Sermons on Evil-speakingCassell & Company, Limited, 1887 - 192 pages |
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... glory . Many at least ( to purchase this glory , to be deemed con- siderable in this faculty , and enrolled among the wits ) do not only make shipwreck of conscience , abandon virtue , and forfeit all pretences to wisdom ; but neglect ...
... glory . Many at least ( to purchase this glory , to be deemed con- siderable in this faculty , and enrolled among the wits ) do not only make shipwreck of conscience , abandon virtue , and forfeit all pretences to wisdom ; but neglect ...
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... glory and bliss affairs of less moment ? are the treasures and joys of paradise , or the damages and torments in hell , more jesting matters ? No , certainly no : in all reason therefore it becometh us , and it infinitely concerneth us ...
... glory and bliss affairs of less moment ? are the treasures and joys of paradise , or the damages and torments in hell , more jesting matters ? No , certainly no : in all reason therefore it becometh us , and it infinitely concerneth us ...
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... glory ) , and by a satirical poet they were termed bladders of vanity ; but they at least did catch at praise from praiseworthy knowledge ; they were puffed up with a wind which blew some good to mankind ; they sought glory from that ...
... glory ) , and by a satirical poet they were termed bladders of vanity ; but they at least did catch at praise from praiseworthy knowledge ; they were puffed up with a wind which blew some good to mankind ; they sought glory from that ...
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... do His will , work- ing in us that which is well pleasing in His sight , through Jesus Christ , to whom be glory for ever and ever . Amen . " AGAINST RASH AND VAIN SWEARING . " But above all FOOLISH TALKING AND JESTING . 55.
... do His will , work- ing in us that which is well pleasing in His sight , through Jesus Christ , to whom be glory for ever and ever . Amen . " AGAINST RASH AND VAIN SWEARING . " But above all FOOLISH TALKING AND JESTING . 55.
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... glory . For it is a precept in His law , of moral nature , and eternal obligation , " Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God ; Him shalt thou serve , and to Him shalt thou cleave , and shalt swear by His name . " It is the character of a ...
... glory . For it is a precept in His law , of moral nature , and eternal obligation , " Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God ; Him shalt thou serve , and to Him shalt thou cleave , and shalt swear by His name . " It is the character of a ...
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Page 34 - Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, but, lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether.
Page 112 - And Joshua said unto Achan, My son, give, I pray thee, glory to the LORD God of Israel and make confession unto him; and tell me now what thou hast done; hide it not from me.
Page 109 - O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
Page 95 - Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers.
Page 96 - But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
Page 136 - Death and life are in the power of the tongue: and they that love it shall eat the fruit thereof.
Page 64 - And ye shall leave your name for a curse unto my chosen : for the Lord God shall slay thee, and call his servants by another name : that he who blesseth himself in the earth shall bless himself in the God of truth...
Page 90 - I SAID, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue : I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
Page 70 - Now therefore swear unto me here by God, that thou wilt not deal falsely with me, nor with my son, nor with my son's son: but according to the kindness that I have done unto thee, thou shalt do unto me, and to the land wherein thou hast sojourned.
Page 145 - LORD: it shall rejoice in his salvation. 10 All my bones shall say, LORD, who is like unto thee, which deliverest the poor from him that is too strong for him, yea, the poor and the needy from him that spoileth him ? 11 False witnesses did rise up ; they laid to my charge things that I knew not.