Sermons,T. Cadell, and W. Davies ... and W. Creech, Edinburgh., 1807 |
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... frequently called forth into occu- pations of pleasing activity . Numberless occasions open to him , of indulging his favourite taste , by conveying satisfaction to others . Often it is in his power , in one way or other , to soothe the ...
... frequently called forth into occu- pations of pleasing activity . Numberless occasions open to him , of indulging his favourite taste , by conveying satisfaction to others . Often it is in his power , in one way or other , to soothe the ...
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... frequently assumed when the reality is wanting . Softness of man- ners must not be misaken for true sensi- bility . Sensibility indeed tends to produce gentleness in behaviour ; and when such behaviour flows from native affection , it ...
... frequently assumed when the reality is wanting . Softness of man- ners must not be misaken for true sensi- bility . Sensibility indeed tends to produce gentleness in behaviour ; and when such behaviour flows from native affection , it ...
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... frequently to make the present employment of time an object of thought . Ask yourselves , about what are you now busied ? What is the ultimate your present pursuits and cares ? justify them to yourselves ? Are they likely to produce any ...
... frequently to make the present employment of time an object of thought . Ask yourselves , about what are you now busied ? What is the ultimate your present pursuits and cares ? justify them to yourselves ? Are they likely to produce any ...
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... frequent , and which often has appeared to him successful.he To these , and many more dangers of the same kind , is the man exposed who is deeply engaged in active life . No small degree of firmness in religious principle , and of ...
... frequent , and which often has appeared to him successful.he To these , and many more dangers of the same kind , is the man exposed who is deeply engaged in active life . No small degree of firmness in religious principle , and of ...
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... frequently to the instructions of so awful a monitor . In the context , the wise man had described , under a variety of images , suited to the eastern style , the grow- ing G 2 SERMON ing infirmities of old age , until they arrive On ...
... frequently to the instructions of so awful a monitor . In the context , the wise man had described , under a variety of images , suited to the eastern style , the grow- ing G 2 SERMON ing infirmities of old age , until they arrive On ...
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Page 219 - Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun : 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 87 - 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 the great are there, and the servant is free from his master.
Page 383 - But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
Page 126 - And when he had thus spoken, he kneeled down, and prayed with them all. 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 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 220 - I was dumb, I opened not my mouth ; Because thou didst it Remove thy stroke away from me : I am consumed by the blow of thine hand.
Page 232 - For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
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 245 - his own bitterness ; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy.
Page 236 - Is not this great Babylon, which I have built by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty"?