Sermons on the Lord's prayer, 1-10 sermonsJ. Churchill and W. Flexney, 1774 - English poetry |
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... happy qualification of Prayer ; it introduces us to a more intimate fami- liarity with God , and at the fame time it procures us bleffings on earth , in fome measure gives us a foretafte of Heaven . But great caution is requifite , that ...
... happy qualification of Prayer ; it introduces us to a more intimate fami- liarity with God , and at the fame time it procures us bleffings on earth , in fome measure gives us a foretafte of Heaven . But great caution is requifite , that ...
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... happy friendship , and communion with him , which is only expreffed and maintained by Prayer , and spiritual exer- cifes . But the performance of this duty is not only attended with Pleasure , but Honour alfo . To enjoy the intimacy and ...
... happy friendship , and communion with him , which is only expreffed and maintained by Prayer , and spiritual exer- cifes . But the performance of this duty is not only attended with Pleasure , but Honour alfo . To enjoy the intimacy and ...
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... happy peace ; if the windows of Heaven be shut up , and drought and barrenness prevail in the land , this is the most effectual method to obtain the fertile fhowers , fo that the earth may bring forth her fruits , that the hills may ...
... happy peace ; if the windows of Heaven be shut up , and drought and barrenness prevail in the land , this is the most effectual method to obtain the fertile fhowers , fo that the earth may bring forth her fruits , that the hills may ...
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... happy employment hereafter . It remains for us to enquire , laftly , For what purposes we are taught in our prayers to make mention of our Father's being in Heaven . These are to breed in us a pro- per per notion of his all - perfect ...
... happy employment hereafter . It remains for us to enquire , laftly , For what purposes we are taught in our prayers to make mention of our Father's being in Heaven . These are to breed in us a pro- per per notion of his all - perfect ...
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... happy end of all his actions . The defign of God in the creation of the world was the glory of the Creator , and the good of the Creature ; and then only doth the Creature attain to the utmost perfection of his nature , when both thefe ...
... happy end of all his actions . The defign of God in the creation of the world was the glory of the Creator , and the good of the Creature ; and then only doth the Creature attain to the utmost perfection of his nature , when both thefe ...
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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...