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... ment to his interest , and of enmity to all whom they suppose to be his foes . But this is not that wisdom to which Solomon ascribes , in the Text , such high preroga- tives . It is not the religion which we preach , nor the religion of ...
... ment to his interest , and of enmity to all whom they suppose to be his foes . But this is not that wisdom to which Solomon ascribes , in the Text , such high preroga- tives . It is not the religion which we preach , nor the religion of ...
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... ment were ever mankind more generally agreed . FINALLY , the honour acquired by reli- gion and virtue is honour divine and im- mortal . It is honour , not in the estima- tion of men only , but in the sight of God ; whose judgment is the ...
... ment were ever mankind more generally agreed . FINALLY , the honour acquired by reli- gion and virtue is honour divine and im- mortal . It is honour , not in the estima- tion of men only , but in the sight of God ; whose judgment is the ...
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... ment abounds with passages which enjoin the cultivation of this disposition . Being all one body and members one of another , we are commanded to love our neighbour as cur- II . self ; to look every man , not selfi 24 On Sensibility .
... ment abounds with passages which enjoin the cultivation of this disposition . Being all one body and members one of another , we are commanded to love our neighbour as cur- II . self ; to look every man , not selfi 24 On Sensibility .
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... ment of grief , his heart sympathised with theirs ; and , together with the weeping friends , Jesus wept * . LET us next proceed to consider the effect of this virtuous sensibility on our character and our state . I shall consider it in ...
... ment of grief , his heart sympathised with theirs ; and , together with the weeping friends , Jesus wept * . LET us next proceed to consider the effect of this virtuous sensibility on our character and our state . I shall consider it in ...
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... what occasions you have felt the truest satisfaction ; whe- ther days of sobriety and a rational employ- ment have not left behind them a more agreeable VI . agreeable remembrance , than nights of li . 114 On the Progress of Vice .
... what occasions you have felt the truest satisfaction ; whe- ther days of sobriety and a rational employ- ment have not left behind them a more agreeable VI . agreeable remembrance , than nights of li . 114 On the Progress of Vice .
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Page 327 - Let thine eyes look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
Page 322 - For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
Page 221 - We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed ; we are perplexed, but not in despair; Persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed...
Page 52 - Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near...
Page 126 - And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him, sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more.
Page 391 - For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Page 2 - Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting, get understanding. Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her.
Page 370 - Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help...
Page 42 - Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years ; few and evil have the days of the years of my life been...
Page 170 - But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.