Sermons Delivered Before the First Society of Unitarian Christians in the City of Philadelphia: Wherein the Principal Points on which that Denomination of Believers Differ from the Majority of Their Brethren, are Occasionally Elucidated |
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... feel as we ought , the value of such grace and favour , conferred at such an expense , and from such motives , our warm and grateful affections , thus excited , will not rest till they reach the summit of goodness , of glory and of ...
... feel as we ought , the value of such grace and favour , conferred at such an expense , and from such motives , our warm and grateful affections , thus excited , will not rest till they reach the summit of goodness , of glory and of ...
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... feeling , and as capable of , and inclined to , every thing shocking and detestable ? No ! let it rather be believed that when bodily infirmities do not prevent , he CANNOT resist the united , the benign , the sweetly- constraining ...
... feeling , and as capable of , and inclined to , every thing shocking and detestable ? No ! let it rather be believed that when bodily infirmities do not prevent , he CANNOT resist the united , the benign , the sweetly- constraining ...
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... feeling , joy and gladness , hope , wis- dom , knowledge , and improvement . As expressive of personal worth , it signifies virtue , reputation , ex- ample - good men are the light of the world , chil- dren of light and of the day ...
... feeling , joy and gladness , hope , wis- dom , knowledge , and improvement . As expressive of personal worth , it signifies virtue , reputation , ex- ample - good men are the light of the world , chil- dren of light and of the day ...
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... feel it utterly out of our power to foresee or prevent . It would be , with a desperate hand , to cut away the only anchor of our hope , and to aban- don our frail bark to the boisterous winds and the raging billows - it would be a ...
... feel it utterly out of our power to foresee or prevent . It would be , with a desperate hand , to cut away the only anchor of our hope , and to aban- don our frail bark to the boisterous winds and the raging billows - it would be a ...
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... feel ourselves happy in the enjoyment of health , we are very apt to mention it with an ex- pression of thanks to God ; and if it be done with due sensibility and seriousness , nothing can be more proper , for in no respect is our ...
... feel ourselves happy in the enjoyment of health , we are very apt to mention it with an ex- pression of thanks to God ; and if it be done with due sensibility and seriousness , nothing can be more proper , for in no respect is our ...
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Page 196 - For as the rain cometh down, And the snow from heaven, And returneth not thither, But watereth the earth, And maketh it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: It shall not return unto me void, But it shall accomplish that which I please, And it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Page 78 - The Lord hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations: and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
Page 78 - It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, That thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
Page 72 - ... but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth : and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
Page 160 - In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
Page 124 - But Peter and John answered and said unto them; Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye. For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
Page 78 - Prepare ye the way of the Lord, Make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted, And every mountain and hill shall be made low: And the crooked shall be made straight, And the rough places plain: And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, And all flesh shall see it together: For the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Page 159 - For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. But when we are judged, we are chastened of the LORD, that we should not be condemned with the world.
Page 201 - And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the Word of His grace, Which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
Page 83 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice