Sermons on Practical Subjects, Volume 2J. Justice and A. M'Kean, 1820 - Presbyterian Church |
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... expect ; and I speak of it beforehand , that when it happens , you may not be surprised or discouraged , as though some strange and unusual thing had befallen you . It is , and always hath been , the lot of God's children ; and when you ...
... expect ; and I speak of it beforehand , that when it happens , you may not be surprised or discouraged , as though some strange and unusual thing had befallen you . It is , and always hath been , the lot of God's children ; and when you ...
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... expect . This is a gross and most pernicious mistake . The gate of heaven is no wider now than it was seventeen hundred years ago . The law of God extends as far as it did when the apostles lived ; and I know of no indul- gence granted ...
... expect . This is a gross and most pernicious mistake . The gate of heaven is no wider now than it was seventeen hundred years ago . The law of God extends as far as it did when the apostles lived ; and I know of no indul- gence granted ...
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... the attempt . The very number of those whom you would please , renders it almost impossible to succeed in it . We cannot at one time observe all who observe us , and expect to be pleased by us . We are SERMON XXXVI . 81.
... the attempt . The very number of those whom you would please , renders it almost impossible to succeed in it . We cannot at one time observe all who observe us , and expect to be pleased by us . We are SERMON XXXVI . 81.
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Robert Walker, Hugh Blair. and expect to be pleased by us . We are like a person who has but a few pieces of money in his pocket , and a crowd of beggars about him . If , according to his best judgment , he divides the whole among the ...
Robert Walker, Hugh Blair. and expect to be pleased by us . We are like a person who has but a few pieces of money in his pocket , and a crowd of beggars about him . If , according to his best judgment , he divides the whole among the ...
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... expect to please those who are displeased with God himself ? For is not God daily displeasing men in the course of his Provi- dence ? and what is there that they quarrel with more bitterly than with his word ? In fine , how can we ex ...
... expect to please those who are displeased with God himself ? For is not God daily displeasing men in the course of his Provi- dence ? and what is there that they quarrel with more bitterly than with his word ? In fine , how can we ex ...
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Page 205 - And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
Page 462 - Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Page 3 - Go to now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain : whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life ? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
Page 121 - Now concerning the collection for the saints, as I have given order to the churches of Galatia, even so do ye. Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.
Page 187 - But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able to offer so willingly after this sort? for all things come of thee, and of thine own have we given thee.
Page 6 - And it came to pass when the priests were come out of the holy place," " it came even to pass as the trumpeters and singers were as one to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the Lord; and when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised the Lord, saying, 'For he is good, for his mercy endureth forever:' that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the Lord...
Page 324 - Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, and to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
Page 341 - ... shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it?
Page 260 - Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father ; when he shall have put down all rule, and all authority, and power. For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
Page 444 - The place of the Scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; And like a lamb dumb before his shearer, So opened he not his mouth: 33 In his humiliation his judgment was taken away: And who shall declare his generation?