Sermons and EssaysW. W.Woodward, no. 52, corner of Second and Chestnut streets. W. M'Culloch, printer., 1811 - Sermons, English - 20 pages |
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... sense of the divine presence , A supreme love and re- gard to the Deity ; Conformity to his will , " & c . they speak ex- tremely well . But the great defect of the mystic divinity seems to be , that it overlooks , in a great measure ...
... sense of the divine presence , A supreme love and re- gard to the Deity ; Conformity to his will , " & c . they speak ex- tremely well . But the great defect of the mystic divinity seems to be , that it overlooks , in a great measure ...
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... sense , Wisdom with genius , wit without offence ; Modest , yet resolute in virtue's cause ; Ambitious , not of man's , but God's applause . Each talent that enrich'd his heaven born mind , By Jesus given , to Jesus he resign'd . Swift ...
... sense , Wisdom with genius , wit without offence ; Modest , yet resolute in virtue's cause ; Ambitious , not of man's , but God's applause . Each talent that enrich'd his heaven born mind , By Jesus given , to Jesus he resign'd . Swift ...
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... sense of our own unrighte- ousness . There is a stupidity in this , as unaccountable in its nature , as it is dangerous in its effects . All men are persuaded , that they have broken the precepts of God's law ; it might be expected of ...
... sense of our own unrighte- ousness . There is a stupidity in this , as unaccountable in its nature , as it is dangerous in its effects . All men are persuaded , that they have broken the precepts of God's law ; it might be expected of ...
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... sense , when it signifies not perverting God to do any evil action himself , but provoking him to punish the evil actions of others ; thus the Israelites are said to have tempted him in the wilderness in such cases , though that , by ...
... sense , when it signifies not perverting God to do any evil action himself , but provoking him to punish the evil actions of others ; thus the Israelites are said to have tempted him in the wilderness in such cases , though that , by ...
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... sense of the doctrine in the text , we can neither practice due sub- mission in our afflictions , nor due gratitude for our com- forts ; and consequently run the greatest risk of losing the one , and having the other multiplied upon us ...
... sense of the doctrine in the text , we can neither practice due sub- mission in our afflictions , nor due gratitude for our com- forts ; and consequently run the greatest risk of losing the one , and having the other multiplied upon us ...
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Page 194 - God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power: 12 That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Page 241 - Forasmuch as ye are manifestly declared to be the epistle of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God; not in tables of stone, but in fleshly tables of the heart.
Page 192 - And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life.
Page 245 - The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, and what is the exceeding greatness of his power to usward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead...
Page 235 - Seeing ye have purified your souls in obeying the truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the brethren, see that ye love one another with a pure heart fervently...
Page 251 - As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord ; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
Page 232 - A new heart also will I give you, and a new spirit will I put within you ; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you an heart of flesh. And I will put my spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and ye shall keep my judgments and do them.
Page 64 - For thus saith the Lord that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the Lord; and there is none else.
Page 231 - They are said to put off the old man, and to put on the new man ; to be quickened, and, as it were, raised from the dead.
Page 30 - He is the Rock, his work is perfect : for all his ways are judgment : a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.