The pulpit; or, A biographical and literary account of eminent popular preachers, interspersed with occasional clerical criticism, by Onesimus, Volume 21812 |
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... objections to certain parts of her offices are broadly stated ; and the practice of her Clergy in " reading sermons , " instead of cultivating the more engaging the Author of the Pulpit trusts that he has pursued viii PREFACE .
... objections to certain parts of her offices are broadly stated ; and the practice of her Clergy in " reading sermons , " instead of cultivating the more engaging the Author of the Pulpit trusts that he has pursued viii PREFACE .
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... Sermons before the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts , in 1803. Amongst his lordship's published sermons , there is an Ordina- tion Sermon which was preached at Christ Church , Oxford JOHN RANDOLPH , D. D. 9.
... Sermons before the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts , in 1803. Amongst his lordship's published sermons , there is an Ordina- tion Sermon which was preached at Christ Church , Oxford JOHN RANDOLPH , D. D. 9.
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Garnet Terry. tion Sermon which was preached at Christ Church , Oxford , in 1779 ; and a Sermon delivered at the Consecration of the late Dr. Lewis Bagot , to the Bishopric of Bristol , in 1782 . Being translated to the See of Bangor ...
Garnet Terry. tion Sermon which was preached at Christ Church , Oxford , in 1779 ; and a Sermon delivered at the Consecration of the late Dr. Lewis Bagot , to the Bishopric of Bristol , in 1782 . Being translated to the See of Bangor ...
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... sermons are rather addressed to the head , than aimed at the heart . Learning has rendered him both thinking and ... sermon was delivered ; 18 JOHN RANDOLPH , D. D..
... sermons are rather addressed to the head , than aimed at the heart . Learning has rendered him both thinking and ... sermon was delivered ; 18 JOHN RANDOLPH , D. D..
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Garnet Terry. nistry received Orders . An appropriate sermon was delivered ; and the service itself , certainly the most interesting that ever men compiled or composed ! —was performed with great solemnity , and with apparent effect ...
Garnet Terry. nistry received Orders . An appropriate sermon was delivered ; and the service itself , certainly the most interesting that ever men compiled or composed ! —was performed with great solemnity , and with apparent effect ...
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Page 361 - There stands the messenger of truth : there stands The legate of the skies ! His theme divine, His office sacred, his credentials clear. By him the violated law speaks out Its thunders ; and by him, in strains as sweet As angels use, the gospel whispers peace.
Page 352 - One family we dwell in Him, One Church above, beneath, Though now divided by the stream, The narrow stream, of death...
Page 255 - Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do,' — the voice of the preacher, which had all along faltered, grew fainter and fainter, until, his utterance being entirely obstructed by the force of his feelings, he raised his handkerchief to his eyes, and burst into a loud and irrepressible flood of grief. The effect is inconceivable.
Page 60 - Stood in himself collected, while each part, Motion, each act won audience ere the tongue...
Page 211 - And Paul said, I would to GOD, that not only thou, but also all that hear me this day, were both almost, and altogether such as I am, except these bonds.
Page 255 - Saviour; when he drew, to the life, his blessed eyes streaming in tears to heaven; his voice breathing to God, a soft and gentle prayer of pardon on his enemies, * Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do...
Page 173 - ... numbers, dispersion, and adherence to their religion, have furnished every age, and every nation of the world, with the strongest arguments for the Christian faith, not only as these very particulars are foretold of them, but as they themselves are the depositaries of these, and all the other prophecies, which tend to their own confusion. Their number furnishes us with a sufficient cloud of witnesses that attest the truth of the old Bible.
Page 278 - ... holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.
Page 318 - Son of man, I have made thee a watchman unto the house of Israel: therefore hear the word at my mouth, and give them warning from me. When I say unto the wicked, Thou shalt surely die; and thou givest him not warning, nor speakest to warn the wicked from his wicked way, to save his life: the same wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand.
Page 173 - Their number furnishes us with a sufficient cloud of witnesses that attest the truth of the Old Bible. Their dispersion spreads these witnesses through all parts of the world, the adherence to their religion makes their testimony unquestionable.