Sermons: Volume the third, Volumen2A. Strahan, and T. Cadell in the Strand, and W. Creech, Edinburgh, 1790 - 434 páginas |
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... active fcenes of the world , and from thofe vigorous exertions which dif- play to advantage the human abilities , they * Prov . ii . 20 . B 2 incline SERM . incline totally to exclude it . It may On the True Honour of Man . 3.
... active fcenes of the world , and from thofe vigorous exertions which dif- play to advantage the human abilities , they * Prov . ii . 20 . B 2 incline SERM . incline totally to exclude it . It may On the True Honour of Man . 3.
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... active exertions are over ; and to the last stage of life he is followed by public esteem and respect . Whereas , if genuine worth be wanting , the applaufe which may have attended a man for a while , by degrees dies away . Though , for ...
... active exertions are over ; and to the last stage of life he is followed by public esteem and respect . Whereas , if genuine worth be wanting , the applaufe which may have attended a man for a while , by degrees dies away . Though , for ...
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... - nish the exertions of active virtue . On the contrary , the religious principle , rightly understood , not only unites with all fuch virtues , C 2 1 SERM . virtues , but fupports , fortifies , On the True Honour of Man . 19.
... - nish the exertions of active virtue . On the contrary , the religious principle , rightly understood , not only unites with all fuch virtues , C 2 1 SERM . virtues , but fupports , fortifies , On the True Honour of Man . 19.
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... active instinct . This felf - love , if he had been a being who ftood folitary and alone , might have pro- ved fufficient for the purpose both of his preservation , and his welfare . But fuch is not the fituation of man . He is mixed ...
... active instinct . This felf - love , if he had been a being who ftood folitary and alone , might have pro- ved fufficient for the purpose both of his preservation , and his welfare . But fuch is not the fituation of man . He is mixed ...
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... fo , at fome fubfequent period of their lives . This pro- penfity to look forward , was for wife pur- poses implanted in the human breaft . It ferves ferves to give proper occupation to the active powers of 58 On the Improvement of Time .
... fo , at fome fubfequent period of their lives . This pro- penfity to look forward , was for wife pur- poses implanted in the human breaft . It ferves ferves to give proper occupation to the active powers of 58 On the Improvement of Time .
Términos y frases comunes
abuſed affift affume againſt arife behold bitterneſs bleffed cauſe character Chriftian cife conduct confcience confequence confider confiderable courfe courſe death defire difpofitions diftinction diſcharge divine duties earth envy evil exerciſe facrament facred fafely faid fame fecret felves fenfe fenfibility fentiments fhall fhould fhow firſt fituation fociety fome fometimes forrow fortune foul fources fpirit friends ftate ftation fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior fuppofed fupport fure goodneſs happineſs heart heaven Hence higheſt himſelf honour human intereft itſelf juft laft laſt Lord mankind meaſure ment midſt mind moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary obferve occafion ourſelves paffed paffions paſs paſt patience perfons pleaſures poffefs praiſe preſent principle proper purpoſe purſuits racter raiſed rank reaſon reft religion reſpect rife ſcene SERM ſhall ſhow ſome ſtate ſuch temper thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou tion truft univerfe uſeful virtue virtuous whofe whoſe wiſdom wiſh
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Página 185 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Página 399 - Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in the Lord his God : Which made heaven and earth, The sea, and all that therein is : Which keepeth truth for ever: Which executeth judgment for the oppressed : Which giveth food to the hungry.
Página 45 - And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage* are an hundred and thirty years...
Página 27 - ... to rejoice with them that rejoice, and to weep with them that weep...
Página 10 - The statesman, the orator or the poet, may be famous; while yet the man himself is far from being honoured. We envy his abilities. We wish to rival them.
Página 9 - The former is a loud and noisy Applause the latter a more silent and internal Homage Fame floats on, the Breath of the Multitude Honour rests on the Judgment of the Thinking Fame may give Praise while it withholds Esteem...
Página 106 - ... or envy. Moral and religious instruction derives its efficacy, not so much from what men are taught to know, as from what they are brought to feel.
Página 309 - O send out your light and your truth; let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling. * Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy; and I will praise you with the harp, O God, my God.
Página 235 - Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun : but if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many.
Página 42 - He who pretends to great sensibility towards men, and yet has no feeling for the high objects of religion, no heart to admire and adore the great Father of the universe, has reason to distrust the truth and delicacy of his sensibility.