The Sermons of Mr. YorickR. and J. Dodsley, 1760 - 238 pages |
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... widow . Perhaps a more affecting spectacle - a kind and an in- dulgent father of a numerous family , lies breathlefs fnatch'd away in the ftrength of his age torn in an evil hour from his children and the bofom of a difconfolate wife ...
... widow . Perhaps a more affecting spectacle - a kind and an in- dulgent father of a numerous family , lies breathlefs fnatch'd away in the ftrength of his age torn in an evil hour from his children and the bofom of a difconfolate wife ...
Page 113
... widow of Zerephath , who had charitably taken Elijah under her roof , and adminiftered unto him in a time of great scarcity and diftrefs . There is fomething very interefting and affec tionate in the manner this ftory is re- lated in ...
... widow of Zerephath , who had charitably taken Elijah under her roof , and adminiftered unto him in a time of great scarcity and diftrefs . There is fomething very interefting and affec tionate in the manner this ftory is re- lated in ...
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... widow - woman there to fuftain him . The prophet follows the call of his GOD : the fame hand which brought him to the gate of the city , had led alfo the poor widow out of her doors , op- preffed with forrow . She had come forth upon a ...
... widow - woman there to fuftain him . The prophet follows the call of his GOD : the fame hand which brought him to the gate of the city , had led alfo the poor widow out of her doors , op- preffed with forrow . She had come forth upon a ...
Page 122
... , the danger of the famine being thus unexpectedly got over , that the mother began to look hopefully forwards upon the reft of her days . There were many widows in If- rael rael at that time , when the heavens were fhut 122 SERMO NV ,
... , the danger of the famine being thus unexpectedly got over , that the mother began to look hopefully forwards upon the reft of her days . There were many widows in If- rael rael at that time , when the heavens were fhut 122 SERMO NV ,
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... widow of Sarepta : in all likelihood , fhe would not be the laft in making the fame obfervation , and drawing from it fome flattering conclufion in favour of her fon . Many a parent would build high , upon a worse foundation . - " Since ...
... widow of Sarepta : in all likelihood , fhe would not be the laft in making the fame obfervation , and drawing from it fome flattering conclufion in favour of her fon . Many a parent would build high , upon a worse foundation . - " Since ...
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Page 88 - And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock, and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him, but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
Page 88 - There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds : but the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children ; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom and was unto him as a daughter.
Page 19 - Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
Page 103 - Try me, O God, and seek the ground of my heart ; prove me, and examine my thoughts. Look well if there be any way of wickedness in me ; and lead me in the way everlasting.
Page 24 - It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
Page 5 - Ambition takes him by the hand and carries him into the world, shows him all the kingdoms of the earth and the glory of them, — points out the many ways of advancing his fortune and...
Page 120 - And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth.
Page 127 - I pray thee let this child's soul come into him again; and. the Lord heard the voice of Elijah, and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived: and Elijah took the 28 child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother; and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth...
Page 1 - Who will show us any good ? Lord lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.