Discourses: Doctrinal and Practical ; Delivered in Essex Street Chapel, Volume 1R. Hunter, 1826 - Sermons, English |
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... practice of virtue easy and de- lightful . This power of ideas to control the sen- sations is obvious in many cases of frequent occurrence . One who loses a limb by a sudden and unexpected stroke , suffers no- thing in comparison with ...
... practice of virtue easy and de- lightful . This power of ideas to control the sen- sations is obvious in many cases of frequent occurrence . One who loses a limb by a sudden and unexpected stroke , suffers no- thing in comparison with ...
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... practice . While we set up a phantom of our own imagination in the place of the one true and living God , we are to a certain extent chargeable with idolatry , and we hereby lay a foundation for the vanities of super- stition , and for ...
... practice . While we set up a phantom of our own imagination in the place of the one true and living God , we are to a certain extent chargeable with idolatry , and we hereby lay a foundation for the vanities of super- stition , and for ...
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... practice of virtue , to peace with God , and to the hope of immortality . This inestimable Gospel still remains in the world ; and every day bears witness to new triumphs : nor shall it desist from its victorious career till all the ...
... practice of virtue , to peace with God , and to the hope of immortality . This inestimable Gospel still remains in the world ; and every day bears witness to new triumphs : nor shall it desist from its victorious career till all the ...
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... practice more de- lightful ? Universal obedience to it would be a source of pure , sublime , and univer- sal happiness — a happiness approximating most nearly to that of God himself . For God is Love ; and he that dwelleth in Love ...
... practice more de- lightful ? Universal obedience to it would be a source of pure , sublime , and univer- sal happiness — a happiness approximating most nearly to that of God himself . For God is Love ; and he that dwelleth in Love ...
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... practice of vice , and to humble , prove , and purify the heart . Nor shall suffering be extended beyond the limit which wisdom and benevolence may prescribe , or which the strength of the suf- ferer can endure . " As a father pitieth ...
... practice of vice , and to humble , prove , and purify the heart . Nor shall suffering be extended beyond the limit which wisdom and benevolence may prescribe , or which the strength of the suf- ferer can endure . " As a father pitieth ...
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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.