Sermons, on Important Subjects of Doctrine and DutyRichard Oliphant, 1825 - 355 pages |
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... blame for being sinners . All men are Their being sinners lays the foundation for the necessity of repentance.- If , therefore , the duty of repentance is obligatory on one , it is so on all . If they had always loved God supremely ...
... blame for being sinners . All men are Their being sinners lays the foundation for the necessity of repentance.- If , therefore , the duty of repentance is obligatory on one , it is so on all . If they had always loved God supremely ...
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... blame for not doing , what he is in no sense able to do . Now if man is unable to repent , and thus , in every sense , unable to comply with what God requires , when he commands him to repent , he cannot be to blame if he does not ...
... blame for not doing , what he is in no sense able to do . Now if man is unable to repent , and thus , in every sense , unable to comply with what God requires , when he commands him to repent , he cannot be to blame if he does not ...
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... the movement of an immense machine . It is not sufficient , that , in a more happy state , and under a more happy order of things , men once possessed the ability to obey God : To con stitute them the proper subjects of praise , or blame ...
... the movement of an immense machine . It is not sufficient , that , in a more happy state , and under a more happy order of things , men once possessed the ability to obey God : To con stitute them the proper subjects of praise , or blame ...
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... blame : But it is con- trary to the constitution of our nature to feel either praise , or blame , for the good , or evil deeds of others . To affirm that we may feel either praise , or blameworthy for the con- duct of others , by what ...
... blame : But it is con- trary to the constitution of our nature to feel either praise , or blame , for the good , or evil deeds of others . To affirm that we may feel either praise , or blameworthy for the con- duct of others , by what ...
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... blame for your con- tinuance in sin , under the vain pretence that you cannot repent without his aid ? He is ready now to help you , if you seek to him with all your heart , and with all your soul . He is as ready now to perform all ...
... blame for your con- tinuance in sin , under the vain pretence that you cannot repent without his aid ? He is ready now to help you , if you seek to him with all your heart , and with all your soul . He is as ready now to perform all ...
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Page 131 - But love ye .your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again ; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest : for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
Page 262 - For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He hath a devil.' The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!
Page 33 - Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.
Page 36 - Sarah shall have a son. 10 And not only this ; but when Rebecca also had conceived by one, even by our father Isaac, 11 (For the children being not yet born, neither having done any good or evil, that the purpose of God, according to election, might stand, not of works, but of him that calleth,) 12 It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger.
Page 31 - Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
Page 338 - Remember the former things of old : for I am God, and there is none else ; I am God, and there is none like me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times the things that are not yet done, saying, " My counsel shall stand, and I will do all my pleasure...
Page 225 - III. .TOR, behold, the Lord, the LORD of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water...
Page 45 - O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and his ways past finding out.
Page 31 - Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh...
Page 260 - Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches: but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.