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Page 8
In order that the public religion may be productive of any good eifects, it is
necessary that it make a deep impression upon the minds of the people. Bu< if it
were not for our assembling together on the Lord's day, for public worship, that
form of ...
In order that the public religion may be productive of any good eifects, it is
necessary that it make a deep impression upon the minds of the people. Bu< if it
were not for our assembling together on the Lord's day, for public worship, that
form of ...
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Men in general arc governed by their passions, their interest, the prevailing bias
of their minds; and whenever their passions, their interest, or the bias of their
mind, stand in one scale, and their duty in the other, it is very evident where the ...
Men in general arc governed by their passions, their interest, the prevailing bias
of their minds; and whenever their passions, their interest, or the bias of their
mind, stand in one scale, and their duty in the other, it is very evident where the ...
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What is it that keeps alive on the minds of the people, the fear of God and the
belief of his providence? It is the public institutions of religion ; it is the
observance of the Lord's day; it is our assembling together in this place, for the
celebration of ...
What is it that keeps alive on the minds of the people, the fear of God and the
belief of his providence? It is the public institutions of religion ; it is the
observance of the Lord's day; it is our assembling together in this place, for the
celebration of ...
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Nothing so much as the influence of religious principles upon the minds of men.
Christianity gives honour to civil government, as being the ordinance of God, and
enjoins subjection to the laws, under its own awful sanctions. And not only by ...
Nothing so much as the influence of religious principles upon the minds of men.
Christianity gives honour to civil government, as being the ordinance of God, and
enjoins subjection to the laws, under its own awful sanctions. And not only by ...
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There is not a disposition of the mind which is more noble in itself, or is attended
with greater pleasure than piety. It is accompanied with such inward satisfaction,
that the duty is sufficiently rewarded by the performance ; and it hath such true ...
There is not a disposition of the mind which is more noble in itself, or is attended
with greater pleasure than piety. It is accompanied with such inward satisfaction,
that the duty is sufficiently rewarded by the performance ; and it hath such true ...
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Page 113 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Page 43 - I am the Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac. The land whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed.
Page 43 - And Jacob awaked out of his sleep, and he said, Surely the Lord is in this place; and I knew it not. And he was afraid and said, How dreadful is this place! This is none other but the house of God, and this is the gate of heaven.
Page 6 - How amiable are thy tabernacles,- O Lord of hosts ! " My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth, for the courts of the Lord ; my heart and, my flesh crieth out for the living God.
Page 167 - And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger.
Page 214 - Behold, a sower went forth to sow; and when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth : and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: and when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.
Page 20 - With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.
Page 35 - OH THAT I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness...
Page 236 - I exceedingly fear and quake : but ye are come unto Mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, and to the general assembly and church of the first-born, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, and to Jesus the Mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of Abel.
Page 115 - Who shall lay anything to the charge of God's elect ? It is God that justifieth. Who is he that condemneth ? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us.
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| Title | Sermons, lectures and communion service according to the usage of the Church of Scotland |
| Author | John Logan |
| Publisher | James Scott, 1821 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | May 16, 2006 |
| Length | 368 pages |
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