Sermons Delivered Before the First Society of Unitarian Christians in the City of Philadelphia: Wherein the Principal Points on which that Denomination of Believers Differ from the Majority of Their Brethren, are Occasionally Elucidated |
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... understanding is implied in the scribe's answer , nor did our Lord take such to be his view of the matter , when he told him-- Thou art not far from the kingdom of God . " The foundation , there- fore , of the first and great ...
... understanding is implied in the scribe's answer , nor did our Lord take such to be his view of the matter , when he told him-- Thou art not far from the kingdom of God . " The foundation , there- fore , of the first and great ...
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... understanding ; but how we are to do this when the understanding is professedly to be set aside as of no value , I own myself unable to dis- cover . I persuade myself that none of my audience will suspect me of an intention to keep out ...
... understanding ; but how we are to do this when the understanding is professedly to be set aside as of no value , I own myself unable to dis- cover . I persuade myself that none of my audience will suspect me of an intention to keep out ...
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... understanding , and whereby the man is exalted to the nearest resemblance of his Creator . We may infer , 2. That if our love to God is to be supreme , and religious worship be one of the proper expressions of that love , such worship ...
... understanding , and whereby the man is exalted to the nearest resemblance of his Creator . We may infer , 2. That if our love to God is to be supreme , and religious worship be one of the proper expressions of that love , such worship ...
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... understanding , or to be involved in a mist and darkness , out of which it is confessedly not in the power of those who have led us into it to deliver us . Again - If we view God as the Creator of mankind , it is impossible to separate ...
... understanding , or to be involved in a mist and darkness , out of which it is confessedly not in the power of those who have led us into it to deliver us . Again - If we view God as the Creator of mankind , it is impossible to separate ...
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... and intricate , “ Puzzled in mazes , and perplexed with errors ; " Our understanding traces them in vain , " Lost and bewildered in the fruitless search ; " Nor sees with how much art the windings run Divine Providence acknowledged .
... and intricate , “ Puzzled in mazes , and perplexed with errors ; " Our understanding traces them in vain , " Lost and bewildered in the fruitless search ; " Nor sees with how much art the windings run Divine Providence acknowledged .
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Page 196 - For as the rain cometh down, And the snow from heaven, And returneth not thither, But watereth the earth, And maketh it bring forth and bud, That it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: So shall my word be that goeth forth out of my mouth: It shall not return unto me void, But it shall accomplish that which I please, And it shall prosper in the thing whereto I sent it.
Page 78 - The Lord hath made bare his holy arm in the eyes of all the nations: and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.
Page 78 - It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant To raise up the tribes of Jacob, And to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give thee for a light to the Gentiles, That thou mayest be my salvation unto the end of the earth.
Page 72 - ... but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth : and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
Page 160 - In the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, when ye are gathered together, and my spirit, with the power of our Lord Jesus Christ, To deliver such an one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh, that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord Jesus.
Page 124 - But Peter and John answered and said unto them; Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye. For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.
Page 78 - Prepare ye the way of the Lord, Make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted, And every mountain and hill shall be made low: And the crooked shall be made straight, And the rough places plain: And the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, And all flesh shall see it together: For the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.
Page 159 - For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged. But when we are judged, we are chastened of the LORD, that we should not be condemned with the world.
Page 201 - And now, brethren, I commend you to God, and to the Word of His grace, Which is able to build you up, and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified.
Page 83 - The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice