The Sermons of Mr. Yorick ...J. Dodsley, 1776 |
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... first place , to recal to your observa- tions , what kind of world it is we live in , and what manner of perfons we really are . Secondly , and in opposition to this , I fhall make ufe of the apostle's ar- gument , and from a brief ...
... first place , to recal to your observa- tions , what kind of world it is we live in , and what manner of perfons we really are . Secondly , and in opposition to this , I fhall make ufe of the apostle's ar- gument , and from a brief ...
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... at the fame time , that befides this in- stance of God's goodness in first fa- vouring their miraculous efcape , - a feries of fucceffes , not to be ac- counted for from fecond causes , and the natural course 66 SERMON XVII .
... at the fame time , that befides this in- stance of God's goodness in first fa- vouring their miraculous efcape , - a feries of fucceffes , not to be ac- counted for from fecond causes , and the natural course 66 SERMON XVII .
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... by letting them fall again into the fame ftate of bon- dage in Babylon , from whence he had first raifed them . Here it is that Ezra pours out his confeffion.- -- It was no fmall aggravation to Ezra's concern , to 68 SERMON XVII .
... by letting them fall again into the fame ftate of bon- dage in Babylon , from whence he had first raifed them . Here it is that Ezra pours out his confeffion.- -- It was no fmall aggravation to Ezra's concern , to 68 SERMON XVII .
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... first principles , to direct ourselves to the true remedy against them.- Let it here only be premifed , - that the wickedness either of the pre- fent or paft times , whatever fcandal and reproach it brings upon chri- ftians , ought not ...
... first principles , to direct ourselves to the true remedy against them.- Let it here only be premifed , - that the wickedness either of the pre- fent or paft times , whatever fcandal and reproach it brings upon chri- ftians , ought not ...
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... first look into the practice of the world , and there obferve the strange prevalency of vice , and how willing men are to defend as well as to commit it , -one would think they believed that all difcourfes of virtue and honefty were ...
... first look into the practice of the world , and there obferve the strange prevalency of vice , and how willing men are to defend as well as to commit it , -one would think they believed that all difcourfes of virtue and honefty were ...
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Page 182 - ... made as the filth of .the world, and the off-scouring of all things, upon this account, — yet ye went on as zealously as ye set out.
Page 129 - Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock. And I went out after him, and smote him and delivered it out of his mouth ; and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear ; and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
Page 32 - Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this ? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk ? The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus...
Page 130 - The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.
Page 63 - O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God : for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.
Page 28 - Peter said, Silver and gold have I none ; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.
Page 83 - Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.
Page 67 - What time as they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people ; 14 He suffered no man to do them wrong, but reproved even kings for their sakes : 15 Touch not mine Anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
Page 153 - Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
Page 24 - Watch therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.