Sermons: Volume the third, Nide 2A. Strahan, and T. Cadell in the Strand, and W. Creech, Edinburgh, 1790 - 434 sivua |
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Tulokset 1 - 5 kokonaismäärästä 27
Sivu 2
... some means or other , to acquire respect from those among whom they live ; and to contempt and difgrace , none are infenfible . Among the advantages which attend re- ligion and virtue , the honour which they confer on man is frequently ...
... some means or other , to acquire respect from those among whom they live ; and to contempt and difgrace , none are infenfible . Among the advantages which attend re- ligion and virtue , the honour which they confer on man is frequently ...
Sivu 8
... Some- thing more is wanted for that purpose , than the conquering arm , and the intrepid mind , The laurels of the warrior must at all times be dyed in blood , and bedewed with the tears of the widow and the orphan . But if they have ...
... Some- thing more is wanted for that purpose , than the conquering arm , and the intrepid mind , The laurels of the warrior must at all times be dyed in blood , and bedewed with the tears of the widow and the orphan . But if they have ...
Sivu 28
... some discharge of thofe duties there could be no comfort or fecurity in human fociety . Men would become hordes of favages , perpetually ha- raffing one another . In one way or other , therefore , the great duties of focial life muft be ...
... some discharge of thofe duties there could be no comfort or fecurity in human fociety . Men would become hordes of favages , perpetually ha- raffing one another . In one way or other , therefore , the great duties of focial life muft be ...
Sivu 41
... some tragical tale , they are ready to ftretch forth the hand of oppreffion , to grafp at the gain of injuftice , or to plunge into the torrent of criminal pleasures . This fort of fenfi- bility affords no more than a fallacious SER M ...
... some tragical tale , they are ready to ftretch forth the hand of oppreffion , to grafp at the gain of injuftice , or to plunge into the torrent of criminal pleasures . This fort of fenfi- bility affords no more than a fallacious SER M ...
Sivu 51
... some measure of heaviness of heart . Even to the most profperous , the memory of joys that are past is accompa- nied with fecret forrow . In the days of former years , many objects arise to view , which make the most unthinking , grave ...
... some measure of heaviness of heart . Even to the most profperous , the memory of joys that are past is accompa- nied with fecret forrow . In the days of former years , many objects arise to view , which make the most unthinking , grave ...
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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
Suositut otteet
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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.
Sivu 45 - And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage* are an hundred and thirty years...
Sivu 27 - ... to rejoice with them that rejoice, and to weep with them that weep...
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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...
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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.
Sivu 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.