Sermons: Volume the third, Nide 2A. Strahan, and T. Cadell in the Strand, and W. Creech, Edinburgh, 1790 - 434 sivua |
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Sivu 6
... generally , obtained in confequence of uncommon me- rit , they would indeed confer honour on the character . But , in the prefent state of fociety , 1 SER M. fociety , it is too well known that 6 On the True Honour of Man .
... generally , obtained in confequence of uncommon me- rit , they would indeed confer honour on the character . But , in the prefent state of fociety , 1 SER M. fociety , it is too well known that 6 On the True Honour of Man .
Sivu 28
... state . I fhall confider it in two views ; its influence on our moral conduct , and its influence on our happiness . FIRST , it powerfully influences the proper discharge of all the relative and focial du- ties of life . Without some ...
... state . I fhall confider it in two views ; its influence on our moral conduct , and its influence on our happiness . FIRST , it powerfully influences the proper discharge of all the relative and focial du- ties of life . Without some ...
Sivu 58
... state ? Will any future fituation ever make you happy , if now , with fo few causes of grief , you imagine yourselves miferable ? The evil lies in the ftate of your mind , not in your condition of fortune ; and by no al- teration of ...
... state ? Will any future fituation ever make you happy , if now , with fo few causes of grief , you imagine yourselves miferable ? The evil lies in the ftate of your mind , not in your condition of fortune ; and by no al- teration of ...
Sivu 61
... be what it has heretofore been ; that it will be a mixed and varied state ; a checquered scene of pleasures and pains , of fugitive joys and tranfient 7 1 III . SERM . tranfient griefs , fucceeding in On the Improvement of Time . 61.
... be what it has heretofore been ; that it will be a mixed and varied state ; a checquered scene of pleasures and pains , of fugitive joys and tranfient 7 1 III . SERM . tranfient griefs , fucceeding in On the Improvement of Time . 61.
Sivu 89
... state . When they became fo ftrong as to render men unfit for the ordinary business of life , they would in a great measure defeat the intention of our being placed in this world . It is better ordered by the wisdom of Providence , that ...
... state . When they became fo ftrong as to render men unfit for the ordinary business of life , they would in a great measure defeat the intention of our being placed in this world . It is better ordered by the wisdom of Providence , that ...
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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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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.