Sermons ...: To which is Prefixed a Short Account of the Life and Character of the Author, Volume 3T. Cadell; F.C. & J Rivington [& others], 1822 - Presbyterian Church |
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... cause of the house of the Lord our God , I will seek thy peace . Page 251 SERMON LXXVIII . On a contented Mind . 2 KINGS , 4. 13. Say now unto her , " Behold thou hast been " careful for us with all his care ; what is to be done for ...
... cause of the house of the Lord our God , I will seek thy peace . Page 251 SERMON LXXVIII . On a contented Mind . 2 KINGS , 4. 13. Say now unto her , " Behold thou hast been " careful for us with all his care ; what is to be done for ...
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... cause ; but often they look up in vain . He is a God that hideth himself . He dwelleth , as to them , in the secret ... causes can be assigned for things appearing in this unfavourable light : and that there is no reason to be surprised ...
... cause ; but often they look up in vain . He is a God that hideth himself . He dwelleth , as to them , in the secret ... causes can be assigned for things appearing in this unfavourable light : and that there is no reason to be surprised ...
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... causes important and benefi- cent effects have , in the sequel , arisen . In our own country , at one period , the violent passions of a prince gave beginning to the Reformation . At another period , arbitrary attempts against religion ...
... causes important and benefi- cent effects have , in the sequel , arisen . In our own country , at one period , the violent passions of a prince gave beginning to the Reformation . At another period , arbitrary attempts against religion ...
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... cause . I ask him , whether in the natural world he discerns not as many mysterious and puzzling appear- ances as are to be found in the moral world ? Are not destructive storms , burning mountains , uninhabitable deserts , as difficult ...
... cause . I ask him , whether in the natural world he discerns not as many mysterious and puzzling appear- ances as are to be found in the moral world ? Are not destructive storms , burning mountains , uninhabitable deserts , as difficult ...
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... causes that seemed to promise us security , are often secretly under- mining it . Great fame provokes the attacks of envy and reproach . High health gives occasion to intemperance and disease . The elevation of the mighty never fails to ...
... causes that seemed to promise us security , are often secretly under- mining it . Great fame provokes the attacks of envy and reproach . High health gives occasion to intemperance and disease . The elevation of the mighty never fails to ...
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Page 29 - LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
Page 216 - Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her.
Page 214 - But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
Page 282 - Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, And afterward receive me to glory. Whom have I in heaven but thee? And there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee. My flesh and my heart faileth: But God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
Page 368 - And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven?
Page 464 - And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars ; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth : for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
Page 327 - Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath : for it is written, Vengeance is mine ; I will repay, saith the Lord.
Page vi - Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces. For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.
Page 138 - Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Page 429 - A man's heart deviseth his way : but the LORD directeth his steps.