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 17
... future ftate ; and continues to brighten throughout eternal ages . What procured him refpect on earth , fhall render him efti- mable among the great affembly of angels , and fpirits of just men made perfect ; where , we are affured ...
... future ftate ; and continues to brighten throughout eternal ages . What procured him refpect on earth , fhall render him efti- mable among the great affembly of angels , and fpirits of just men made perfect ; where , we are affured ...
Sivu 46
... future . Let us confider in what manner we ought to be affected by attending to each of these . I. LET us review that part of our time which is paft . According to the progrefs which we have made in the journey of life , the field which ...
... future . Let us confider in what manner we ought to be affected by attending to each of these . I. LET us review that part of our time which is paft . According to the progrefs which we have made in the journey of life , the field which ...
Sivu 48
... future improvement . If you have gained nothing more by the years that are past , you have at leaft gained experience ; and experience is the mother of wisdom . You have seen the weak parts of your character ; and may have difcovered ...
... future improvement . If you have gained nothing more by the years that are past , you have at leaft gained experience ; and experience is the mother of wisdom . You have seen the weak parts of your character ; and may have difcovered ...
Sivu 53
... future reputation and advancement ; when you were occupied in discharging with fide- lity the duties of your ftation , and ac- quiring the esteem of the worthy and the good ; when in fome trying fituation you were enabled to act your ...
... future reputation and advancement ; when you were occupied in discharging with fide- lity the duties of your ftation , and ac- quiring the esteem of the worthy and the good ; when in fome trying fituation you were enabled to act your ...
Sivu 54
... future turn , if we would lay a foundation for permanent fatisfaction . Af- ter having thus reviewed the former years of our life , let us confider , II . WHAT attention is due to that period of age in which we are at prefent placed ...
... future turn , if we would lay a foundation for permanent fatisfaction . Af- ter having thus reviewed the former years of our life , let us confider , II . WHAT attention is due to that period of age in which we are at prefent placed ...
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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.