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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... poor , and for- sakes us not when we are rich : it embitters the misery of the oppressed , and corrupts the pleasures of the mighty . We bring with us into the world such an aversion to the going out of it , that , to speak in the ...
... poor , and for- sakes us not when we are rich : it embitters the misery of the oppressed , and corrupts the pleasures of the mighty . We bring with us into the world such an aversion to the going out of it , that , to speak in the ...
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... poor : it is an essential character of a rational mind ; and therefore to man , who is a rational creature , it is natural . When we offend wilfully against our sense of good and evil , conscience never fails to reproach and torment us ...
... poor : it is an essential character of a rational mind ; and therefore to man , who is a rational creature , it is natural . When we offend wilfully against our sense of good and evil , conscience never fails to reproach and torment us ...
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... poor senseless animals ? Or what is God that he should accept such gifts ? what are divine justice and mercy , that they should be moved by such oblations ? If these questions cannot be answered , the con- sequence must be , that these ...
... poor senseless animals ? Or what is God that he should accept such gifts ? what are divine justice and mercy , that they should be moved by such oblations ? If these questions cannot be answered , the con- sequence must be , that these ...
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... poor wretch whose disorder has taken another turn , and makes him believe himself to be a king or an em- peror . There are many instances of this kind abroad in the world : the unhappy sufferers , were they capable of receiving the ...
... poor wretch whose disorder has taken another turn , and makes him believe himself to be a king or an em- peror . There are many instances of this kind abroad in the world : the unhappy sufferers , were they capable of receiving the ...
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... poor tribute for what we have received ; and they have their imperfections even when best performed and this reflexion seems to have led the Psalmist to the words which close his excellent com- position : Let the words of my mouth , and ...
... poor tribute for what we have received ; and they have their imperfections even when best performed and this reflexion seems to have led the Psalmist to the words which close his excellent com- position : Let the words of my mouth , and ...
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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...