SermonsT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1820 |
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... ment . Pride is hurt and wounded by every excellence in which it can claim no share ; and , from eagerness to discover a blemish , rests upon the slightest appear- ance of one , as a satisfying proof . When rivalry and competition ...
... ment . Pride is hurt and wounded by every excellence in which it can claim no share ; and , from eagerness to discover a blemish , rests upon the slightest appear- ance of one , as a satisfying proof . When rivalry and competition ...
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Hugh Blair. as look forward to the tribunal of God . The argu- ment extends not indeed so far , as to represent our acceptance with the Deity as entirely suspended upon the candour which we shew in forming our sentiments of others . We ...
Hugh Blair. as look forward to the tribunal of God . The argu- ment extends not indeed so far , as to represent our acceptance with the Deity as entirely suspended upon the candour which we shew in forming our sentiments of others . We ...
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... ment to have said more : This is the voice of nature herself , speaking her own language ; and it pene- trates the heart : No pomp of expression ; no parade of kindness ; but strong affection hastening to utter what it strongly felt ...
... ment to have said more : This is the voice of nature herself , speaking her own language ; and it pene- trates the heart : No pomp of expression ; no parade of kindness ; but strong affection hastening to utter what it strongly felt ...
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... ment as they dreaded had ever lurked in the soul of Joseph . On the contrary , when he beheld his brethren in this affecting situation , bereaved of their ancient protector , and reduced , as they imagined , to the necessity of holding ...
... ment as they dreaded had ever lurked in the soul of Joseph . On the contrary , when he beheld his brethren in this affecting situation , bereaved of their ancient protector , and reduced , as they imagined , to the necessity of holding ...
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... . Remember , that no opinions which you form under the power of resent- ment can by depended upon as just ; and that every one loads the intentions of his enemy with imaginary degrees SERM . XXVI . ] ON THE CHARACTER OF JOSEPH . 29.
... . Remember , that no opinions which you form under the power of resent- ment can by depended upon as just ; and that every one loads the intentions of his enemy with imaginary degrees SERM . XXVI . ] ON THE CHARACTER OF JOSEPH . 29.
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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.