Sermons Preached Before the Honourable Society of Lincoln's-Inn: By John Langhorne, ... In Two Volumes. ...T. Becket, 1773 |
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... human heart . He had experienced its treachery : He knew its propensity to error , to folly and to vice . He knew , that an enemy concealed under the mask of friendship was of all others the most dangerous , and and he confidered his ...
... human heart . He had experienced its treachery : He knew its propensity to error , to folly and to vice . He knew , that an enemy concealed under the mask of friendship was of all others the most dangerous , and and he confidered his ...
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... human mind is capable of contemplating ! To the Pa- triarch it must have been particularly so upon this occafion , for while he was yet meditating on thofe promises , he beheld them accomplished . " He " He lifted up his eyes and faw ...
... human mind is capable of contemplating ! To the Pa- triarch it must have been particularly so upon this occafion , for while he was yet meditating on thofe promises , he beheld them accomplished . " He " He lifted up his eyes and faw ...
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... human na- ture , that nature which he had taken upon him , and which it was his purpose to restore to the original privilege of life ? .8 Thus Thus the divine Benevolence indulged the fweetest and most amiable SERMON II . 31.
... human na- ture , that nature which he had taken upon him , and which it was his purpose to restore to the original privilege of life ? .8 Thus Thus the divine Benevolence indulged the fweetest and most amiable SERMON II . 31.
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... human na- ture , and a deep penetration into the minds and manners of men : But in this paffage he has even outfhone himself , and has added to the folid truths of the mo- ralift the strength of the poet's imagi- nation . I. The path of ...
... human na- ture , and a deep penetration into the minds and manners of men : But in this paffage he has even outfhone himself , and has added to the folid truths of the mo- ralift the strength of the poet's imagi- nation . I. The path of ...
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... human life , no wife man would haftily defpife them . For , For , if human laws have their foun- dation ,
... human life , no wife man would haftily defpife them . For , For , if human laws have their foun- dation ,
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Page 210 - Come, ye blessed of my Father, Inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: For I was hungry, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.
Page 159 - Oh that I might have my request; and that God would grant me the thing that I long for ! Even that it would please God to destroy me ; that he would let loose his hand, and cut me off!
Page 6 - And Isaac brought her into his mother Sarah's tent, and took Rebekah, and she became his wife; and he loved her; and Isaac was comforted after his mother's death.
Page 96 - And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
Page 11 - It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.
Page 6 - And Isaac went out to meditate in the field at the eventide: and he lifted up his eyes, and saw, and, behold, the camels were coming. And Rebekah lifted up her eyes, and when she saw Isaac, she lighted off the camel. For she had said unto the servant, What man is this that walketh in the field to meet us?
Page 116 - God, who is always more ready to hear than we to pray, and is wont to give more than either we desire or deserve," has exceeded all that we could ask or think.
Page 13 - Thus, then, both sisters were assured that the sickness was " for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.
Page 157 - ... and to run with patience the race that is fet before, us.
Page 8 - O my foul : and why art thou fo difquieted within me ? 7 Put thy truft in God : for I will yet give him thanks for the help of his countenance. 8 My God, my foul is vexed within me : therefore will I remember thee concerning the land of Jordan, and the little hill of Hermon.