Ecclesiastes Anglicanus: Being a Treatise on Preaching, as Adapted to a Church of England Congregation : in a Series of Letters to a Young Clergyman |
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... bor- rowed : for there is something peculiar in each man's way of thinking and expressing himself , of which it is not in the power of another to give a just notion . r And if it be difficult to preach the composition B.3 INTRODUCTORY . 5.
... bor- rowed : for there is something peculiar in each man's way of thinking and expressing himself , of which it is not in the power of another to give a just notion . r And if it be difficult to preach the composition B.3 INTRODUCTORY . 5.
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... give you some useful information , which , otherwise , you might not have met with . The suggestions which I have ob- tained from various authors are acknowledged when- ever I remember where they came from ; but I have no doubt there ...
... give you some useful information , which , otherwise , you might not have met with . The suggestions which I have ob- tained from various authors are acknowledged when- ever I remember where they came from ; but I have no doubt there ...
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... give it that character of reality , which at other times so greatly assists the speaker . Your message , though it be from heaven , is an oft - told tale ; the sound of the Gospel falls like lead on the ear ; the same persons have heard ...
... give it that character of reality , which at other times so greatly assists the speaker . Your message , though it be from heaven , is an oft - told tale ; the sound of the Gospel falls like lead on the ear ; the same persons have heard ...
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... give this business - like character to a sermon . One cause of this apathy is because you speak of things , not per- sons ' . There is no personal collision ; you miss the excitement of opposition ; and many of the most effective ...
... give this business - like character to a sermon . One cause of this apathy is because you speak of things , not per- sons ' . There is no personal collision ; you miss the excitement of opposition ; and many of the most effective ...
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... give up his office in despair , or content himself with reading the compositions of others . But remember , my dear friend , that the preacher of the Gospel has placed himself in the situation of God's ambassador , and is acknowledged ...
... give up his office in despair , or content himself with reading the compositions of others . But remember , my dear friend , that the preacher of the Gospel has placed himself in the situation of God's ambassador , and is acknowledged ...
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Page 57 - My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass : Because I will publish the name of the Lord: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
Page 250 - But now being made free from sin, and become servants to God, ye have your fruit unto holiness, and the end everlasting life. For the wages of sin is death ; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 158 - For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith...
Page 78 - That they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, though he be not far from every one of us: For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
Page 59 - For I long to see you, that I may impart unto you some spiritual gift, to the end ye may be established ; 12 That is, that I may be comforted together with you by the mutual faith both of you and me.
Page 82 - Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father : there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust.
Page 295 - For this cause also thank we God without ceasing, because, when ye received the word of God which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of men, but as it is in truth, the word of God, which effeetually worketh also in you that believe.
Page 225 - And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the Prophets, neither will they be persuaded though one rose from the dead. Then said he unto the disciples, It is impossible but that offences will come : but woe unto him through whom they come ! It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.
Page 116 - Behold the fire and the wood : but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?
Page 33 - For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world...