Sermons, Volume 1J. Burns, 1842 |
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... seems to waft it into our dwellings . Now it is very awful to know this , and yet not to know what is this malign and deadly power . We read , that in the beginning sin was not in the world ; that " by one man sin entered ; " that here ...
... seems to waft it into our dwellings . Now it is very awful to know this , and yet not to know what is this malign and deadly power . We read , that in the beginning sin was not in the world ; that " by one man sin entered ; " that here ...
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... seem also to have become more intense in its character . It is plain , that in every man born into this world there is the whole of Adam's fallen nature . The fault and cor- ruption is in us ; so that we are every one " very far gone ...
... seem also to have become more intense in its character . It is plain , that in every man born into this world there is the whole of Adam's fallen nature . The fault and cor- ruption is in us ; so that we are every one " very far gone ...
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... seem to be an objection which has been overlooked . From all this it is plain that there have been four great ages of the world ; that is , from Adam to Noah , from Noah to Abraham , from Abraham to the coming of our Lord , and from the ...
... seem to be an objection which has been overlooked . From all this it is plain that there have been four great ages of the world ; that is , from Adam to Noah , from Noah to Abraham , from Abraham to the coming of our Lord , and from the ...
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... seem to pass into the place of departed friends as if they were the same loved spirit in another guise they live , as we say , in other men . And let us compare with such the man who is greedy of gain ; who has an evil eye when his ...
... seem to pass into the place of departed friends as if they were the same loved spirit in another guise they live , as we say , in other men . And let us compare with such the man who is greedy of gain ; who has an evil eye when his ...
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... seems to rise up as a spirit of dark- ness , and cast a spell upon him , and fix him with its eye ? It fascinates ... seem for a time to prevail : when , even in the holiest seasons , in prayer and in the holy Eucharist- thoughts once ...
... seems to rise up as a spirit of dark- ness , and cast a spell upon him , and fix him with its eye ? It fascinates ... seem for a time to prevail : when , even in the holiest seasons , in prayer and in the holy Eucharist- thoughts once ...
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Page ix - And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation : Neither shall they say, Lo here ! or, lo there ! for, Behold, the kingdom of God is within you.
Page 250 - For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same, my name shall be great among the gentiles, and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts.
Page x - And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?
Page 365 - So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption; it is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power; it is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
Page 37 - He that despised Moses' law died without mercy under two or three witnesses : of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the Blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite to the Spirit of grace ? For we know Him that hath said, Vengeance belongeth unto Me, I will recompense, saith the Lord.
Page 208 - If ye then be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God.
Page viii - Enter ye in at the strait gate : for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat : because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
Page viii - For if any be a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like unto a man beholding his natural face in a glass : 24 For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of man he was.
Page 125 - Woe unto thee, Chorazin ! Woe unto thee Bethsaida ! For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes.
Page 174 - And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers, saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.