The Scottish Pulpit from the Reformation to the Present Day

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Harper, 1887 - 287 páginas

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Página 117 - Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King, Whose word no man relies on ; Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one.
Página 78 - Christ and members of his Church. We will yield to you your place, and give you 'all due obedience; but again, I say, you are not the head of the Church; you cannot give us that eternal life which we seek for even in this world, and you cannot deprive us of it.
Página 198 - I might have made him a more upright and honourable man, I might have left him as destitute of the essence of religious principle as ever. But the interesting fact is, that during the whole of that period in which I made no attempt against the natural enmity of the mind to God, while I was inattentive to the way in which this enmity is dissolved, — even by the free ofl'er on the one hand, and the believing acceptance...
Página 200 - ... to these great and essential elements in the business of a soul providing for its interest with God, and the -concerns of its eternity, that I ever heard of any of those subordinate reformations which I aforetime made the earnest and the zealous, but I am afraid at the same time, the ultimate, object of my earlier ministrations.
Página 200 - I aforetime made the earnest and the zealous, but I am afraid at the same time, the ultimate object of my earlier ministrations. Ye servants, whose scrupulous fidelity has now attracted the notice, and drawn forth in my hearing a delightful testimony from your masters, what mischief you would have done, had your zeal for doctrines and- sacraments been accompanied by the sloth and the...
Página 199 - Gospel salvation ; while Christ, through whose blood the sinner, who by nature stands afar off, is brought near to the heavenly Lawgiver, whom he has offended, was scarcely ever spoken of, or spoken of in such a way as stripped Him of all the importance of His character and...
Página 93 - Dare ye for this adjure the civil sword To force our consciences that Christ set free, And ride us with a classic hierarchy Taught ye by mere AS and Rutherford?
Página 77 - ... church of God are like to go to wreck, for not telling you the truth and giving you faithful counsel, we must discharge our duty, or else be traitors both to Christ and you. Therefore, Sir, as diverse...
Página 77 - ... of your life and crown, and, along with you, the country and the church of God are like to go to wreck, for not telling you the truth, and giving you faithful counsel, we must discharge our duty or else be traitors both to Christ and you.
Página 223 - How different in looks to a brisk town congregation ! There was a fine leisureliness and vague stare ; all the dignity and vacancy of animals ; eyebrows raised and mouths open, as is the habit with those who speak little and look much, and at far-off objects.

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