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... admitted a principle of confusion which will defeat all your plans ; and perplex and entangle what you sought to arrange . Uniformity is above SERMON all things necessary to order . If you desire C 2 al Order in Conduct . 19.
... admitted a principle of confusion which will defeat all your plans ; and perplex and entangle what you sought to arrange . Uniformity is above SERMON all things necessary to order . If you desire C 2 al Order in Conduct . 19.
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Hugh Blair. SERMON all things necessary to order . If you desire I. that any thing should proceed according to method and rule , let all things , as the text exhorts , be done in order . I must also admonish you , that in small as well ...
Hugh Blair. SERMON all things necessary to order . If you desire I. that any thing should proceed according to method and rule , let all things , as the text exhorts , be done in order . I must also admonish you , that in small as well ...
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... desires ; and keep the heart with all diligence , that is , with sedulous and unre- mitting care ; for which he assigns this reason , that out of the heart are the issues of life . - In discoursing on this subject I purpose to consider ...
... desires ; and keep the heart with all diligence , that is , with sedulous and unre- mitting care ; for which he assigns this reason , that out of the heart are the issues of life . - In discoursing on this subject I purpose to consider ...
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... desire of rising into power , he is held not public - spirited , but ambitious : and if he bestows a benefit , purely that he may receive a greater in return , no man would reckon him gene- ` rous , but selfish and interested . If ...
... desire of rising into power , he is held not public - spirited , but ambitious : and if he bestows a benefit , purely that he may receive a greater in return , no man would reckon him gene- ` rous , but selfish and interested . If ...
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... gives it a perpetual tendency downwards into vice and disorder . To direct and impel it upwards , requires a constant effort . Experience may convince VOL . II . D you , SERMON you , that almost every desire has a pro- of the Heart . 33.
... gives it a perpetual tendency downwards into vice and disorder . To direct and impel it upwards , requires a constant effort . Experience may convince VOL . II . D you , SERMON you , that almost every desire has a pro- of the Heart . 33.
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Page 188 - But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
Page 121 - Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need
Page vii - It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
Page 127 - Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more ? Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore? Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies?
Page 105 - Hath he said, and shall he not do it ? Hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good...
Page 211 - I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave : I am deprived of the residue of my years. I said, I shall not see the LORD, Even the LORD, in the land of the living : I shall behold man no more With the inhabitants of the world.
Page 220 - I am the Resurrection, and the Life : he that believeth on Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live : and whosoever liveth and believeth in
Page vii - And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord ? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child. And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing?
Page 295 - Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
Page 381 - By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent...