The Works of Thomas Secker...J. Dickson, 1792 - Sermons, English |
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... affured of his goodness to us , we may , with Job , though he flay us , trust in him : and that for a proof of this , we may as faithfully do our duty under the heaviest preffures , as the higheft exaltation ; and evermore ferve him in ...
... affured of his goodness to us , we may , with Job , though he flay us , trust in him : and that for a proof of this , we may as faithfully do our duty under the heaviest preffures , as the higheft exaltation ; and evermore ferve him in ...
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... affured that God will expect no more . In matters for which he must rely on authority , let him rely on the authority of that church which God's providence hath placed him under , rather than another which he hath nothing to do with ...
... affured that God will expect no more . In matters for which he must rely on authority , let him rely on the authority of that church which God's providence hath placed him under , rather than another which he hath nothing to do with ...
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... affured is fuf- ficient to all good purposes ; and these other memorials have always produced abfurd and wicked fuperftitions . As for the images of the faints , it is fufficient to fay , that there being no pretence for worshipping the ...
... affured is fuf- ficient to all good purposes ; and these other memorials have always produced abfurd and wicked fuperftitions . As for the images of the faints , it is fufficient to fay , that there being no pretence for worshipping the ...
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... affured that were all the priests on earth to refuse abfolving a true penitent , it would never hurt him ; and were they all to join în abfolving a man , that hath not repented as the gofpel requires , it would do him no good . Be affured ...
... affured that were all the priests on earth to refuse abfolving a true penitent , it would never hurt him ; and were they all to join în abfolving a man , that hath not repented as the gofpel requires , it would do him no good . Be affured ...
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... affured be- forehand will fee nothing there but what they are bidden . So that where they have permiffion to read the fcripture , they have none to understand it . Befides that , this permission , even in those countries where they are ...
... affured be- forehand will fee nothing there but what they are bidden . So that where they have permiffion to read the fcripture , they have none to understand it . Befides that , this permission , even in those countries where they are ...
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Page 547 - For I would that all men were even as I myself. But every man hath his proper gift of God, one after this manner, and another after that.
Page 313 - At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it ; if that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
Page 592 - And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgment. That ye may approve things that are excellent ; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ ; being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.
Page 50 - And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the Church : but if he neglect to hear the Church, let him be unto thee as a heathen man and a Publican.
Page xiv - Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another ; and the Lord hearkened, and heard it : and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.
Page 253 - ... then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father; for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Page 57 - Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind...
Page 578 - A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
Page 154 - Let none of us go without his part of our voluptuousness: let us leave tokens of our joyfulness in every place: for this is our portion, and our lot is this.
Page 253 - If thou turn away thy foot from the sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honourable; and shalt honour him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words: "then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord...