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One Hundres and Seventy Three Sermons on Several Subject
One Hundres and Seventy Three Sermons on Several Subject Author:Samuel Clarke General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1751 Original Publisher: printed for J. Leathley, G. and A. Ewing, W. Smith, and T. Moore, in Drame street; J. Smith, on the Blind-quay, and G. Faulkner, in Essex-street, booksellers Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there m... more »ay be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: S E R M. Which natural Effects of Contentioufnefs and vain XXXVI, pifputes in order to impofe upon each other our 1 -- tx' own Opinions, are probably in great p'art the true reafon from whence it comes to pafs, that not many wife men after the FleJh, not many mighty, not many noble are called ; Bitt God has chofen thefoolijb things of the world, to confound the wife; and the weak- things of the world, to confound the things that are mighty i Cor. i. 16. Not many wife men after the FlcJh; i, e. not many of thofe whom the World generally efteemed wife, for their being able by fubtle difputes to perplex and make intricate even the plaineft Truths ; but the men of Integrity an4 Plainnefs, of Sincerity and Simplicity of Heart, men of fair and equitable Principles, univerfally charitable and Lovers of Mankind. Thefe were i Cor. iii. tne Perfons that embraced the Gofpel of Chrift. 18. And this feems to be the Ground and Meaning of that affectionate Thank/giving of our Saviour's, St. Matt. xi. £5. / thank thee, 0 Father, Lord of Heaven and Earth, becaufe thou haft hid thefe things, from the Wife and Prudent, (that is, from the Cunning or Crafty,) and haft revealed them unto Babes ; (to men of unprejudiced Plainnefs and uncorrupe Integrity;) Even fo, Father, forfeit feemed good in tbyjight: And of his declaring accordingly to his Difciples, St. Luke xviii. 17. Verily, I fay unto- you, Whofoever Jhall not receive the Kingdom of God as a ...« less