Sermons by eminent living divines of the Church of England (of the Presbyterian churches).1856 |
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Page 95 - At what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy it: if that nation, against whom I have pronounced, turn from their evil, I will repent of the evil that I thought to do unto them.
Page 36 - For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little and there a little." The prophet, speaking in the name of God, here lays it down as important, or rather indispensable, that the same truths should be repeated again and
Page 188 - The governor of the feast called the bridegroom, and saith unto him. Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now."—JOHN ii.
Page 8 - O God, the heathen are come into Thine inheritance; Thy holy temple have they defiled, and made Jerusalem a heap of stones. The dead bodies of Thy servants have they given to be meat unto the fowls of the air, and the flesh of Thy saints unto the beasts of the land.
Page 101 - Unto me, who am less than the least of all saints, is this grace given, that I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ and to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery, which from
Page 99 - And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way: and God repented of the evil He had said He would do unto them ; and He did it not." Yes, my beloved brethren, with joy we repeat the precious words, " our God is merciful."
Page 75 - but God is the judge; He putteth down one and setteth up another." " When He giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when He hideth His face, who then can behold Him, whether it be done against a nation, or against a man only ?
Page 2 - Thy dead men shall live, together with My dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
Page 163 - And it came to pass, that Jesus went into a city called Nain, and many of his disciples went with him, and much people. Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold there was a dead man carried
Page 167 - add to our faith virtue, and to our virtue knowledge, and to knowledge temperance, and to temperance patience, and to patience godliness, and to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness charity. For if these things be in us and abound, they make us that we shall