Discourses on Several Subjects and Occasions, Volume 3J. Cooke, 1794 |
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... pleasure , or even idleness itself , that most irksome makes and tormenting of states , preferred before nabe them ? Do I give one hour , out of the four and twenty , to the contemplation of them ? Have I entered into the kingdom of God ...
... pleasure , or even idleness itself , that most irksome makes and tormenting of states , preferred before nabe them ? Do I give one hour , out of the four and twenty , to the contemplation of them ? Have I entered into the kingdom of God ...
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... pleasure , which diftinguished and animated it , have funk into filence and oblivion . It will return no more upon the earth , and the scenes that were acted in it are closed for ever . It has lived , however , and we have enjoyed it ...
... pleasure , which diftinguished and animated it , have funk into filence and oblivion . It will return no more upon the earth , and the scenes that were acted in it are closed for ever . It has lived , however , and we have enjoyed it ...
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... pleasure in going over again and again the hours we formerly passed with him , either in profperity , or adversity . Let us pursue the same course ; it may be done to great advantage , in this instance . The grand secret of a religious ...
... pleasure in going over again and again the hours we formerly passed with him , either in profperity , or adversity . Let us pursue the same course ; it may be done to great advantage , in this instance . The grand secret of a religious ...
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... pleasure in our devotions ? or are we dragged unwillingly to them as a task , and , confequently , rejoice with all our hearts when they are over ? For years together , perhaps , we have turned our backs on the communion Table : is it ...
... pleasure in our devotions ? or are we dragged unwillingly to them as a task , and , confequently , rejoice with all our hearts when they are over ? For years together , perhaps , we have turned our backs on the communion Table : is it ...
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... pleasure in reviewing them ! -But re- view them we must - and so must He , who is to be our judge , at the day of his second manifestation . That day draws on apace . For not only friends die , and years expire , and we ourselves shall ...
... pleasure in reviewing them ! -But re- view them we must - and so must He , who is to be our judge , at the day of his second manifestation . That day draws on apace . For not only friends die , and years expire , and we ourselves shall ...
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Page 200 - Know ye not that they which run in a race run all, but one receiveth the prize ? So run, that ye may obtain. And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown ; but we an incorruptible.
Page 379 - Lord, now lettest Thou Thy servant depart in peace, according to Thy word: for mine eyes have seen Thy salvation, which Thou hast prepared before the face of all people; a light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of Thy people Israel.
Page 309 - And of Zion it shall be said, This and that man was born in her: and the highest himself shall establish her.
Page 368 - 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 i - I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; for kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.
Page 153 - And one of the elders answered, saying unto me ; What are these which are arrayed in white robes ? and whence came they? And I said unto him ; Sir thou knowest. And he said to me ; These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
Page 165 - And as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, coming out of the country, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus.
Page 111 - Prayer for the Queen's Majesty. OLord' our heavenly Father, high and mighty, King of kings, Lord of lords, the only Ruler of princes, who dost from thy throne behold all the dwellers upon earth...
Page 327 - Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me ; and he hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people ? The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up.
Page 312 - Therefore thy gates shall be open continually; they shall not be shut day nor night ; that men may bring unto thee the forces of the Gentiles, and that their kings may be brought.