Sermons on Various Subjects: Intended to Promote Christian Knowledge and Human Happiness: by the Rev. Luke Booker, ...J. Rann, 1794 - 302 pages |
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... present attention , from the following text of Scripture : LUKE xiv . 14 . They cannot recompenfe thee : but thou shalt be recompenfed at the Refurrection of the Just . IN the great Family of human nature , the Circumstances of its ...
... present attention , from the following text of Scripture : LUKE xiv . 14 . They cannot recompenfe thee : but thou shalt be recompenfed at the Refurrection of the Just . IN the great Family of human nature , the Circumstances of its ...
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... present occafion : fuch examples have only their use , when the excellent Virtue they enforce is , to an audience , unknown . I attempt not to infpire it . The attempt is unneceffary . It is only for me to point out to my fair Hearers a ...
... present occafion : fuch examples have only their use , when the excellent Virtue they enforce is , to an audience , unknown . I attempt not to infpire it . The attempt is unneceffary . It is only for me to point out to my fair Hearers a ...
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... present plan they are rather fubverfive of Good than calculated to produce it . They are certainly injurious to Virtue . The frequent Meetings , & c . of Women at Public - houses ( which induce them to fpend , perhaps , what they can ...
... present plan they are rather fubverfive of Good than calculated to produce it . They are certainly injurious to Virtue . The frequent Meetings , & c . of Women at Public - houses ( which induce them to fpend , perhaps , what they can ...
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... present august occasion , I do not mean to affume the office of Dic- tator on the important Subjects of Justice and Mercy . Such a Conduct would ill fuit my age , and would by no means be juf- tified by my humble abilities . With meek ...
... present august occasion , I do not mean to affume the office of Dic- tator on the important Subjects of Justice and Mercy . Such a Conduct would ill fuit my age , and would by no means be juf- tified by my humble abilities . With meek ...
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... present liberal age , they have peculiar force and efficacy . " What Nation is there fo great , that hath Statutes and Judgments fo righteous ? — What Nation is there , where the Welfare of Society , and the Safety of Individuals is ...
... present liberal age , they have peculiar force and efficacy . " What Nation is there fo great , that hath Statutes and Judgments fo righteous ? — What Nation is there , where the Welfare of Society , and the Safety of Individuals is ...
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Page 66 - I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards: I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruits: I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees...
Page 271 - For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, and shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee ; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another ; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
Page 148 - For all this his anger is not turned away, but his hand is stretched out still : woe unto them that decree unrighteous decrees, and that write grievousness which they have prescribed; to turn aside the needy from judgment, and to take away the right from the poor of my people, that widows may be their prey, and that they may rob the fatherless...
Page 124 - Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the LORD'S sake, whether it be to the King as supreme, or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil-doers, and for the praise of them that do well.
Page 108 - For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for...
Page 176 - And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent...
Page 215 - God, and thought it not robbery to be equal with God ; yet he made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men ; and, being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross.
Page 277 - Then the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven ; And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground.
Page 209 - ALMIGHTY God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life, (in which thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility...
Page 217 - And I said unto them, If ye think good, give me my price; and if not, forbear. So they weighed for my price thirty pieces of silver.