Sermons on the Lord's prayer, 1-10 sermonsJ. Churchill and W. Flexney, 1774 - English poetry |
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Charles Churchill. and fo offer up our Prayers a reasonable and acceptable facrifice . Another qualification of an acceptable Prayer , is Attention ; this is not to be ac- quired fo eafily as fome may imagine ; our thoughts are in a ...
Charles Churchill. and fo offer up our Prayers a reasonable and acceptable facrifice . Another qualification of an acceptable Prayer , is Attention ; this is not to be ac- quired fo eafily as fome may imagine ; our thoughts are in a ...
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... acceptable to God . Some heavy misfortune , or impending danger , fome stroke of fickness , fome bad confequence of our evil courses ; fome more than ufu- ally fevere remonftrance of conscience , may make the wickedeft man alive , in ...
... acceptable to God . Some heavy misfortune , or impending danger , fome stroke of fickness , fome bad confequence of our evil courses ; fome more than ufu- ally fevere remonftrance of conscience , may make the wickedeft man alive , in ...
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... , and poor Widow , doth very strongly enforce on us that duty , which our Saviour intended to confirm in it , always to pray , and not to faint . Το To the abovementioned qualifications of an acceptable Prayer we must SERMON II . 4.1.
... , and poor Widow , doth very strongly enforce on us that duty , which our Saviour intended to confirm in it , always to pray , and not to faint . Το To the abovementioned qualifications of an acceptable Prayer we must SERMON II . 4.1.
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Charles Churchill. To the abovementioned qualifications of an acceptable Prayer we must add , lastly , a lively Faith in Chrift ; fuch a Faith as may be a proper foundation for us to build the other qualifications upon , fuch a Faith as ...
Charles Churchill. To the abovementioned qualifications of an acceptable Prayer we must add , lastly , a lively Faith in Chrift ; fuch a Faith as may be a proper foundation for us to build the other qualifications upon , fuch a Faith as ...
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... acceptable in the fight of God , and procure an happy return to it . The first thing neceffary towards pro- curing what we want , is a proper use of what we have ; and this petition doth naturally VOL . IV . M naturally warn us against ...
... acceptable in the fight of God , and procure an happy return to it . The first thing neceffary towards pro- curing what we want , is a proper use of what we have ; and this petition doth naturally VOL . IV . M naturally warn us against ...
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acknowledge affured againſt alfo alſo becauſe beſt bleffings Chrift Chriftian confent confequence confider confideration conftant courſe creatures defign defire difpenfations doth duodecimo duty everlaſting exprefs faid fame felves fenfe fenfible fhall fhew fhould fider fincere fins firſt fome forgive forgiveneſs foul fpirit fubjects fuch fufferings fufficient fupply furely glory God the Father God's goodneſs Goſpel grace greateſt hallow happineſs hath heart Heaven himſelf holy honour impoffible infinite inſtead itſelf Jefus kingdom kingdom of Glory laftly laws lefs Lord mercy moft moſt muft muſt name of Father nature neceffary neceffities obedience obferve octavo ourſelves paffions perfect perfons performance petition pleaſed pleaſure poffible praiſe pray Prayer prefent Preferver promiſe puniſhment purpoſe reaſonable refpect requeſts Saviour SERMON SERMON ſhall ſtate Temptation thee thefe themſelves theſe thine things thofe thoſe thou tion underſtand underſtood univerfal unto uſe wants whilft wicked wiſdom words
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Page 106 - Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty : for all that is in the heaven, and in the earth is thine ; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.
Page 121 - ... that it may please thee, of thy gracious goodness, shortly to accomplish the number of thine elect, and to hasten thy kingdom; that we, with all those that are departed in the true faith of thy holy name, may have our perfect consummation and bliss, both in body and soul, in thy eternal and everlasting glory; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 148 - Laftly, let us confider the nature of the fufferings themfelves. Great part of thofe afflictions which we place to God's account, ought in good reafon to be placed to our own.
Page 68 - If men who are evil know how to give good gifts unto their children, how much more shall your Heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask Him ? (Zech.
Page 86 - PRAISE the Lord, O my foul : and all that is within me praife his holy Name.
Page 156 - God ; yet ought we moft chiefly fo to do, when we aflemble and meet together to render thanks for the great benefits that we have received at his hands, to fet forth his moft worthy praife, to hear his moft holy Word, and to afk thofe things which are requifite and neceflary, as well for the body as the foul.
Page viii - Think not that Pomp and Pow'r can work on mine. 'Tis not thy Name, though that indeed is great, 'Tis not the tinsel trumpery of state, 'Tis not thy Title, Doctor tho...
Page 182 - Saviour allures us, if ye forgive men their trefpafles, your heavenly Father will alfo forgive you ; but if yc forgive not men their trefpafles, neither •will your heavenly Father forgive your trefpafles.
Page 21 - God of the glory of his difpenfations ; whereas now, when they are made, as it were, the confequence of our Prayers, we cannot but be fenfible, that to God we owe them, and to God we ought to be thankful for them. But...
Page 224 - God may be eftablimed in the world, who will not himfelf be ruled and governed by him ? muft not his heart give his tongue the lye, while he fays with his mouth, thy kingdom come, but in his heart fays unto God, depart from us, what is the Almighty that we fhould ferve him, and what profit fhould we have if we pray unto him ? how can a man fay with true and fervent devotion, thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven, who continually oppofes and refifts the divine will, who neither fubmits to...