Sermons, Volume 3W. Colles, 1790 |
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... manner in which the public has re- ceived two volumes , I now humbly beg leave , on the publication of a third , to lay them all before your Majefty . Had I been in doubt to whom they could be pre- fented with the greatest propriety ...
... manner in which the public has re- ceived two volumes , I now humbly beg leave , on the publication of a third , to lay them all before your Majefty . Had I been in doubt to whom they could be pre- fented with the greatest propriety ...
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... manners on a pattern so worthy of imitation , fhall be my fincere wish and earnest prayer . I have the honour to be , with profound respect , MADAM , Your Majefty's most humble , and most devoted fervant , HUGH BLAIR . THE . CONTENT S ...
... manners on a pattern so worthy of imitation , fhall be my fincere wish and earnest prayer . I have the honour to be , with profound respect , MADAM , Your Majefty's most humble , and most devoted fervant , HUGH BLAIR . THE . CONTENT S ...
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... manners , but manly in his feel- ings ; on whose word you can entirely re- ly ; whofe countenance never deceives you ; whofe profeffions of kindness are the effu- fions of his heart : one , in fine , whom in- dependent of any views of ...
... manners , but manly in his feel- ings ; on whose word you can entirely re- ly ; whofe countenance never deceives you ; whofe profeffions of kindness are the effu- fions of his heart : one , in fine , whom in- dependent of any views of ...
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... manner , render themfelves unamiable even when they mean to do good . - How happy then would it be for mankind , ifthis affectionate difpofition prevailed more ge- nerally in the world ! How much would . the fum of public virtue and ...
... manner , render themfelves unamiable even when they mean to do good . - How happy then would it be for mankind , ifthis affectionate difpofition prevailed more ge- nerally in the world ! How much would . the fum of public virtue and ...
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... manners , and on several depart- ments of fociety , it has had confiderable , influence . It has abated the spirit of ... manner alone may be learned in the fchool of the world ; and often , too often , is found to cover much unfeeling ...
... manners , and on several depart- ments of fociety , it has had confiderable , influence . It has abated the spirit of ... manner alone may be learned in the fchool of the world ; and often , too often , is found to cover much unfeeling ...
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affections affiftance affume againſt alfo amidſt arife becauſe behold character Chriftian circumftances confcience confequence confider confiderable courfe courſe death deferving defire difpofitions diftinction diſcharge divine duties effential efteem enjoy envy evil exerciſe fafe faid fame feel felf felves fenfe fenfibility feveral fhall fhow firft firſt fituation focial fociety fome fometimes foon forrow fortitude fortune foul fources fpirit friends ftand ftate ftation fuch fuffer fuperior fuppofed fupport fure happineſs heart heaven Hence higheſt himſelf honour human impreffion intereft itſelf juft laft ligion look Lord meaſure ment mind moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary nefs nerally obfervation occafions paffions pafs paft paſt patience perfons pleaſure poffefs praiſe prefent principle proper purfuits purpoſe racter rank reafon refpect reft religion reſtraints rife SERM ſhall ſhould ſtate ſuch temper thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou tion truft univerfe uſeful virtue virtuous whofe whoſe wiſdom yourſelves
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Page 399 - Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God...
Page 46 - And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
Page 21 - For she is the breath of the power of God, and a pure influence flowing from the glory of the Almighty: therefore can no defiled thing fall into her.
Page 235 - Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun : 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 402 - He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
Page 185 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; And lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Page 42 - He who pretends to great sensibility towards men, and yet has no feeling for the high objects of religion, no heart to admire and adore the great Father of the universe, has reason to distrust the truth and delicacy of his sensibility.
Page 394 - What an illustrious moment was that when from nonexistence there sprang at once into being this mighty globe on which so many millions of creatures now dwell! No preparatory measures were required. No long circuit of means was employed. " He spake ; and it was done : He commanded ; and it stood fast.
Page 97 - Throughout all ranks and conditions, one generation passeth, and another generation cometh ; and this great inn is by turns evacuated and replenished by troops of succeeding pilgrims. O vain and inconstant world ! O fleeting and transient life ! When will the sons of men learn to think of thee as they ought ? When will they learn humanity from the afflictions of their brethren ; or moderation and wisdom from the sense of their...
Page 106 - ... or envy. Moral and religious instruction derives its efficacy, not so much from what men are taught to know, as from what they are brought to feel.