Sermons [&c.]. [41 sermons in all].1790 |
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Side 26
... govern ; as being effen- tially fupreme . And it is equally evident that thofe inferior principles , the animal appetites and affections , were made to be governed , and kept in fubjection . When- ever this order is inverted , the ...
... govern ; as being effen- tially fupreme . And it is equally evident that thofe inferior principles , the animal appetites and affections , were made to be governed , and kept in fubjection . When- ever this order is inverted , the ...
Side 91
... govern as weakly as he did , there is just caufe to fear we may perish as wretchedly . -On the other hand , if our minds are right- ly difpofed , we are then proper objects of the divine bounty . The bleffings which God fends will then ...
... govern as weakly as he did , there is just caufe to fear we may perish as wretchedly . -On the other hand , if our minds are right- ly difpofed , we are then proper objects of the divine bounty . The bleffings which God fends will then ...
Side 110
... govern our paffions , and regulate our appe- tites , by the rules which it gives ; and at all times to guard and maintain its laws invio- late . Nothing is more unmanly , nothing more dishonourable and fhameful , than to fubject reafon ...
... govern our paffions , and regulate our appe- tites , by the rules which it gives ; and at all times to guard and maintain its laws invio- late . Nothing is more unmanly , nothing more dishonourable and fhameful , than to fubject reafon ...
Side 111
... govern them as fubjects , but not as flaves . A rational felf - conduct does not confist therefore of thofe ill - judged rigours , and fruitless aufterities , which fome christians have practised ; and even the dis- cipline of appetite ...
... govern them as fubjects , but not as flaves . A rational felf - conduct does not confist therefore of thofe ill - judged rigours , and fruitless aufterities , which fome christians have practised ; and even the dis- cipline of appetite ...
Side 121
... govern- ment of themselves . But this important faculty opens , and unfolds itself by degrees , and is of little ufe at our first setting out . In our infancy quite ufelefs , and in child- Time and experience are requifite for its ...
... govern- ment of themselves . But this important faculty opens , and unfolds itself by degrees , and is of little ufe at our first setting out . In our infancy quite ufelefs , and in child- Time and experience are requifite for its ...
Vanlige uttrykk og setninger
abfurd againſt anſwer becauſe beſt bleffings cafe caufe cauſe chriftians confequence confider confideration confifts corrupt courſe darkneſs defires difpofition diftinction diſcover divine doctrine duty enjoyments evil faculties fafe fame fatisfaction fecure feem feldom felves fenfe ferve fervice fhall fhew fhort fhould fince fincere firft firſt folly fome foon foul fpirit fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuppofe fure future ftate glory God's goodneſs goſpel greateſt happineſs hearts heaven higheſt himſelf honour human impoffible inftruction inſtead intereft itſelf juft juſt leaſt lefs mankind meaſure men's ment mind moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary never nobleft obferve object occafions oppofition ourſelves paffions perfect pleaſes pleaſure poffible praiſe precept prefent profperity propofed purpoſe purſuits reafon refpect religion ſenſe ſet ſhall ſhort ſpeaking ſtate ſtill ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion truth underſtandings univerfal uſe virtue wiſdom wiſh worfe worſhip
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Side 179 - Her ways. are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
Side 263 - As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
Side 167 - The way of a fool is right in his own eyes; but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
Side 236 - That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven : for he maketh his fun to rife on the evil and on the good, and fendeth rain on the juft and on the unjuft.
Side 21 - Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourfelves fervants to obey, his fervants ye are to whom ye obey ; whether of fin unto death, or of obedience unto righteoufnefs...
Side 285 - As well, nay better, and more easily, might he suppose that an earthquake might happen to build towns and cities ; or the materials carried down by a flood fit themselves up, without hands, to a regular fleet. For what are towns, cities, or fleets, in comparison of the vast and amazing fabric of...
Side 280 - Verily I say unto you, in as much as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
Side 323 - For Thou haft made him a little lower than the angels, and haft crowned him with glory and honour. Thou madeft him to have dominion over the works of Thy hands ; Thou haft put all things under his feet...
Side 164 - Contentment is a pearl of great price, and whoever procures it at the expense of ten thousand desires makes a wise and a happy purchase.
Side 284 - THE meanest insect we can see, the minutest and most contemptible weed we can tread upon, is really sufficient to confound atheism, and baffle all its pretensions. How much more that astonishing variety and multiplicity of God's works, with which we are continually surrounded ! Let any man survey the face of the earth, or lift up his eyes to the firmament ; let him consider the nature and instincts of...