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Page 31
... mortal life . If the summer of prosperity smiles upon us , let us not be vainly puffed up , but remember that every life will have also its succeeding winter of af- fliction . fliction . And if the wintry storms of adversity press ...
... mortal life . If the summer of prosperity smiles upon us , let us not be vainly puffed up , but remember that every life will have also its succeeding winter of af- fliction . fliction . And if the wintry storms of adversity press ...
Page 98
... mortal man attain the purity of angels ? Happy indeed were such a state ; but it is a hap- piness not to be attained in this life : perfect ho- liness , free from any mixture of sin , is a gift reserved for heaven , and the privilege of ...
... mortal man attain the purity of angels ? Happy indeed were such a state ; but it is a hap- piness not to be attained in this life : perfect ho- liness , free from any mixture of sin , is a gift reserved for heaven , and the privilege of ...
Page 112
... mortal nature . Now if such righteous men as these shall scarcely be saved , the difficulty of their salva- tion must be ascribed to one of these three causes either to the holiness and justice of God , which hinders their happiness ...
... mortal nature . Now if such righteous men as these shall scarcely be saved , the difficulty of their salva- tion must be ascribed to one of these three causes either to the holiness and justice of God , which hinders their happiness ...
Page 126
... mortal inheritance . On the one hand , he placed before them the pure and permanent satisfac- tions of virtue ; on the other , the specious , but deceitful , allurements of vice . To the virtuous he promised the palm of eternal glory ...
... mortal inheritance . On the one hand , he placed before them the pure and permanent satisfac- tions of virtue ; on the other , the specious , but deceitful , allurements of vice . To the virtuous he promised the palm of eternal glory ...
Page 136
... changes and chances of this mortal life , where pain and dis-- ease , where sorrow and disappointment are ever predominant , and where even our best enjoy . Is it ments ments are but like the visionary forms of the fleeting 136 SERMON LII .
... changes and chances of this mortal life , where pain and dis-- ease , where sorrow and disappointment are ever predominant , and where even our best enjoy . Is it ments ments are but like the visionary forms of the fleeting 136 SERMON LII .
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Page 39 - For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease. Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground; yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
Page 17 - For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward ; how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him...
Page 319 - I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing : therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live...
Page 143 - The Lord hath made known his salvation: his righteousness hath he openly shewed in the sight of the heathen. He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel: All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
Page 119 - For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God : and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? and if the righteous scarcely be saved, where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?
Page 66 - And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment. They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins, being destitute, afflicted, tormented, of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
Page 317 - What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it ? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes...