Sermons on the Lord's prayer, 1-10 sermonsJ. Churchill and W. Flexney, 1774 - English poetry |
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... acceptable to God- and in order to engage us more heartily therein , fhall , Secondly , Mention thofe advantages which we may reasonably expect from a due difcharge of that Duty . There are , it is to be feared , many per- fons in the ...
... acceptable to God- and in order to engage us more heartily therein , fhall , Secondly , Mention thofe advantages which we may reasonably expect from a due difcharge of that Duty . There are , it is to be feared , many per- fons in the ...
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... acceptable to God , which is not offered up with proper Affections , which is not attended with proper Actions . Was it merely the repetition of a Prayer which called down Bleffings from above , those who pray through oftentation , and ...
... acceptable to God , which is not offered up with proper Affections , which is not attended with proper Actions . Was it merely the repetition of a Prayer which called down Bleffings from above , those who pray through oftentation , and ...
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... acceptable to God , and our humility complete , we must acknowledge that our fins and wants are great , but our unworthinefs to have them pardoned and relieved ftill greater ; we must confefs that when we have done our beft , we are but ...
... acceptable to God , and our humility complete , we must acknowledge that our fins and wants are great , but our unworthinefs to have them pardoned and relieved ftill greater ; we must confefs that when we have done our beft , we are but ...
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... acceptable prayer , we must also add that of Confi- dence , or a firm perfuafion that we shall obtain what we afk for , if it is expedient for us . Upon firft coming into the pre- fence of God , and confidering his nature and our own ...
... acceptable prayer , we must also add that of Confi- dence , or a firm perfuafion that we shall obtain what we afk for , if it is expedient for us . Upon firft coming into the pre- fence of God , and confidering his nature and our own ...
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... our fouls in a due temper ; when we confider our wants and unworthiness let us be humble , when we confider God's mercies let us be confident , and and fo offer up our Prayers a reasonable and acceptable 34 SERMON II .
... our fouls in a due temper ; when we confider our wants and unworthiness let us be humble , when we confider God's mercies let us be confident , and and fo offer up our Prayers a reasonable and acceptable 34 SERMON II .
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acknowledge affured againſt alfo alſo becauſe beſt bleffings Chrift Chriftian confent confequence confider confideration conftant courſe creatures defign defire difpenfations doth duodecimo duty everlaſting exprefs faid fame felves fenfe fenfible fhall fhew fhould fider fincere fins firſt fome forgive forgiveneſs foul fpirit fubjects fuch fufferings fufficient fupply furely glory God the Father God's goodneſs Goſpel grace greateſt hallow happineſs hath heart Heaven himſelf holy honour impoffible infinite inſtead itſelf Jefus kingdom kingdom of Glory laftly laws lefs Lord mercy moft moſt muft muſt name of Father nature neceffary neceffities obedience obferve octavo ourſelves paffions perfect perfons performance petition pleaſed pleaſure poffible praiſe pray Prayer prefent Preferver promiſe puniſhment purpoſe reaſonable refpect requeſts Saviour SERMON SERMON ſhall ſtate Temptation thee thefe themſelves theſe thine things thofe thoſe thou tion underſtand underſtood univerfal unto uſe wants whilft wicked wiſdom words
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Page 106 - Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty : for all that is in the heaven, and in the earth is thine ; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Page 121 - ... that it may please thee, of thy gracious goodness, shortly to accomplish the number of thine elect, and to hasten thy kingdom; that we, with all those that are departed in the true faith of thy holy name, may have our perfect consummation and bliss, both in body and soul, in thy eternal and everlasting glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 148 - Laftly, let us confider the nature of the fufferings themfelves. Great part of thofe afflictions which we place to God's account, ought in good reafon to be placed to our own.
Page 68 - If men who are evil know how to give good gifts unto their children, how much more shall your Heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him ? (Zech.
Page 86 - PRAISE the Lord, O my foul : and all that is within me praife his holy Name.
Page 156 - God ; yet ought we moft chiefly fo to do, when we aflemble and meet together to render thanks for the great benefits that we have received at his hands, to fet forth his moft worthy praife, to hear his moft holy Word, and to afk thofe things which are requifite and neceflary, as well for the body as the foul.
Page viii - Think not that Pomp and Pow'r can work on mine. 'Tis not thy Name, though that indeed is great, 'Tis not the tinsel trumpery of state, 'Tis not thy Title, Doctor tho...
Page 182 - Saviour allures us, if ye forgive men their trefpafles, your heavenly Father will alfo forgive you ; but if yc forgive not men their trefpafles, neither •will your heavenly Father forgive your trefpafles.
Page 21 - God of the glory of his difpenfations ; whereas now, when they are made, as it were, the confequence of our Prayers, we cannot but be fenfible, that to God we owe them, and to God we ought to be thankful for them. But...
Page 224 - God may be eftablimed in the world, who will not himfelf be ruled and governed by him ? muft not his heart give his tongue the lye, while he fays with his mouth, thy kingdom come, but in his heart fays unto God, depart from us, what is the Almighty that we fhould ferve him, and what profit fhould we have if we pray unto him ? how can a man fay with true and fervent devotion, thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven, who continually oppofes and refifts the divine will, who neither fubmits to...