Sermons: Volume the third, Volum 2A. Strahan, and T. Cadell in the Strand, and W. Creech, Edinburgh, 1790 - 434 sider |
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Side 29
... course of relative duties with regular tenor . Such men act from confcience and prin- ciple . So far they do well , and are wor- thy of praife . They affift their friends ; they give to the poor ; they do justice to all . But what a ...
... course of relative duties with regular tenor . Such men act from confcience and prin- ciple . So far they do well , and are wor- thy of praife . They affift their friends ; they give to the poor ; they do justice to all . But what a ...
Side 54
... inconfiderate steps let us not pass along it ; but remember well , how much depends upon our holding a fteady , and properly conducted course . Whatso- ever ever thine hand findeth to do , do it now 54 On the Improvement of Time .
... inconfiderate steps let us not pass along it ; but remember well , how much depends upon our holding a fteady , and properly conducted course . Whatso- ever ever thine hand findeth to do , do it now 54 On the Improvement of Time .
Side 63
... course of time ; and we know them to be not only certain , but to be approach- ing nearer to us , in consequence of every day that paffes over our heads . To thefe , therefore , let us look forward , not with the dread of children , but ...
... course of time ; and we know them to be not only certain , but to be approach- ing nearer to us , in consequence of every day that paffes over our heads . To thefe , therefore , let us look forward , not with the dread of children , but ...
Side 70
... course of idleness and sensuality con- tinue to be pursued , the cafe becomes more defperate . A fad prefumption arises , that long immaturity is to prevail ; and that the pleasures and paffions of the youth are to fink and overwhelm ...
... course of idleness and sensuality con- tinue to be pursued , the cafe becomes more defperate . A fad prefumption arises , that long immaturity is to prevail ; and that the pleasures and paffions of the youth are to fink and overwhelm ...
Side 72
... course of thefe employments , many a moral duty is to be performed ; many a religious grace to be exercised . No one is permitted to be a mere blank in the world . No rank , nor station , no dignity of birth , 1 . nor IV . nor extent of ...
... course of thefe employments , many a moral duty is to be performed ; many a religious grace to be exercised . No one is permitted to be a mere blank in the world . No rank , nor station , no dignity of birth , 1 . nor IV . nor extent of ...
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abuſed affift affume againſt arife behold bitterneſs bleffed cauſe character Chriftian cife conduct confcience confequence confider confiderable courfe courſe death defire difpofitions diftinction diſcharge divine duties earth envy evil exerciſe facrament facred fafely faid fame fecret felves fenfe fenfibility fentiments fhall fhould fhow firſt fituation fociety fome fometimes forrow fortune foul fources fpirit friends ftate ftation fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior fuppofed fupport fure goodneſs happineſs heart heaven Hence higheſt himſelf honour human intereft itſelf juft laft laſt Lord mankind meaſure ment midſt mind moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary obferve occafion ourſelves paffed paffions paſs paſt patience perfons pleaſures poffefs praiſe preſent principle proper purpoſe purſuits racter raiſed rank reaſon reft religion reſpect rife ſcene SERM ſhall ſhow ſome ſtate ſuch temper thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou tion truft univerfe uſeful virtue virtuous whofe whoſe wiſdom wiſh
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Side 185 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Side 399 - Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in the Lord his God : Which made heaven and earth, The sea, and all that therein is : Which keepeth truth for ever: Which executeth judgment for the oppressed : Which giveth food to the hungry.
Side 45 - And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage* are an hundred and thirty years...
Side 27 - ... to rejoice with them that rejoice, and to weep with them that weep...
Side 10 - The statesman, the orator or the poet, may be famous; while yet the man himself is far from being honoured. We envy his abilities. We wish to rival them.
Side 9 - The former is a loud and noisy Applause the latter a more silent and internal Homage Fame floats on, the Breath of the Multitude Honour rests on the Judgment of the Thinking Fame may give Praise while it withholds Esteem...
Side 106 - ... or envy. Moral and religious instruction derives its efficacy, not so much from what men are taught to know, as from what they are brought to feel.
Side 309 - O send out your light and your truth; let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling. * Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy; and I will praise you with the harp, O God, my God.
Side 235 - 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.
Side 42 - He who pretends to great sensibility towards men, and yet has no feeling for the high objects of religion, no heart to admire and adore the great Father of the universe, has reason to distrust the truth and delicacy of his sensibility.