The Polar Star, and Centre of ComfortJames Sharan, 1816 - 301 pages |
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... passions and lusts , saying in their hearts , " We will not have this man to reign over us ; " if Christ be a king let him be a king without a kingdom , subjects , or laws ; if we could , he should have none . O sinners , take heed what ...
... passions and lusts , saying in their hearts , " We will not have this man to reign over us ; " if Christ be a king let him be a king without a kingdom , subjects , or laws ; if we could , he should have none . O sinners , take heed what ...
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... passion for them , which is now become so strange . ly predominant , as to take the lead of every thing else in almost every company of every rank . With many indeed it seems to be a call- ing , and , as a witty author has observed ...
... passion for them , which is now become so strange . ly predominant , as to take the lead of every thing else in almost every company of every rank . With many indeed it seems to be a call- ing , and , as a witty author has observed ...
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... passion that lowers in the train of covetousness . I say not , that this always happens ; but I ask again , what security is there that it will not happen to you ? Did not every gamester in the world , whether male or female , begin ...
... passion that lowers in the train of covetousness . I say not , that this always happens ; but I ask again , what security is there that it will not happen to you ? Did not every gamester in the world , whether male or female , begin ...
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... passion I condemn deprave the wor- thiest affections of nature ; and how does that bewitching power , the fashion of the times , per- vert even the best understandings , when resign- ed to its impostures ! Nor is it the laws of humanity ...
... passion I condemn deprave the wor- thiest affections of nature ; and how does that bewitching power , the fashion of the times , per- vert even the best understandings , when resign- ed to its impostures ! Nor is it the laws of humanity ...
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... passion for play , he mentions , amongst other mischiefs to which it leads , " its tendency to de- stroy all distinctions both of rank and sex ; to crush all emulation , but that of fraud ; to con- found the world in a chaos of folly ...
... passion for play , he mentions , amongst other mischiefs to which it leads , " its tendency to de- stroy all distinctions both of rank and sex ; to crush all emulation , but that of fraud ; to con- found the world in a chaos of folly ...
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Page 123 - Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord, and whose hope the Lord is. For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green ; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
Page 146 - Behold even to the moon, and it shineth not ; yea, the stars are not pure in his sight. How much less man, that is a worm? and the son of man, which is a worm?
Page 292 - He saith unto him the third time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me ? Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me ? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him, Feed my sheep.
Page 114 - Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust; for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
Page 49 - She considereth a field, and buyeth it : with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard.
Page 85 - His death and passion: and grant, that the grace of God, which bringeth salvation, may effectually teach and persuade me to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts, and to live soberly, righteously, and godly in this present world...
Page 286 - Lord, so to number my days, that I may apply my heart unto true wisdom.
Page 183 - What would that philosopher have said, had he been present at the gluttony of a modern meal ? Would not he have thought the master of a family mad, and have begged his servants to tie down his hands, had he seen him devour fowl, fish, and flesh...
Page 193 - Mirth is short and transient, cheerfulness fixed and permanent. Those are often raised into the greatest transports of mirth, who are subject to the greatest depressions of melancholy; on the contrary, cheerfulness, though it does not give the mind such an exquisite gladness, prevents us from falling into any depths of sorrow. Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of day-light in the mind, and fills it with...
Page 52 - She openeth her mouth with wisdom, and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up and call her blessed, her husband also, and he praiseth her.