Sermons ...: With a Short Account of the Life and Character of the Author, Volumen1Sharpe & Son, Edwards & Company, [and others], 1820 |
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Página xii
... labours in that conspicuous and difficult station , sufficiently evince the wisdom of their choice . Hitherto his ... labour of former years from the drudgery of weekly preparation for the pulpit , he began to think seriously on a plan ...
... labours in that conspicuous and difficult station , sufficiently evince the wisdom of their choice . Hitherto his ... labour of former years from the drudgery of weekly preparation for the pulpit , he began to think seriously on a plan ...
Página xiii
... labours of the office ; and the general voice of the Public has pronounced them to be a most judicious , elegant , and compre- hensive system of rules for forming the style and cultivating the taste of youth . About the time in which he ...
... labours of the office ; and the general voice of the Public has pronounced them to be a most judicious , elegant , and compre- hensive system of rules for forming the style and cultivating the taste of youth . About the time in which he ...
Página xv
... laboured most zealously to promote . The Sermons which he has given to the world are universally admitted to be models in their kind ; and they will long remain durable monuments of the piety , the genius , and sound judgment of their ...
... laboured most zealously to promote . The Sermons which he has given to the world are universally admitted to be models in their kind ; and they will long remain durable monuments of the piety , the genius , and sound judgment of their ...
Página xvi
... labours of his office . It rested on the uniform intrinsic excellence of his discourses , in point of matter and composition , rather than on foreign attractions ; for his delivery , though distinct , serious and impressive , was not ...
... labours of his office . It rested on the uniform intrinsic excellence of his discourses , in point of matter and composition , rather than on foreign attractions ; for his delivery , though distinct , serious and impressive , was not ...
Página xxi
... labours of love . His " image will be as a guardian angel , to admonish you when dangers approach , to rouse within you every principle of virtuous exertion , and to in- " spire you with strength to overcome . 66 66 " Our hearts ...
... labours of love . His " image will be as a guardian angel , to admonish you when dangers approach , to rouse within you every principle of virtuous exertion , and to in- " spire you with strength to overcome . 66 66 " Our hearts ...
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Pasajes populares
Página 237 - Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth : therefore let thy words be few.
Página 53 - For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
Página 101 - Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.
Página 148 - He feedeth on ashes : a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand...
Página 202 - 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.
Página 194 - Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing; To shew that the Lord is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
Página 146 - Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. The depth saith, It is not in me : and the sea saith, It is not with me.
Página 53 - When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see through a glass darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
Página 133 - Who is the Lord?" or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.