The works of Jonathan Swift, containing additional letters, tracts, and poems, with notes, and a life of the author, by W. Scott, Volume 81814 |
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... Causes of the Wretched Condition of Ireland , 121 10th , On sleeping in Church , 136 11th , On the Wisdom of this World , 147 12th , On doing Good , 161 Thoughts on Religion , 173 Further Thoughts on Religion , 178 TRACTS IN DEFENCE OF ...
... Causes of the Wretched Condition of Ireland , 121 10th , On sleeping in Church , 136 11th , On the Wisdom of this World , 147 12th , On doing Good , 161 Thoughts on Religion , 173 Further Thoughts on Religion , 178 TRACTS IN DEFENCE OF ...
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... his hearers , the preacher might indeed command their respect , but could never excite their sympathy . It may be feared that his sermons were less popular from another cause , imputable more to the congregation than to the pastor . 8.
... his hearers , the preacher might indeed command their respect , but could never excite their sympathy . It may be feared that his sermons were less popular from another cause , imputable more to the congregation than to the pastor . 8.
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... causes , did not produce the powerful and pathetic effects most grateful to the feelings of the preacher , be- cause they reflect back to him those of the audience . But although the sermons of Swift are deficient in eloquence , and ...
... causes , did not produce the powerful and pathetic effects most grateful to the feelings of the preacher , be- cause they reflect back to him those of the audience . But although the sermons of Swift are deficient in eloquence , and ...
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... cause , than it doth in a good one ? and to exert itself to better purpose , when it is to serve its own pride , or lust , or revenge , or any other passion , than when it is to serve God upon mo- tives of the gospel , and upon all the ...
... cause , than it doth in a good one ? and to exert itself to better purpose , when it is to serve its own pride , or lust , or revenge , or any other passion , than when it is to serve God upon mo- tives of the gospel , and upon all the ...
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... cause of hu- miliation , by putting their understanding , in that point , upon a level with the most ignorant of their flock . It is true , indeed , the Roman church hath very much enriched herself by trading in myste- ries , for which ...
... cause of hu- miliation , by putting their understanding , in that point , upon a level with the most ignorant of their flock . It is true , indeed , the Roman church hath very much enriched herself by trading in myste- ries , for which ...
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Page 116 - Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me: lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Page 97 - Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
Page 99 - And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.
Page 78 - But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you : for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
Page 156 - But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
Page 63 - Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness ; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens...
Page 47 - Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
Page 197 - Who would ever have suspected Asgill for a wit, or Toland for a philosopher, if the inexhaustible stock of Christianity had not been at hand to provide them with materials ? What other subject, through all art or nature, could have produced Tindal for a profound author, or furnished him with readers? It is the wise choice of the subject that alone adorns and distinguishes the writer. For had an hundred such pens as these been employed on the side of religion, they would have immediately sunk into...
Page 43 - Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility : for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
Page 196 - And to urge another argument of a parallel nature: if Christianity were once abolished, how could the Freethinkers, the strong reasoners, and the men of profound learning be able to find another subject so calculated in all points whereon to display their abilities ? What wonderful productions of wit should we be deprived of from those whose genius, by continual practice, hath been wholly turned upon raillery and invectives against religion, and would therefore never be able to shine or distinguish...