hath required this at your hand, To tread my courts? Bring no more vain oblations; Incense is an abomination unto me; The new moons and sabbaths, the calling of assemblies, I cannot away with; It is iniquity, even the solemn meeting.
Page 424 - Your new moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth: they are a trouble unto me; I am weary to bear them. And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Page 424 - To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me ? saith the LORD: I am full of the burnt-offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts ; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats.
Page 134 - Then went he down, and dipped himself seven times in Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God : and his flesh came again like unto the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
Page 122 - Saviour toward man appeared, not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to his mercy he saved us, by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Ghost, which he shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Saviour, that being justified by his grace we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.
Page 133 - And his servants came near, and spake unto him, and said, My father, if the prophet had bid thee do some great thing, wouldest thou not have done it? how much rather then, when he saith to thee, Wash, and be clean?