Sermons, 2. köideE. Bull, 1836 - 380 pages |
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... society is obvious and universal . But if to subdue the passions actually improves a man for this world , must it not also improve him for the next , since it is only in this world that any improvement can take place among us , and what ...
... society is obvious and universal . But if to subdue the passions actually improves a man for this world , must it not also improve him for the next , since it is only in this world that any improvement can take place among us , and what ...
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... society , the latter must descend from their elevation to supply the place of the former . That which was done by the poor must then be done by the rich ; thus the balance of society would be overthrown , all civil and social harmony ...
... society , the latter must descend from their elevation to supply the place of the former . That which was done by the poor must then be done by the rich ; thus the balance of society would be overthrown , all civil and social harmony ...
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... society , by promoting mutual kind fellowship among mankind . The arguments which I have addressed to you , as they apply to all classes , must con- sequently include both rich and poor , and it is between these extreme classes , if I ...
... society , by promoting mutual kind fellowship among mankind . The arguments which I have addressed to you , as they apply to all classes , must con- sequently include both rich and poor , and it is between these extreme classes , if I ...
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... Society could not continue , unless in a state of barbarism , if these classes were confounded ; they are alike necessary to its very existence . Is it to the rich alone that society owes its refinements , its elegances , its enjoyments ...
... Society could not continue , unless in a state of barbarism , if these classes were confounded ; they are alike necessary to its very existence . Is it to the rich alone that society owes its refinements , its elegances , its enjoyments ...
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... society . He may have been reared among the vilest outcasts ; his pre- ceptors may have been the most profligate of men ; he may have been taught to consider murder as only a less sanguinary mode of esta- blishing what he may conceive ...
... society . He may have been reared among the vilest outcasts ; his pre- ceptors may have been the most profligate of men ; he may have been taught to consider murder as only a less sanguinary mode of esta- blishing what he may conceive ...
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Page 269 - And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents. But forasmuch us he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.
Page 363 - Thyself how wondrous then! Unspeakable, who sitt'st above these heavens To us invisible, or dimly seen In these Thy lowest works : yet these declare Thy goodness beyond thought, and power divine. Speak, ye who best can tell, ye sons of light, Angels ! for ye behold him, and with songs And choral symphonies, day without night, Circle his throne rejoicing : ye in heaven, On earth join all ye creatures to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end.
Page 357 - Wherefore in all things it behoved him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people : for in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.
Page 234 - All things come alike to all : there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked ; to the good and to the clean, and to the unclean; to him that sacrificed!, and to him that sacrificeth not : as is the good, so is the sinner ; and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
Page 190 - Blessed are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.
Page 36 - Therefore, brethren, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For if ye live after the flesh, ye shall die: but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the deeds of the body, ye shall live.
Page 128 - For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast them down to hell, and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved unto judgment...
Page 294 - And they come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as My people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them : for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness.
Page 26 - For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: but he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
Page 368 - A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him and departed, leaving him half dead. And by chance there came down a certain priest that way : and when he saw him he passed by on the other side.