Sermons ...: To which is Prefixed a Short Account of the Life and Character of the Author, Volume 2T. Cadell; F.C. & J Rivington [& others], 1822 |
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... station acquiring , by his virtue and wisdom , favour with God and man . When overseer of Potiphar's house , his fidelity was proved by strong temptations , which he honourably resisted . When thrown into prison by the artifice of a ...
... station acquiring , by his virtue and wisdom , favour with God and man . When overseer of Potiphar's house , his fidelity was proved by strong temptations , which he honourably resisted . When thrown into prison by the artifice of a ...
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... station is so high , no power so great , no character so unblemished , as to exempt us from them . In the world , ungrateful men , false friends , and violent enemies , abound . Every wise man ought to prepare himself for what he is to ...
... station is so high , no power so great , no character so unblemished , as to exempt us from them . In the world , ungrateful men , false friends , and violent enemies , abound . Every wise man ought to prepare himself for what he is to ...
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... station ; but remorse , in the end , would have stung his soul . Cruelty would have rendered him unhappy within himself , as well as odious to others ; and his name would have perished among the crowd of those contemptible statesmen ...
... station ; but remorse , in the end , would have stung his soul . Cruelty would have rendered him unhappy within himself , as well as odious to others ; and his name would have perished among the crowd of those contemptible statesmen ...
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... station of life would discover itself to be cowardice and baseness of mind , passes in another for prudent circumspection . What in the fulness of power would prove to be cruelty and oppression , is reputed , in a subordinate rank , no ...
... station of life would discover itself to be cowardice and baseness of mind , passes in another for prudent circumspection . What in the fulness of power would prove to be cruelty and oppression , is reputed , in a subordinate rank , no ...
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... stations and periods of life ! When they are setting out in the world , before their minds have been greatly misled or debased , they glow with ge- nerous emotions , and look with contempt on what is sordid and guilty . But advancing ...
... stations and periods of life ! When they are setting out in the world , before their minds have been greatly misled or debased , they glow with ge- nerous emotions , and look with contempt on what is sordid and guilty . But advancing ...
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Page 439 - He shall not be afraid of evil tidings : his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD.
Page 24 - And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
Page 438 - 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 37 - And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child. 13. And Hazael said. But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing?
Page 84 - I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
Page 170 - There the wicked cease from troubling; and there the weary be at rest. There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor. The small and great are there; and the servant is free from his master.
Page 468 - Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? and who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.
Page 199 - The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
Page 464 - 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 439 - 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.