Sermons, on a Number of Connected Subjects: In which an Attempt is Made to Explain the Leading Principles of Revealed Religion; to Show Their Consistency, Reasonableness and Importance; and to Guard Them Against Dangerous Misconstructions and False Inferences, and Against the Specious Objections of Unbelievers |
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Page 42
... attended to it , to have covinced them , not only of the being and power of God , but also of his goodness . For , otherwise , how could they have been without excuse , in not glorifying him as God , or in not being thankful to him ...
... attended to it , to have covinced them , not only of the being and power of God , but also of his goodness . For , otherwise , how could they have been without excuse , in not glorifying him as God , or in not being thankful to him ...
Page 53
... attend to the works of nature ourselves , as holy men of old have done , will it not be ration- al to acknowledge , that all objections to the good- ness of God , arising from apparent evils , amount to no more than difficulties , which ...
... attend to the works of nature ourselves , as holy men of old have done , will it not be ration- al to acknowledge , that all objections to the good- ness of God , arising from apparent evils , amount to no more than difficulties , which ...
Page 86
... attended more fully to the matter , they might have seen , one would think , that the hy- pothesis of two necessarily existent , uncontrolable , contending beings , was as great an absurdity as any which it could be invented to avoid ...
... attended more fully to the matter , they might have seen , one would think , that the hy- pothesis of two necessarily existent , uncontrolable , contending beings , was as great an absurdity as any which it could be invented to avoid ...
Page 139
... attend to the gospel of their salvation ; but it is very neces- sary that the renewed , and even the holiest saints on earth , should have an abiding sense of their remain- ing imperfections ; and should see that sin still dwel- leth in ...
... attend to the gospel of their salvation ; but it is very neces- sary that the renewed , and even the holiest saints on earth , should have an abiding sense of their remain- ing imperfections ; and should see that sin still dwel- leth in ...
Page 140
... attended to , may lead to a detection of all such delusions ; and , it is hoped , may be profitable for doctrine , for reproof , for cor- rection , and for instruction in righteousness , to all these sorts of persons , That the truth of ...
... attended to , may lead to a detection of all such delusions ; and , it is hoped , may be profitable for doctrine , for reproof , for cor- rection , and for instruction in righteousness , to all these sorts of persons , That the truth of ...
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Page 302 - The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go. But ye denied the Holy One and the Just, and desired a murderer to be granted unto you; And killed the Prince of life, whom God hath raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
Page 390 - When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open unto us;' and he shall answer and say unto you, 'I know ye not whence ye are.
Page 394 - My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee, so that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding — if thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures, — then shall thou understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God..
Page 401 - Therefore thou art inexcusable, O man, whosoever thou art that judgest. For wherein thou judgest another, thou condemnest thyself; for thou that judgest doest the same things.
Page 53 - These things hast thou done, and I kept silence; thou thoughtest that I was altogether such an one as thyself: but I will reprove thee, and set them in order before thine eyes. 22 Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear you in pieces, and there be none to deliver.
Page 192 - I find then a law, that, when I would do good, evil is present with me. For I delight in the law of God after the inward man: But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members.
Page 74 - 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 302 - And his name, through faith in his name, hath made this man strong, whom ye see and know ; yea, the faith which is by him hath given him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all. And now, brethren, I wot, that through ignorance ye did it, as did also your rulers.
Page 114 - And the Lord said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job, that there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God and escheweth evil?
Page 301 - And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple which is called Beautiful, to ask alms of them that entered into the temple; , 3 Who seeing Peter and John about to go into the temple asked an alms.