The Works of Bishop Sherlock: With Some Account of His Life, Summary of Each Discourse, Notes, &c, Volume 2A.J. Valpy, 1830 - Theology |
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... hope and confi- dence towards God , ' I will remember the years of the right hand of the Most High . ' Now it being admitted that God is not regardless of the world , but that his providence is watchful for the preservation of the whole ...
... hope and confi- dence towards God , ' I will remember the years of the right hand of the Most High . ' Now it being admitted that God is not regardless of the world , but that his providence is watchful for the preservation of the whole ...
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... hope and fear , the sense of honor and of shame , which are natural to all men , and may be said to be born with them , are so many proofs of the care of God for us , considered as moral agents and they are not the less so for being ...
... hope and fear , the sense of honor and of shame , which are natural to all men , and may be said to be born with them , are so many proofs of the care of God for us , considered as moral agents and they are not the less so for being ...
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... There are some natural evils from which no circumstances of life can deliver us : such is the fear of death , which is common to all , and never forsakes us . Divest a man of all the hopes of religion , DISCOURSE XXVI . 33.
... There are some natural evils from which no circumstances of life can deliver us : such is the fear of death , which is common to all , and never forsakes us . Divest a man of all the hopes of religion , DISCOURSE XXVI . 33.
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... hopes of religion , and of confidence in God , and what has he to mitigate or lessen this evil ? If there be any ... hope to die for ever rather than come to judgment . Irreligion therefore is a support against the fear of guilt , but ...
... hopes of religion , and of confidence in God , and what has he to mitigate or lessen this evil ? If there be any ... hope to die for ever rather than come to judgment . Irreligion therefore is a support against the fear of guilt , but ...
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... hopes of nature these the comforts that refresh the soul in the mul- titude of thoughts which distract it . But does not this hope bring with it a great increase of fear ? for though the unbeliever may sometimes shrink at the thoughts ...
... hopes of nature these the comforts that refresh the soul in the mul- titude of thoughts which distract it . But does not this hope bring with it a great increase of fear ? for though the unbeliever may sometimes shrink at the thoughts ...
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Page 228 - Let him that stole, steal no more, but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.
Page 323 - Now if I do that I would not, it is no more I that do it but "sin
Page 474 - And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire.
Page 461 - Who is the image of the invisible God, the first-born of every creature ; for by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers ; all things were created by him, and for him; and he is before all things, and by him all things consist...
Page 14 - This is my infirmity: but I will remember the years of the right hand of the Most High.
Page 416 - Whosoever . therefore shall confess Me before men, him will I confess also before My Father which is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny Me before men, him will I also deny before My Father which is in heaven.
Page 359 - But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be intreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
Page 323 - For what the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh: that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.
Page 346 - In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ : buried with him in baptism, wherein also ye are risen with him through the faith of the operation of God, who hath raised him from the dead.
Page 261 - Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath. But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming...