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 9
... appears difproportioned , unshapely , and rude . Obfervations of the fame kind may be applied to all the reputation derived from civil accomplishments ; from the refined politics of the statesman ; or the literary efforts of genius and ...
... appears difproportioned , unshapely , and rude . Obfervations of the fame kind may be applied to all the reputation derived from civil accomplishments ; from the refined politics of the statesman ; or the literary efforts of genius and ...
Sivu 13
... appear more illuftrious , this is not owing merely to the respect created by rank . It is , because there a nobler ... appears to grace and adorn the station which he fills . Even in I. I. SERM . in the filence of retirement , or On the ...
... appear more illuftrious , this is not owing merely to the respect created by rank . It is , because there a nobler ... appears to grace and adorn the station which he fills . Even in I. I. SERM . in the filence of retirement , or On the ...
Sivu 22
... appears in nothing more than in the care it hath taken to enforce on men the focial duties of life . This is one of the cleareft characteristics of its being a reli- gion whose origin is divine : For every doc- trine which proceeds from ...
... appears in nothing more than in the care it hath taken to enforce on men the focial duties of life . This is one of the cleareft characteristics of its being a reli- gion whose origin is divine : For every doc- trine which proceeds from ...
Sivu 30
... appears to require . He will advance flow- ly , and reluctantly . As it is justice , not generofity , which impels him , he will often feel as a task what he is required by confcience to perform . Whereas , to him who is prompted by ...
... appears to require . He will advance flow- ly , and reluctantly . As it is justice , not generofity , which impels him , he will often feel as a task what he is required by confcience to perform . Whereas , to him who is prompted by ...
Sivu 32
... appearing to profper , and views a country flourishing in wealth and induf- try ; when he beholds the spring coming forth in its beauty , and reviving the de- cayed face of nature ; or in autumn be- holds the fields loaded with plenty ...
... appearing to profper , and views a country flourishing in wealth and induf- try ; when he beholds the spring coming forth in its beauty , and reviving the de- cayed face of nature ; or in autumn be- holds the fields loaded with plenty ...
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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.