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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... reason : II . that a settled peace of mind with respect to God , must arise from a due contemplation of the great works of Providence , which God has laid open for our consideration and instruction . Under the first head are included ...
... reason : II . that a settled peace of mind with respect to God , must arise from a due contemplation of the great works of Providence , which God has laid open for our consideration and instruction . Under the first head are included ...
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... reason for not using this method : secondly , that this reason only excludes such methods of rewards and punishments here as are inconsistent with free actions ; but does not exclude any methods not liable to this objection : thirdly ...
... reason for not using this method : secondly , that this reason only excludes such methods of rewards and punishments here as are inconsistent with free actions ; but does not exclude any methods not liable to this objection : thirdly ...
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... reason to fear God , there can be no such thing as a reasonable fear in the world . The religious man may fear in the hours of his weakness and infirmity ; the sinner can only fear when he comes to his right reason , and a due sense of ...
... reason to fear God , there can be no such thing as a reasonable fear in the world . The religious man may fear in the hours of his weakness and infirmity ; the sinner can only fear when he comes to his right reason , and a due sense of ...
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... reason to alter this year what they did the last , the better to suit their pleasure or convenience : but can any man be so weak as to think this to be the case of the Almighty ? Do you imagine God was young and unexperienced when he ...
... reason to alter this year what they did the last , the better to suit their pleasure or convenience : but can any man be so weak as to think this to be the case of the Almighty ? Do you imagine God was young and unexperienced when he ...
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... reason and under- standing given to men , but to guide and direct them , and to make them capable of discharging the duties of religion and morality ? But if the powers of reason and understanding were to be perpetually overruled , to ...
... reason and under- standing given to men , but to guide and direct them , and to make them capable of discharging the duties of religion and morality ? But if the powers of reason and understanding were to be perpetually overruled , to ...
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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...