Discourses on several important subjects. To which are added, 8 sermons preached at the lady Moyer's lecture, in the cathedral church of st. Paul, London, Volume 21747 |
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... Happiness , as well as Knowledge , arifes from Senfation and Reflection ; and may be reduced to these two Articles , viz . that of pleafing Senfations , and that of agreeable Thoughts . Now as to a Defire of indulging the former without ...
... Happiness , as well as Knowledge , arifes from Senfation and Reflection ; and may be reduced to these two Articles , viz . that of pleafing Senfations , and that of agreeable Thoughts . Now as to a Defire of indulging the former without ...
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... a Being capable of Knowledge , Virtue , and everlasting Happiness : but then he be- comes blameable , when he is elate upon B 4 the SERM . I. the Account of accidental Differences ; if and the Pretenfions to it examined . 7.
... a Being capable of Knowledge , Virtue , and everlasting Happiness : but then he be- comes blameable , when he is elate upon B 4 the SERM . I. the Account of accidental Differences ; if and the Pretenfions to it examined . 7.
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... Happiness which refults from Virtue . 1 Befides , thofe , who feldom act or think nobly , may be proud of what they fo fel- dom think or act . But to thofe , who conftantly entertain great Thoughts , and do noble Actions , to them they ...
... Happiness which refults from Virtue . 1 Befides , thofe , who feldom act or think nobly , may be proud of what they fo fel- dom think or act . But to thofe , who conftantly entertain great Thoughts , and do noble Actions , to them they ...
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... Happiness of natural Parts , yet he , who confineth himself to one Province of Know- ledge , cannot understand even that through- ly . Because there is that Harmony and Alliance between the feveral Branches of Science , that one ...
... Happiness of natural Parts , yet he , who confineth himself to one Province of Know- ledge , cannot understand even that through- ly . Because there is that Harmony and Alliance between the feveral Branches of Science , that one ...
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... Happiness : He fhall be fond of an ima- ginary Life after Death : and yet make no Provifion for that real Life , which is to laft for ever and ever ; folicitous to have bis Name written and preferved in any Book , but in that Book ...
... Happiness : He fhall be fond of an ima- ginary Life after Death : and yet make no Provifion for that real Life , which is to laft for ever and ever ; folicitous to have bis Name written and preferved in any Book , but in that Book ...
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abfolute Abfurdities againſt almoſt anſwer Apoſtles becauſe Befides bleffed Cafe Cauſe Chrift Chriftianity Confequence confider Confideration confiftent Courfe Courſe Creatures deceived defigned Defire Deity diftinct divine Doctrine eternal evil Exiſtence faid falfe Falfhood fame feem felves feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince firft firſt fome ftand fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior fuppofe fure Glory God's Goodneſs Happineſs Heart Heaven himſelf impoffible infinite Inftance Intereft Irenæus itſelf juft juſt laft leaſt lefs Love Mankind Meaſure ment Mifery Mind Miracles moft moral moſt muft muſt Nation Nature neceffary nefs never Number obferve Occafion ourſelves Paffions Perfon Pleaſure Power prefent prove Puniſhment Reaſon Religion Saviour Scripture Senfe Senſe SERM SERM.III SERM.IV SERM.VI ſeveral ſhall Sinners Soul ſpeak Spirit ſtrong thefe themſelves theſe Things thofe thoſe thou Thoughts thouſand tion Truth ture uncon Underſtanding univerfal Vice Virtue whofe whole Wiſdom worfe World Worſhip
Popular passages
Page 6 - That to whom much is given, of him much will be required.
Page 345 - What could have been done more to my vineyard, That I have not done in it? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, Brought it forth wild grapes?
Page 177 - But Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me, And my Lord hath forgotten me. Can a woman forget her sucking child, That she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, Yet will I not forget thee. Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands ; Thy walls are continually before me.
Page 346 - Because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces : neither could any man tame him. 5 And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones.
Page 332 - Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds; and have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of him that created him...
Page 191 - Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive the things that God hath prepared for them that love him ;" and the eternal Father, who dwelleth in light unapproachable, no man hath seen or can see.
Page 121 - And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep. 32 And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them.
Page 144 - For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him.
Page 175 - Yea, the darkness is no darkness with Thee, but the night is as clear as the day : the darkness and light to Thee are both alike.