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... never aspired , no blame can surely be attached to the parties concerned in the present publication . The subjects of the following discourses are interesting and important ; and treated more with a view to practical improvement , than ...
... never aspired , no blame can surely be attached to the parties concerned in the present publication . The subjects of the following discourses are interesting and important ; and treated more with a view to practical improvement , than ...
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... never heard God's Word , than for those , who , having heard , have despised or neglected it . But , lastly , remember what Saint Paul says of some hearers , " the Word preached did not profit them , not being mixed or imbued with faith ...
... never heard God's Word , than for those , who , having heard , have despised or neglected it . But , lastly , remember what Saint Paul says of some hearers , " the Word preached did not profit them , not being mixed or imbued with faith ...
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... never be renewed ; that we cannot bring back again one hour that has so swiftly passed . Whereas to complain of the short- ness of time , when we should be employed in its use , is , in fact , only to make it shorter by the com- plaint ...
... never be renewed ; that we cannot bring back again one hour that has so swiftly passed . Whereas to complain of the short- ness of time , when we should be employed in its use , is , in fact , only to make it shorter by the com- plaint ...
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... never consider as we ought , the short- ness of our time : for , if we were well convinced of this ; if we would suppose that we had but a few years , perhaps only a few days , remaining ; if we would say , with Saint Paul , " the time ...
... never consider as we ought , the short- ness of our time : for , if we were well convinced of this ; if we would suppose that we had but a few years , perhaps only a few days , remaining ; if we would say , with Saint Paul , " the time ...
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... , operative religion , must be without hope : - they have no future prospect in heaven to console their present misery on earth ; for , to them , death M - shall never be swallowed up in victory , nor ON THE CHARACTER OF JOSEPH . 81.
... , operative religion , must be without hope : - they have no future prospect in heaven to console their present misery on earth ; for , to them , death M - shall never be swallowed up in victory , nor ON THE CHARACTER OF JOSEPH . 81.
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Page 307 - And there shall be no more curse: but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it; and his servants shall serve him: and they shall see his face; and his name shall be in their foreheads.
Page 402 - Who knoweth the spirit of man that goeth upward, and the spirit of the beast that goeth downward to the earth...
Page 414 - The rich man also died, and was buried ; and in hell he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried, and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue, for I am tormented in this flame.
Page 35 - And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation ; to wit, that God was in Christ, reconciling the world unto himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them, and hath committed unto us the word of reconciliation.
Page 412 - Therefore we are always confident, knowing that, whilst we are at home in the body, we are absent from the Lord: (for we walk by faith, not by sight:) we are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
Page 76 - 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 170 - Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him also shall the son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
Page 19 - But this I say, brethren, the time is short : it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none ; and they that weep, as though they wept not ; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not ; and they that buy, as though they possessed not ; and they that use this world, as not abusing it : for the fashion of this world passeth away.
Page 436 - But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
Page 414 - And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue ; for I am tormented in this flame. But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things; but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented...