Sermons; Evangelical, Doctrinal and PracticalC. Norris, 1813 - 366 pages |
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... happiness of a creature consist in the knowledge and enjoyment of God . But notwith- standing this , great ignorance of God has prevailed in all ages among mankind . In some ages , and among some nations , this darkness has been great ...
... happiness of a creature consist in the knowledge and enjoyment of God . But notwith- standing this , great ignorance of God has prevailed in all ages among mankind . In some ages , and among some nations , this darkness has been great ...
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... happiness ! And if such wisdom , power and goodness are displayed in the material creation , which is the least considerable part of the universe - If these things be his handy work - if these be but an inconsiderable part of his ways ...
... happiness ! And if such wisdom , power and goodness are displayed in the material creation , which is the least considerable part of the universe - If these things be his handy work - if these be but an inconsiderable part of his ways ...
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... happiness , his Goodness . Every particle of matter glows with evidence of the being of God , so that it is for want of proper attention to the evidence which is offered , that any are ignorant of this fundamental principle of natural ...
... happiness , his Goodness . Every particle of matter glows with evidence of the being of God , so that it is for want of proper attention to the evidence which is offered , that any are ignorant of this fundamental principle of natural ...
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... happiness , in any con- siderable degree , in being thought pious by others- or think this disguise necessary to gain the confidence of their fellowmen , in order to gratify a worldly , or covetous spirit . This was at the bottom of the ...
... happiness , in any con- siderable degree , in being thought pious by others- or think this disguise necessary to gain the confidence of their fellowmen , in order to gratify a worldly , or covetous spirit . This was at the bottom of the ...
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... happiness of his family . He lays up wealth for his children , and when he dies , makes them his heirs . God is the father of the righteous , and loves them with infinite tenderness ; and the love of the kindest earthly parent can never ...
... happiness of his family . He lays up wealth for his children , and when he dies , makes them his heirs . God is the father of the righteous , and loves them with infinite tenderness ; and the love of the kindest earthly parent can never ...
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Popular passages
Page 240 - And now go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard : I will take away the hedge thereof, and it shall be eaten up; And break down the wall thereof, and it shall be trodden down...
Page 84 - O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, That God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
Page 194 - These six things doth the Lord hate: Yea, seven are an abomination unto him : A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren.
Page 60 - Behold now, this city is near to flee unto, and it is a little one: Oh, let me escape thither, (is it not a little one?) and my soul shall live.
Page 83 - For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil. The Son of man is come eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!
Page 232 - Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
Page 333 - And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat: this is my body. And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying. Drink ye all of it; For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.
Page 53 - And he said, Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the Lord: Peradventure there shall be twenty found there. And he said, I will not destroy it for twenty's sake.
Page 53 - And he said, Oh, let not the Lord be angry, and I will speak yet but this once. Peradventure ten shall be found there ? And He said, I will not destroy it for ten's sake.
Page 246 - Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord: and they shall wander from sea to sea, and from the north even to the east, they shall run to and fro to seek the word of the Lord, and shall not find it.