SermonsT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1820 |
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Page xiii
... appear . And it may gratify his readers to know that the last of them which he composed , though not the last in the order adopted for publication , was the Sermon on A Life of Dissipation and Pleasure a sermon written with great ...
... appear . And it may gratify his readers to know that the last of them which he composed , though not the last in the order adopted for publication , was the Sermon on A Life of Dissipation and Pleasure a sermon written with great ...
Page xvii
... appear at a period " when the literature of his country was just beginning to " receive polish and an useful direction ; and when it was " emulously cultivated by a bright constellation of young men " who are destined to carry it to ...
... appear at a period " when the literature of his country was just beginning to " receive polish and an useful direction ; and when it was " emulously cultivated by a bright constellation of young men " who are destined to carry it to ...
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... appear to be zealous for God , you are false or unjust to men ; if you are hard or contracted in heart , severe in your censures , and oppressive in your conduct ; then conclude with certainty , that what you had termed piety was no ...
... appear to be zealous for God , you are false or unjust to men ; if you are hard or contracted in heart , severe in your censures , and oppressive in your conduct ; then conclude with certainty , that what you had termed piety was no ...
Page 8
... appear that religious worship , disjoined from justice and virtue , can upon no account whatever find acceptance with the Supreme Being . To what pur- pose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me ? saith the Lord . Bring no more ...
... appear that religious worship , disjoined from justice and virtue , can upon no account whatever find acceptance with the Supreme Being . To what pur- pose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me ? saith the Lord . Bring no more ...
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... appear more important , than how to be suitably prepared for the misfortunes of life ; so as to contemplate them in prospect without dismay , and , if they must befal , to bear them without dejection . Throughout every * Eccles . xi . 8 ...
... appear more important , than how to be suitably prepared for the misfortunes of life ; so as to contemplate them in prospect without dismay , and , if they must befal , to bear them without dejection . Throughout every * Eccles . xi . 8 ...
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Popular passages
Page 221 - Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
Page 61 - When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see through a glass darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
Page 233 - And among these nations shalt thou find no ease; neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the Lord shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind : and thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life : In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even!
Page 43 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me: and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Page 83 - These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee...
Page 226 - We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the distress of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Page 156 - He feedeth on ashes : a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand...
Page 423 - Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
Page 129 - For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow?
Page 351 - God is not a man, that he should lie, Nor the son of man, that he should repent. Hath he said, and shall he not do it ? Hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good...