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 25
... importance in hu- man life . Hence that degree of fenfi- bility which prompts us to weep with them that weep , is stronger than that which prompts us to rejoice with them that re- joice ; for this reason , that the unhappy stand more in ...
... importance in hu- man life . Hence that degree of fenfi- bility which prompts us to weep with them that weep , is stronger than that which prompts us to rejoice with them that re- joice ; for this reason , that the unhappy stand more in ...
Sivu 44
... importance to man- kind , that it cannot too often employ religious meditation . There is nothing in the management of which wifdom is more requifite , or where mankind display their inconfiftency more . In its particular par- cels ...
... importance to man- kind , that it cannot too often employ religious meditation . There is nothing in the management of which wifdom is more requifite , or where mankind display their inconfiftency more . In its particular par- cels ...
Sivu 47
... important remain ? Like characters drawn on the fand , which the next wave washes totally away , fo one trivial fucceffion of events has effaced the memory of the preceding ; and though we have feemed all along to be bufy , yet for much ...
... important remain ? Like characters drawn on the fand , which the next wave washes totally away , fo one trivial fucceffion of events has effaced the memory of the preceding ; and though we have feemed all along to be bufy , yet for much ...
Sivu 49
... importance , which once occu- pied and attached us , in the highest de- gree . Where are those keen competitions , those mortifying disappointments , those violent enmities , thofe eager purfuits , which we once thought were to last for ...
... importance , which once occu- pied and attached us , in the highest de- gree . Where are those keen competitions , those mortifying disappointments , those violent enmities , thofe eager purfuits , which we once thought were to last for ...
Sivu 55
... importance remains to be done . If we fuffer the present time to be wafted either in abfolute idleness , or in frivolous em- ployments , it will hereafter call for ven- geance against us . Removing therefore what is merely fuperfluous ...
... importance remains to be done . If we fuffer the present time to be wafted either in abfolute idleness , or in frivolous em- ployments , it will hereafter call for ven- geance against us . Removing therefore what is merely fuperfluous ...
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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.