Sermons on Various Subjects, Volume 2Rivington, 1825 |
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... application of our faculties to some in- teresting pursuit . To bring study within this de- scription , it must be such as is attended with an exertion of our understanding . I do not say that it is necessary the subject should be ...
... application of our faculties to some in- teresting pursuit . To bring study within this de- scription , it must be such as is attended with an exertion of our understanding . I do not say that it is necessary the subject should be ...
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... application and the re- source . It has been truly said to be impossible that learning of any kind should flourish with a descrip- tion of persons of whom no one was at his ease . This complaint , however , belongs not to us as a body ...
... application and the re- source . It has been truly said to be impossible that learning of any kind should flourish with a descrip- tion of persons of whom no one was at his ease . This complaint , however , belongs not to us as a body ...
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... application of a very subtle geometry . Observe , therefore , how we ascend from lines and angles to the most momentous and sublime truths . These enable us to trace the action of different sur- faces and different media upon rays of ...
... application of a very subtle geometry . Observe , therefore , how we ascend from lines and angles to the most momentous and sublime truths . These enable us to trace the action of different sur- faces and different media upon rays of ...
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... application is more obvious . They all tend to the discovery or confirmation of a just theology : they inspire those sentiments which Christianity wishes to find in her disciples . But here we are met by a reflection more than ...
... application is more obvious . They all tend to the discovery or confirmation of a just theology : they inspire those sentiments which Christianity wishes to find in her disciples . But here we are met by a reflection more than ...
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... single end and use of the death of Christ , as exclusive of all others , or as the only end de- signed by it , all other being accidental consequences or figurative applications . The death of Christ is represented 48 SERMONS .
... single end and use of the death of Christ , as exclusive of all others , or as the only end de- signed by it , all other being accidental consequences or figurative applications . The death of Christ is represented 48 SERMONS .
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Page 68 - Moreover, brethren I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand, by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures...
Page 311 - Therefore the Lord himself shall give you a sign; Behold, a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.
Page 291 - But if the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
Page 70 - Him God raised up the third day, and shewed him openly; not to all the people, but unto witnesses chosen before of God; even to us who did eat and drink with him after he rose from the dead.
Page 55 - Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.
Page 325 - And when they had appointed him a day, there came many to him into his lodging : to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God, persuading them concerning Jesus, both out of the law of Moses, and out of the prophets, from morning till evening.
Page 73 - Cephas, then of the twelve; after that he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.
Page 319 - But many of the priests and Levites and chief of the fathers, who were ancient men, that had seen the first house, when the foundation of this house was laid before their eyes, wept with a loud voice...
Page 349 - Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a declaration of those things, which are most surely believed among us, even as they delivered them unto us, which from the beginning were eye-witnesses and ministers of the word...