Christian Morality: Sermons on the Principles of Morality Inculcated in the Holy Scriptures, in Their Application to the Present Condition of SocietyLeonard C. Bowles, 1833 - 336 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 332 - not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath, tribulation and anguish upon every soul of man that doeth evil.' I would have you remark that these successive judgments in life are by no means to be considered as perfectly, and from the first, judgments ' according to righteousness;
الصفحة 253 - If these things be done in the green tree, what shall be done in the dry ?' If thus it fares with sincerity in the Church, what should we expect in the world ? though truly it can scarcely be much worse. Still it is not behind in the emulation of evil. How common it is for falsehood to be
الصفحة 37 - And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do
الصفحة 135 - For even when we were with you, this we commanded you, that if any would not work, neither should he eat.
الصفحة 331 - man's youth may compass him about;) so should we expect the future judgment, not to be only on old age ; not to regard the faith or repentance of a dying moment ; but to be on the whole life, and the whole character which is its result ; ' it shall be rendered to every man according to his deeds; to them who, by patient continuance in well doing, seek for glory, honour,
الصفحة 37 - I may inherit eternal life ? And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good ? There is none good but one, that is, God. Thou knowest
الصفحة 207 - be sober, putting on the breastplate of faith and love : and for an helmet, the hope of salvation.
الصفحة 32 - wants and spirit of the age, are of the utmost importance. Bishop Horsley's definition of a good subject, that ' he has nothing to do with the laws, but to obey them,' is certainly not the description of a good Christian or moral man. It is
الصفحة 208 - others ; to weep with those that weep, as well as to rejoice with those that rejoice ; to
الصفحة 3 - its greater difficulty of accomplishment, but simply by its rareness. The natural and the supernatural are alike God's acts, only the one is common, the other uncommon ; but both rational and credible ; as both may be portions of a common plan, directed to a common object. It is a bad definition of a miracle, that