Sermons. Memoirs of Captain John Creichton.-v.11-15. LettersJ. Johnson, 1801 |
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... common than to see a wicked man running headlong into sin and folly , against his reason , against his religion , and against his God . Tell him , that what he is going to do will be an infinite disparagement to his understanding ...
... common than to see a wicked man running headlong into sin and folly , against his reason , against his religion , and against his God . Tell him , that what he is going to do will be an infinite disparagement to his understanding ...
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... common sense can demonstrate in spe- culation , and may be fully convinced , that all the praises and commendations of the whole world , can add no more to the real and intrinsic value of a man , than they can add to his stature . And ...
... common sense can demonstrate in spe- culation , and may be fully convinced , that all the praises and commendations of the whole world , can add no more to the real and intrinsic value of a man , than they can add to his stature . And ...
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... common sense of that expression , but must suppose that something dark or mystical was meant , which it pleased God to conceal from me and from all the world . Thus in the text , " There are Three that bear record , " & c . Am I capable ...
... common sense of that expression , but must suppose that something dark or mystical was meant , which it pleased God to conceal from me and from all the world . Thus in the text , " There are Three that bear record , " & c . Am I capable ...
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... common reason , and as much a mystery , as this doctrine of the Trinity ; and therefore we may with equal justice deny the truth of them all . For in- stance it is against the laws of nature , that a hu- man body should be able to walk ...
... common reason , and as much a mystery , as this doctrine of the Trinity ; and therefore we may with equal justice deny the truth of them all . For in- stance it is against the laws of nature , that a hu- man body should be able to walk ...
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... common light of nature as well as reason ; against the universal sentiments of all civilized nations , and of- fensive to the ears even of a sober heathen . Lastly , Since the world abounds with pestilent books particularly written ...
... common light of nature as well as reason ; against the universal sentiments of all civilized nations , and of- fensive to the ears even of a sober heathen . Lastly , Since the world abounds with pestilent books particularly written ...
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Page 144 - For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. 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 104 - I die: * 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 86 - And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.
Page 67 - O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall. ~] Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
Page 223 - She was sickly from her childhood until about the age of fifteen ; but then grew into perfect health, and was looked upon as one of the most beautiful, graceful, and agreeable young women in London, only a little too fat. Her hair was blacker than a raven, and every feature of her face in perfection.
Page 214 - GOOD manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Whoever makes the fewest persons uneasy is the best bred in the company.
Page 52 - 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 31 - ... be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh us a reason of the hope that is in us, with meekness and fear.
Page 96 - Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil ; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
Page 85 - Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.