Sermons: Volume the third, Volumen2A. Strahan, and T. Cadell in the Strand, and W. Creech, Edinburgh, 1790 - 434 páginas |
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... just , whatsoever things are pure , whatfoever things are lovely , what- foever things are of good report , if there be any virtue , and if there be any praise * . By thefe means , wisdom , as the text afferts , bringeth us to honour ...
... just , whatsoever things are pure , whatfoever things are lovely , what- foever things are of good report , if there be any virtue , and if there be any praise * . By thefe means , wisdom , as the text afferts , bringeth us to honour ...
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... just men made perfect ; where , we are affured , they who have been eminent in righteousness fhall fhine as the brightness of the firmament , and as the ftars for ever and ever * .— Earthly honours are both short- lived in their ...
... just men made perfect ; where , we are affured , they who have been eminent in righteousness fhall fhine as the brightness of the firmament , and as the ftars for ever and ever * .— Earthly honours are both short- lived in their ...
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... just as the vine by its nature produces fruit , and the fountain pours forth its ftreams . Wherever views of interest , and profpects of return , mingle with the feel- ings of affection , fenfibility acts an ́imper- fect part , and ...
... just as the vine by its nature produces fruit , and the fountain pours forth its ftreams . Wherever views of interest , and profpects of return , mingle with the feel- ings of affection , fenfibility acts an ́imper- fect part , and ...
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... just demand of the human race upon one another . One of the firft queftions , therefore , which every man who is in the vigour of his age should put to himself is , " What am I doing in this world ? What have " I yet done , whereby I ...
... just demand of the human race upon one another . One of the firft queftions , therefore , which every man who is in the vigour of his age should put to himself is , " What am I doing in this world ? What have " I yet done , whereby I ...
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... just and natural forrow . It is becoming in every one to show , on fuch occafions , that he feels , as a man ought to feel . At the fame time , let moderation temper the grief of a good man and a Chriftian . He muft not forrow like ...
... just and natural forrow . It is becoming in every one to show , on fuch occafions , that he feels , as a man ought to feel . At the fame time , let moderation temper the grief of a good man and a Chriftian . He muft not forrow like ...
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.