SermonsGeorge Wilson, 1818 - 549 pages |
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Page 15
... virtue , will neces- sarily esteem it above all earthly riches . For , what shall a man be profited , if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul ? Observe how men in general value gold ; with what di- ligence they acquire it ...
... virtue , will neces- sarily esteem it above all earthly riches . For , what shall a man be profited , if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul ? Observe how men in general value gold ; with what di- ligence they acquire it ...
Page 29
... virtue of the Cross effect , with- out borrowing any thing from man * ! " This part of the subject brings the question home to ourselves . The Gospel thus propagated by the Apostles , we have received and profess to obey . If therefore ...
... virtue of the Cross effect , with- out borrowing any thing from man * ! " This part of the subject brings the question home to ourselves . The Gospel thus propagated by the Apostles , we have received and profess to obey . If therefore ...
Page 45
... virtue of the cross of Christ . Knowing this , you shall begin to discern in it the power of God , in the various respects to which we have adverted , as well as the splendid illustration of his manifold wisdom . But this subject may ...
... virtue of the cross of Christ . Knowing this , you shall begin to discern in it the power of God , in the various respects to which we have adverted , as well as the splendid illustration of his manifold wisdom . But this subject may ...
Page 59
... virtues a mask , their religion a form . Thus the arrows of God stick fast in them . Pain , and grief , and perplexity , and alarm agitate and rend their minds . Whether the manner , however , of this con- viction of sin be sudden or ...
... virtues a mask , their religion a form . Thus the arrows of God stick fast in them . Pain , and grief , and perplexity , and alarm agitate and rend their minds . Whether the manner , however , of this con- viction of sin be sudden or ...
Page 102
... justice of the Law- giver ? Where the superabundant duties to make up for previous defects ? Where the pre- sent security of virtue to prevent additional " faults ? Where even the disposition of heart to turn 102 ETERNAL LIFE.
... justice of the Law- giver ? Where the superabundant duties to make up for previous defects ? Where the pre- sent security of virtue to prevent additional " faults ? Where even the disposition of heart to turn 102 ETERNAL LIFE.
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