Memoirs of the Forty-five First Years of the Life of James Lackington, Bookseller: In Forty-seven Letters to a FriendWhittaker, Treacher, and Arnot, 1830 - 347 páginas |
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... at- tended this place , it was a year or two before I took the least notice of the sermon which was read ; nor had I any idea that I had the least concern in what the minister was ( as it is called ) preaching 50 THE LIFE OF.
... at- tended this place , it was a year or two before I took the least notice of the sermon which was read ; nor had I any idea that I had the least concern in what the minister was ( as it is called ) preaching 50 THE LIFE OF.
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... Sermons , like plays , some please us at the ear , But never will a serious reading bear ; Some in the closet edify enough , That from the pulpit seem'd but sorry stuff . " Tis thus there are who by ill reading spoil Young's pointed ...
... Sermons , like plays , some please us at the ear , But never will a serious reading bear ; Some in the closet edify enough , That from the pulpit seem'd but sorry stuff . " Tis thus there are who by ill reading spoil Young's pointed ...
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... sermon by one of Mr Wesley's preachers , and who had left the plough - tail to preach the pure and unadulterated Gospel of Christ . By this sermon the fallow ground of poor George's heart was ploughed up , he was now persuaded that the ...
... sermon by one of Mr Wesley's preachers , and who had left the plough - tail to preach the pure and unadulterated Gospel of Christ . By this sermon the fallow ground of poor George's heart was ploughed up , he was now persuaded that the ...
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... sermon fright- ened me most terribly . I soon after went to hear an old Scotchman , and he assured his congregation that they would be damned , and double damned , and treble damned , and damned for ever , if they died without what he ...
... sermon fright- ened me most terribly . I soon after went to hear an old Scotchman , and he assured his congregation that they would be damned , and double damned , and treble damned , and damned for ever , if they died without what he ...
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... sermons . And even those among them who have arrived to the highest pitch of enthusiasm , and who at times talk of their foretaste of heaven , and of their full assurance of sins forgiven , and of talking to the Deity as familiarly as ...
... sermons . And even those among them who have arrived to the highest pitch of enthusiasm , and who at times talk of their foretaste of heaven , and of their full assurance of sins forgiven , and of talking to the Deity as familiarly as ...
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Página 347 - The burden of them is intolerable. Have mercy upon us, Have mercy upon us, most merciful Father; For thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ's sake, Forgive us all that is past; And grant that we may ever hereafter Serve and please thee In newness of life, To the honour and glory of thy name; Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
Página 294 - Yes ! let the rich deride, the proud disdain These simple blessings of the lowly train ; To me more dear, congenial to my heart, One native charm, than all the gloss of art...
Página 96 - Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe the' enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast.
Página 168 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us — And that there is, all nature cries aloud Through all her works — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
Página 114 - Others apart sat on a hill retir'd, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate; Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost.
Página 161 - Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see ; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
Página 294 - Amidst these humble bowers to lay me down; To husband out life's taper at the close, And keep the flame from wasting by repose. I still had hopes, for pride attends us still, Amidst the swains to show my...
Página 252 - But if you happen to have any learning, keep it a profound secret, especially from the men, who generally look with a jealous and malignant eye on a woman of great parts and a cultivated understanding.
Página 119 - Our portion is not large, indeed ; But then how little do we need ! For nature's calls are few : In this the art of living lies, To want no more than may suffice, And make that little do.
Página 347 - Original Sin standeth not in the following of Adam (as the Pelagians do vainly talk); but it is the fault and corruption of the Nature of every man, that naturally is engendered of the offspring of Adam; whereby man is very far gone from original righteousness, and is of his own nature inclined to evil, so that the flesh lusteth always contrary to the spirit; and therefore in every person born into this world, it deserveth God's wrath and damnation.