SermonsT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1820 |
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... alone , but the temper and inclinations . By this means it ascends to the sources of conduct ; and very ineffectual would the wisest system of legislation prove for the happiness of mankind , if it did not derive aid from VOL . II . B.
... alone , but the temper and inclinations . By this means it ascends to the sources of conduct ; and very ineffectual would the wisest system of legislation prove for the happiness of mankind , if it did not derive aid from VOL . II . B.
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... means to inculcate , is that which is known by the name of Candour ; a virtue , which , as soon as it is mentioned , every one will acknowledge to be essen- tial to the character of a worthy man ; a virtue which we seldom fail of ...
... means to inculcate , is that which is known by the name of Candour ; a virtue , which , as soon as it is mentioned , every one will acknowledge to be essen- tial to the character of a worthy man ; a virtue which we seldom fail of ...
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... mean between undistin- guishing credulity and universal jealousy , which a sound understanding discerns , and which the man of candour studies to preserve . • He makes allowance for the mixture of evil with good , which is to be found ...
... mean between undistin- guishing credulity and universal jealousy , which a sound understanding discerns , and which the man of candour studies to preserve . • He makes allowance for the mixture of evil with good , which is to be found ...
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... means of the fierce and desperate pas- sions which he allows to rage in his soul . Those evil spirits who inhabit the regions of misery , are represented as delighting in revenge and cruelty . But all that is great and good in the ...
... means of the fierce and desperate pas- sions which he allows to rage in his soul . Those evil spirits who inhabit the regions of misery , are represented as delighting in revenge and cruelty . But all that is great and good in the ...
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... means ; obliging the wrath of man to praise him ; sometimes humbling the mighty , sometimes exalting the low ; often snaring the wicked in the devices which their hands have wrought . Respectful acknowledgment of this divine government ...
... means ; obliging the wrath of man to praise him ; sometimes humbling the mighty , sometimes exalting the low ; often snaring the wicked in the devices which their hands have wrought . Respectful acknowledgment of this divine government ...
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Page 96 - Thy people also shall be all righteous : they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified. A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation : I the Lord will hasten it in his time.
Page 410 - 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.
Page 251 - We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed ; we are perplexed, but not in despair ; persecuted, but not forsaken ; cast down, but not destroyed...
Page 219 - 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.
Page 411 - The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice ; the floods lift up their waves. The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.
Page 434 - 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...
Page 79 - I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou earnest.
Page 435 - And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying. Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
Page 37 - And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord ? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child. And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing?
Page 438 - Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? and who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.