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 8
... fome of those fplendid actions and abilities which excite high admiration . Courage and prowess , military renown , fignal victories and con- quefts , may render the name of a man famous , without rendering his character truly ...
... fome of those fplendid actions and abilities which excite high admiration . Courage and prowess , military renown , fignal victories and con- quefts , may render the name of a man famous , without rendering his character truly ...
Sivu 13
... fome shining quality attracts admiration , it is only to a part of the character that we pay ho- mage . But when a perfon is diftinguished for eminent worth and goodness , it is the man , the whole man , whom we refpect . The honour ...
... fome shining quality attracts admiration , it is only to a part of the character that we pay ho- mage . But when a perfon is diftinguished for eminent worth and goodness , it is the man , the whole man , whom we refpect . The honour ...
Sivu 15
... fome regions of the earth distinguishes a man above others , might elfewhere expose him to contempt or ridicule . But where was ever the nation on the face of the globe , who did not ho- nour unblemished worth , unaffected piety ...
... fome regions of the earth distinguishes a man above others , might elfewhere expose him to contempt or ridicule . But where was ever the nation on the face of the globe , who did not ho- nour unblemished worth , unaffected piety ...
Sivu 17
... fome quarter or other , their brightness is obfcured ; their exaltation is humbled . But the honour which proceeds from God , and virtue , is unmixed and pure . It is a luftre which is derived from heaven ; and is likened , in fcripture ...
... fome quarter or other , their brightness is obfcured ; their exaltation is humbled . But the honour which proceeds from God , and virtue , is unmixed and pure . It is a luftre which is derived from heaven ; and is likened , in fcripture ...
Sivu 18
... fome occafional display of abilities may have gained him . That ap- plause may be mingled with contempt . Let him look to what will dignify his character as a man . Let him cultivate thofe moral qualities which all men in their hearts 2 ...
... fome occafional display of abilities may have gained him . That ap- plause may be mingled with contempt . Let him look to what will dignify his character as a man . Let him cultivate thofe moral qualities which all men in their hearts 2 ...
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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.