Sermons,T. Cadell, and W. Davies ... and W. Creech, Edinburgh., 1808 |
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... natural punishment of their inactivity and folly ; and from their com- plaints of the tiresomeness of life there is no remedy but to awake from the dream of sloth , and to fill up with pro- per employment the miserable vacancies of ...
... natural punishment of their inactivity and folly ; and from their com- plaints of the tiresomeness of life there is no remedy but to awake from the dream of sloth , and to fill up with pro- per employment the miserable vacancies of ...
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... Nature . " On every object a sad gloom appears " to rest ; and every employment of life " is become an oppressive burden . ” With the feelings of those who are thus dis- tressed we naturally sympathise . They are frequently the feelings ...
... Nature . " On every object a sad gloom appears " to rest ; and every employment of life " is become an oppressive burden . ” With the feelings of those who are thus dis- tressed we naturally sympathise . They are frequently the feelings ...
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... nature may be apt to intrude upon their minds . But with them they are only moments of occasional and passing gloom . They soon recal the vigour of their minds ; and return with satisfac- tion to the discharge of the duties , and to ...
... nature may be apt to intrude upon their minds . But with them they are only moments of occasional and passing gloom . They soon recal the vigour of their minds ; and return with satisfac- tion to the discharge of the duties , and to ...
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... nature of their connexion with charity , and the importance of their being always united with it . In The end of the commandment is charity . Charity is the same with benevolence or love ; and is the term uniformly em- ployed , in the ...
... nature of their connexion with charity , and the importance of their being always united with it . In The end of the commandment is charity . Charity is the same with benevolence or love ; and is the term uniformly em- ployed , in the ...
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... nature , which makes us rest satisfied with being free from inveterate malice , or ill - will to our fellow - creatures , without prompting us to be of service to any . True charity is an active principle . It is not properly a single ...
... nature , which makes us rest satisfied with being free from inveterate malice , or ill - will to our fellow - creatures , without prompting us to be of service to any . True charity is an active principle . It is not properly a single ...
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Page 427 - Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
Page 310 - I am the Lord, and there is none else. I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the Lord do all these things.
Page 95 - 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 133 - Oh that I knew where I might find him ! that I might come even to his seat ! I would order my cause before him, and fill my mouth with arguments.
Page 97 - 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 138 - And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying. Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
Page 226 - LORD, I have loved the habitation of thy house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth.
Page 406 - Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honour and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Page 153 - Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith: or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching: or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.
Page 15 - For it was not an enemy that reproached me ; then I could have borne it : neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me ; then I would have hid myself from him : 13 But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.