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... . vii . 31. The fashion of this world passeth away . SERMON XIII . 223 On Tranquillity of Mind . PSALM , XV . 5. He that doth these things shall never be moved 243 SERMON XIV . On the Misfortunes of Men being chargeable CONTENTS .
... . vii . 31. The fashion of this world passeth away . SERMON XIII . 223 On Tranquillity of Mind . PSALM , XV . 5. He that doth these things shall never be moved 243 SERMON XIV . On the Misfortunes of Men being chargeable CONTENTS .
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... mind : the idle ; the luxurious ; the cri- minal . First , This weariness of life is often found among the idle ; persons commonly in easy circumstances of fortune , who are not en- gaged in any of the laborious occupations of the world ...
... mind : the idle ; the luxurious ; the cri- minal . First , This weariness of life is often found among the idle ; persons commonly in easy circumstances of fortune , who are not en- gaged in any of the laborious occupations of the world ...
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... mind broken and debased by luxury and cor- ruption . They are the authors of their own misery , by having thrown away on the follies of the world those powers which God had bestowed on them for nobler ends . -Let them return to the ...
... mind broken and debased by luxury and cor- ruption . They are the authors of their own misery , by having thrown away on the follies of the world those powers which God had bestowed on them for nobler ends . -Let them return to the ...
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... mind . Instead of declar- ing that his soul is weary of his life , it be- comes a brave and a good man , in the evil day , with firmness to maintain his post , to bear up against the storm ; to have re- course to those advantages which ...
... mind . Instead of declar- ing that his soul is weary of his life , it be- comes a brave and a good man , in the evil day , with firmness to maintain his post , to bear up against the storm ; to have re- course to those advantages which ...
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... mind . They are far from con- tributing to happiness , and are inconsistent with all the active virtues of men . This life deserves not indeed to be put in com- petition with that blessed immortality to which God has raised our hopes ...
... mind . They are far from con- tributing to happiness , and are inconsistent with all the active virtues of men . This life deserves not indeed to be put in com- petition with that blessed immortality to which God has raised our hopes ...
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Page 88 - Say unto them, As I live, saith the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked; but that the wicked turn from his way and live: turn ye, turn ye from your evil ways; for why will ye die, O house of Israel...
Page 90 - 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 97 - Wherefore do ye spend money for that which is not bread ? and your labour for that which satisfieth not? hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness.
Page 92 - 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 175 - He that spared not his own Son, but gave him up for us all, how shall he not with him also freely give us all things?
Page 367 - Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Page 220 - LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
Page 356 - Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Who according to His abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead...
Page 204 - O come, let us worship and bow down ; let us kneel before the Lord our maker. For He is our God ; and we are the people of His pasture, and the sheep of His hand.
Page 367 - Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!