Sermons. Memoirs of Captain John Creichton.-v.11-15. LettersJ. Johnson, 1801 |
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... thing ? WE have a very singular instance of the deceitful- ness of the heart , represented to us in the person of Hazael who was sent to the prophet Elisha , to in- quire of the Lord , concerning his master the king of Syria's recovery ...
... thing ? WE have a very singular instance of the deceitful- ness of the heart , represented to us in the person of Hazael who was sent to the prophet Elisha , to in- quire of the Lord , concerning his master the king of Syria's recovery ...
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... thing ? " And yet , for all this , it is highly probable , that he was then that man he could not imagine himself to be ; for we find him , on the very next day after his return , in a very treacherous and disloyal man- ner , murdering ...
... thing ? " And yet , for all this , it is highly probable , that he was then that man he could not imagine himself to be ; for we find him , on the very next day after his return , in a very treacherous and disloyal man- ner , murdering ...
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... things which that false heart of his would at one time or other betray him into , would not believe as little , and wonder as much , as Hazael did before him ? Thus for instance ; tell an angry person , that he is weak and impotent ...
... things which that false heart of his would at one time or other betray him into , would not believe as little , and wonder as much , as Hazael did before him ? Thus for instance ; tell an angry person , that he is weak and impotent ...
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... thing than for a man to impose upon himself , by putting on a grave and demure countenance , by casting a severe look into his past conduct , and making some few pious and devout reflections upon it ; and then to believe that he hath ...
... thing than for a man to impose upon himself , by putting on a grave and demure countenance , by casting a severe look into his past conduct , and making some few pious and devout reflections upon it ; and then to believe that he hath ...
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... thing shall shake it into ruin or disorder . We doubt not , upon the strength of this resolve , to stand fast and unmoved amid the storm of a temptation ; and do firmly believe , at the time we make it , that no- thing in the world will ...
... thing shall shake it into ruin or disorder . We doubt not , upon the strength of this resolve , to stand fast and unmoved amid the storm of a temptation ; and do firmly believe , at the time we make it , that no- thing in the world will ...
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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.