Sermons, Volume 5A. Strahan, 1801 - Presbyterian Church |
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... never be moved . On the lot of fome men Provi- dence is pleased to bestow a longer continuance of prosperity than on that of others . But , as the term of that continuance is hidden from us , all flat- tering and confident expectations ...
... never be moved . On the lot of fome men Provi- dence is pleased to bestow a longer continuance of prosperity than on that of others . But , as the term of that continuance is hidden from us , all flat- tering and confident expectations ...
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... never , or , at most , very rarely , to be found ; and if difappointment four your mind , you have your own folly to blame . You ought to have confidered that you live in a region of human infirmity , where every one has imperfections ...
... never , or , at most , very rarely , to be found ; and if difappointment four your mind , you have your own folly to blame . You ought to have confidered that you live in a region of human infirmity , where every one has imperfections ...
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... never to expect it ; and indeed from perfons of any character we are not to be fur- prised , if , in the prefent ftate of the world , it rifes not fo high as we thought we had reason to hope . HAVING thus fhown in fome ma- terial ...
... never to expect it ; and indeed from perfons of any character we are not to be fur- prised , if , in the prefent ftate of the world , it rifes not fo high as we thought we had reason to hope . HAVING thus fhown in fome ma- terial ...
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... never experienced the pangs of a wounded fpirit ? Have they never felt what it was to be tormented by the sense of paft follies , and to be ftung with the reproaches of an angry confcience ? Dare they say that in the midst of those ...
... never experienced the pangs of a wounded fpirit ? Have they never felt what it was to be tormented by the sense of paft follies , and to be ftung with the reproaches of an angry confcience ? Dare they say that in the midst of those ...
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... never fwell into an arrogant opinion of our virtue , or into confidence in our own merits , as if they were fufficient , without any higher intervention , to render us acceptable to God . He , whose study it is to preferve a confcience ...
... never fwell into an arrogant opinion of our virtue , or into confidence in our own merits , as if they were fufficient , without any higher intervention , to render us acceptable to God . He , whose study it is to preferve a confcience ...
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Page 34 - He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; He burneth the chariot in the fire. Be still, and know that I am God : I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
Page 323 - But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, (that is to say ; not of this building,) neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood, he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.
Page 361 - And, behold, the Lord passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord ; but the Lord was not in the wind : and after the wind an earthquake ; but the Lord was not in the earthquake: And after the earthquake a fire ; but the Lord was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice.
Page 330 - Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need
Page 472 - 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 28 - that his ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts...
Page 97 - It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it ? Neither is it beyond the sea that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it ? But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
Page 174 - Nevertheless I am continually with thee : Thou hast holden me by my right hand. 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 68 - O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not...
Page 334 - IF ye, then, be risen with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ sitteth on the right hand of God. Set your affections on things above, not on things on the earth : for ye are dead, and your life is hid with Christ in God.