Discourses: Doctrinal and Practical ; Delivered in Essex Street Chapel, Volume 1R. Hunter, 1826 - Sermons, English |
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... creatures . Adequate ideas upon these subjects it is indeed impossible for beings whose faculties are so limited as those of men , to form . Nor can any finite being comprehend the Almighty to perfection . But our notions , as far as ...
... creatures . Adequate ideas upon these subjects it is indeed impossible for beings whose faculties are so limited as those of men , to form . Nor can any finite being comprehend the Almighty to perfection . But our notions , as far as ...
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... creatures with the same complacency ; for all his glorious works are the result of his wise and benevolent counsels and whatever God does , or appoints , is and must be right . Nor is the evil , whether natural or moral , which exists ...
... creatures with the same complacency ; for all his glorious works are the result of his wise and benevolent counsels and whatever God does , or appoints , is and must be right . Nor is the evil , whether natural or moral , which exists ...
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... creatures with an eye of benevolence as well as complacency . He gave them their existence , with all their power of action and enjoyment : he feels the affection of a parent towards them . Of a parent , did I say ? O ! far more re ...
... creatures with an eye of benevolence as well as complacency . He gave them their existence , with all their power of action and enjoyment : he feels the affection of a parent towards them . Of a parent , did I say ? O ! far more re ...
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... creatures happy : no other motive worthy of the divine cha- racter can be alleged for calling them into existence . To believe , as some profess to do , that the great Creator has brought mil- lions of beings into existence for no other ...
... creatures happy : no other motive worthy of the divine cha- racter can be alleged for calling them into existence . To believe , as some profess to do , that the great Creator has brought mil- lions of beings into existence for no other ...
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... creatures , are the fruits and effects of Love . Creation is the commencement and the chief of the works of God ; and it origi- nates in his benevolent purpose . Behold the fair and beautiful world which we in- habit . Contemplate the ...
... creatures , are the fruits and effects of Love . Creation is the commencement and the chief of the works of God ; and it origi- nates in his benevolent purpose . Behold the fair and beautiful world which we in- habit . Contemplate the ...
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Page 212 - Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful. But his delight is in the law of the Lord, and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
Page 20 - God would gloriously display his power and love, in the fulfilment of his gracious promise that " the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth, as the waters cover the sea.
Page 450 - For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
Page 355 - Our God shall come, and shall not keep silence : a fire shall devour before him, and it shall be very tempestuous round about him.
Page 414 - Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not ; for I am not yet ascended to my Father ; but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father ; and to my God and your God.
Page 212 - And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper. The ungodly are not so, but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.
Page 69 - Thou art, of what sort the eternal life of the saints was to be, which eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, nor hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive.
Page 462 - Say not thou. What is the cause that the former days were better than these ? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.
Page 212 - Therefore the ungodly shall not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous. For the Lord knoweth the way of the righteous : but the way of the ungodly shall perish.
Page 365 - For what is our hope or joy or crown of rejoicing ? are not even ye in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at his coming ? For ye are our glory and joy.