A Sermon, Delivered Before His Excellency Caleb Strong, Esq., Governor, the Honorable the Council, Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, May 26, 1802: Being the Day of General ElectionYoung & Minns, state printers, 1802 - 36 pages |
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... which it may be answered , 1. That as all popular governments depend in a great degree on public fentiment , it is highly important that this fhould be enlightened . It is an obfervation which I believe will not be 14.
... which it may be answered , 1. That as all popular governments depend in a great degree on public fentiment , it is highly important that this fhould be enlightened . It is an obfervation which I believe will not be 14.
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... enlightened as to understand the nature of civil liberty , and to act upon any rational system in recovering their ufurp ed rights , it would be impoffible to keep them in subjection . It is justly observed by Paley , that " the ...
... enlightened as to understand the nature of civil liberty , and to act upon any rational system in recovering their ufurp ed rights , it would be impoffible to keep them in subjection . It is justly observed by Paley , that " the ...
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... enlightened a people may be , they cannot expect long to enjoy either freedom or profperity unless they are virtuous.- We therefore add , 2d . That the practice of moral virtue , or religion , is effential to the profperity , if not to ...
... enlightened a people may be , they cannot expect long to enjoy either freedom or profperity unless they are virtuous.- We therefore add , 2d . That the practice of moral virtue , or religion , is effential to the profperity , if not to ...
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... enlightened audience , whether you can poffibly repofe the fame confidence in a man who convinces you that he has no belief in the moral perfections of the DEITY , and who does not feel himself accountable to fuch a BEING , as in one ...
... enlightened audience , whether you can poffibly repofe the fame confidence in a man who convinces you that he has no belief in the moral perfections of the DEITY , and who does not feel himself accountable to fuch a BEING , as in one ...
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... enlightened piety , than a devout and grateful acknowledgment of his benefits . This is a duty which we all owe to our Maker . But if we would perform this duty accept- ably , and make it a reasonable service , we must med- itate on our ...
... enlightened piety , than a devout and grateful acknowledgment of his benefits . This is a duty which we all owe to our Maker . But if we would perform this duty accept- ably , and make it a reasonable service , we must med- itate on our ...
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Page 3 - And their nobles shall be of themselves, And their governor shall proceed from the midst of them; And I will cause him to draw near, and he shall approach unto me: For who is this that engaged his heart to approach unto me? saith the Lord. And ye shall be my people, and I will be your God.
Page 7 - Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates, and men decay : Princes and lords may flourish, or may fade ; A breath can make them as a breath has made ; But a bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed, can never be supplied.
Page 23 - EXCEPT the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it : except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.
Page 11 - The voluntary outpouring of the public feeling, made to-day, from the North to the South, and from the East to the West, proves this sentiment to be both just and natural.
Page 24 - Let thy work appear unto thy servants, And thy glory unto their children. And let the beauty of the LORD our God be upon us: And establish thou the work of our hands upon us; Yea, the work of our hands establish thou it.
Page 28 - But as it is easy to foresee, that from different causes and from different quarters, much pains will be taken, many artifices employed, to weaken in your minds the conviction of this truth; as this is the point in your political fortress against which the batteries of internal and external enemies will be most constantly and actively (though often covertly and insidiously) directed...
Page 24 - The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit : A broken and a contrite heart, O God, Thou wilt not despise. Do good in Thy good pleasure unto Zion : Build Thou the walls of Jerusalem.
Page 21 - And in those times there was no peace to him that went out, nor to him that came in, but great vexations were upon all the inhabitants of the countries. 6 And nation was "destroyed of nation, and city of city : for God did vex them with all adversity.
Page 5 - The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude. 11 (The LORD God of your fathers make you a thousand times so many more as ye are, and bless you, as he hath promised you!) 12 How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?
Page 10 - ... remain after the manner thereof. And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small. Their children also shall be as aforetime, and their congregation shall be established before me, and I will punish all that oppress them.