Sermons ...: With a Short Account of the Life and Character of the Author, Volumen 3Sharpe & Son, Edwards & Company, [and others], 1820 |
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... that it bringeth us to honour . On this recommendation of religion it is the more necessary to fix our attention , because Prov . ii . 20 . it is often refused to it by men of the 2 [ SERM . I. ON THE TRUE HONOUR OF MAN .
... that it bringeth us to honour . On this recommendation of religion it is the more necessary to fix our attention , because Prov . ii . 20 . it is often refused to it by men of the 2 [ SERM . I. ON THE TRUE HONOUR OF MAN .
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... attention to their conduct , it discovers , in the most glaring light , how little they de- serve the station which they possess . By I must next observe , that the proper honour of man arises , not from some of those splen- did actions ...
... attention to their conduct , it discovers , in the most glaring light , how little they de- serve the station which they possess . By I must next observe , that the proper honour of man arises , not from some of those splen- did actions ...
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... attention to his particular interest , encountering the self- love and the interests of another , could not but produce frequent opposition , and innu- merable mischiefs . It was necessary , there- fore , to provide a counterbalance to ...
... attention to his particular interest , encountering the self- love and the interests of another , could not but produce frequent opposition , and innu- merable mischiefs . It was necessary , there- fore , to provide a counterbalance to ...
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... attention to themselves . This is indeed a false species of sensibility . It is the substitution of a capri- cious and irritable delicacy , in the room of that plain and native tenderness of heart , which prompts men to view others with ...
... attention to themselves . This is indeed a false species of sensibility . It is the substitution of a capri- cious and irritable delicacy , in the room of that plain and native tenderness of heart , which prompts men to view others with ...
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... mother of wisdom . You have seen the weak parts of your character ; and may have discovered the chief sources of your misconduct . To these let your attention be directed ; on these , let SERM . 3. ] 39 ON THE IMPROVEMENT OF TIME .
... mother of wisdom . You have seen the weak parts of your character ; and may have discovered the chief sources of your misconduct . To these let your attention be directed ; on these , let SERM . 3. ] 39 ON THE IMPROVEMENT OF TIME .
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Página 46 - Seek ye the Lord while he may be found, call upon him while he is near...
Página 115 - The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
Página 324 - Fear ye not me? Saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
Página 151 - 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.
Página 77 - 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 great are there; and the servant is free from his master.
Página 201 - Who is the Lord?" or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Página 18 - And being but one. she can do all things: and remaining in herself, she maketh all things new: and in all ages entering into holy souls, she maketh them friends of God , and prophets, For God loveth none but him that dwelleth with wisdom.
Página 183 - He that hath no rule over his own spirit is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
Página 111 - 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.
Página 152 - Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep ; so shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.