Sermons, Volume 5T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1814 - Presbyterian Church |
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Page 13
... Christian faith ; that it never swell into an arrogant opinion of our vir- tue , or into confidence in our own merits , as if they were sufficient , without any higher intervention , to render us acceptable to God . He , whose study it ...
... Christian faith ; that it never swell into an arrogant opinion of our vir- tue , or into confidence in our own merits , as if they were sufficient , without any higher intervention , to render us acceptable to God . He , whose study it ...
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Hugh Blair. - 11 . occur too rarely among many professed SERMON Christians . Did an awful reverence for the Supreme Being dwell on all our minds with a properly impressive sense , its effects would oftener appear in conduct . On many ...
Hugh Blair. - 11 . occur too rarely among many professed SERMON Christians . Did an awful reverence for the Supreme Being dwell on all our minds with a properly impressive sense , its effects would oftener appear in conduct . On many ...
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... Christians for their instruction and imi- tation . It obviously possesses many advan- tages above any other standard of conduct . It carries peculiar obligations from grati- tude , interest , and duty , to enforce the imi- tation of it ...
... Christians for their instruction and imi- tation . It obviously possesses many advan- tages above any other standard of conduct . It carries peculiar obligations from grati- tude , interest , and duty , to enforce the imi- tation of it ...
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... Christians believe , there appears to follow , from the consideration of his perfections , evidence next to demon- stration , for the truth of that doctrine which the text contains . BUT that it may not rest its evidence on our own ...
... Christians believe , there appears to follow , from the consideration of his perfections , evidence next to demon- stration , for the truth of that doctrine which the text contains . BUT that it may not rest its evidence on our own ...
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... Christianity rests , the same we have for that high encouragement afforded by the text . It remains to take notice , in the last place , of the express and multiplied pro- mises of the sacred Scripture to the same purpose with that in ...
... Christianity rests , the same we have for that high encouragement afforded by the text . It remains to take notice , in the last place , of the express and multiplied pro- mises of the sacred Scripture to the same purpose with that in ...
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