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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Página 45
... wise and religious im- provement of the present ; a few of which only I shall hint . Let us begin with excluding those super- fluous avocations which unprofitably consume it . Life is short ; much that is of real im- portance remains to ...
... wise and religious im- provement of the present ; a few of which only I shall hint . Let us begin with excluding those super- fluous avocations which unprofitably consume it . Life is short ; much that is of real im- portance remains to ...
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... wise pur- poses , implanted in the human breast . It serves to give proper occupation to the active powers of the mind , and to quicken all its exertions . But it is too often immoderately indulged and grossly abused . The curiosity ...
... wise pur- poses , implanted in the human breast . It serves to give proper occupation to the active powers of the mind , and to quicken all its exertions . But it is too often immoderately indulged and grossly abused . The curiosity ...
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... wise man , there is a season ; and a time to every purpose under hea- ven . As there are duties which belong to particular situations of fortune , so there are duties also which result from particular periods of human life . In every ...
... wise man , there is a season ; and a time to every purpose under hea- ven . As there are duties which belong to particular situations of fortune , so there are duties also which result from particular periods of human life . In every ...
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... wise men , let it be un- der the persuasion that it is nearly to resemble the past , in bringing forward a mixture of al- ternate hopes and fears , of griefs and joy . In order to be prepared for whatever it may bring , let us cultivate ...
... wise men , let it be un- der the persuasion that it is nearly to resemble the past , in bringing forward a mixture of al- ternate hopes and fears , of griefs and joy . In order to be prepared for whatever it may bring , let us cultivate ...
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... wise man has described , under a variety of images , suited to the east- ern style , the growing infirmities of old age , until they arrive at that period which con- cludes them all ; when , as he beautifully ex- presses it , the silver ...
... wise man has described , under a variety of images , suited to the east- ern style , the growing infirmities of old age , until they arrive at that period which con- cludes them all ; when , as he beautifully ex- presses it , the silver ...
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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.