Sermons, Volume 4T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1815 |
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... sentiment in the text was uttered ; My soul is weary of my life ; a sentiment , which surely , if any si- tuation can justify it , was allowable in the case of Job . In situations very different from that of Job , under calamities far ...
... sentiment in the text was uttered ; My soul is weary of my life ; a sentiment , which surely , if any si- tuation can justify it , was allowable in the case of Job . In situations very different from that of Job , under calamities far ...
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... sentiment of an afflicted man ; Third- ly , The sentiment of a devout man . I. LET us consider the text as express- ing the sentiment of a discontented man ; with whom it is the effusion of spleen , vexation , and dissatisfaction with ...
... sentiment of an afflicted man ; Third- ly , The sentiment of a devout man . I. LET us consider the text as express- ing the sentiment of a discontented man ; with whom it is the effusion of spleen , vexation , and dissatisfaction with ...
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... sentiment in the text as exhorted by situations of distress . These are so variously multiplied in the world , and often so oppressive and heavy , that assuredly it is not uncommon to hear the afflicted complain that they are weary of ...
... sentiment in the text as exhorted by situations of distress . These are so variously multiplied in the world , and often so oppressive and heavy , that assuredly it is not uncommon to hear the afflicted complain that they are weary of ...
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... sentiment of the text is to be found . They are persons who have no particular complaint to make of the injustice of the world , or the afflictions of their state . But they are tired of the vanity of the world , of its insipid ...
... sentiment of the text is to be found . They are persons who have no particular complaint to make of the injustice of the world , or the afflictions of their state . But they are tired of the vanity of the world , of its insipid ...
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... sentiment in the text may sometimes be that of a devout man . But such persons I must admonish , that their devotion , however sincere , is not altoge- ther of a rational and chastened kind . It was from this temper that , in former ...
... sentiment in the text may sometimes be that of a devout man . But such persons I must admonish , that their devotion , however sincere , is not altoge- ther of a rational and chastened kind . It was from this temper that , in former ...
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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!