Sermons on the Dignity of Man: And the Value of the Objects Principally Relating to Human Happiness, Volume 1Thomas & Sturtevant, 1807 - Dignity |
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... Persons enjoy not more Pleasure . PROVERBS III , 17. — Her ways are ways of pleasantness , and all her paths are peace , SERMON XVI . The Value of Religion in General . 233 JOHN xvii . iii . - This is life eternal , that they might know ...
... Persons enjoy not more Pleasure . PROVERBS III , 17. — Her ways are ways of pleasantness , and all her paths are peace , SERMON XVI . The Value of Religion in General . 233 JOHN xvii . iii . - This is life eternal , that they might know ...
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... persons not to- tally ignorant and incapable of making reflections of their own . Let a man preach to these as he will , they will never be able to take in the whole scope of the discourse at one view , or even to form clear conceptions ...
... persons not to- tally ignorant and incapable of making reflections of their own . Let a man preach to these as he will , they will never be able to take in the whole scope of the discourse at one view , or even to form clear conceptions ...
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... persons who have only been learned by rote , having gathered little or nothing from it except a huge collection of facts , names and dates . In the ancient and modern languages , particularly the Lat- in , French and English he was no ...
... persons who have only been learned by rote , having gathered little or nothing from it except a huge collection of facts , names and dates . In the ancient and modern languages , particularly the Lat- in , French and English he was no ...
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... person , who , on going out of the church , would not have eagerly extended his arms in reconcilement towards his mortal enemy , had he been so unfortunate as to have one ? But it would be unnecessary to cite instances , as certainly no ...
... person , who , on going out of the church , would not have eagerly extended his arms in reconcilement towards his mortal enemy , had he been so unfortunate as to have one ? But it would be unnecessary to cite instances , as certainly no ...
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... persons far superior in point of education and gentility to those of his former stations ; a city which for several ages past has reckoned among its inhabitants so many peo- ple of learning and ingenuity , where consequently no small ...
... persons far superior in point of education and gentility to those of his former stations ; a city which for several ages past has reckoned among its inhabitants so many peo- ple of learning and ingenuity , where consequently no small ...
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Page 211 - And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by Him.
Page 170 - And Joseph said unto his brethren, Come near to me, I pray you. And they came near. And he said, I am Joseph your brother, whom ye sold into Egypt. Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither : for God did send me before you to preserve life.
Page 384 - It is a faithful saying : For if we be dead with Him, we shall also live with Him : if we suffer, we shall also reign with Him...
Page 189 - They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge. Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold. For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.
Page 126 - For every creature of God is good, and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: For it is sanctified by the word of God and prayer.
Page 317 - Savior says, that it will profit a man nothing to have gained the whole world, if he lose his own soul ; or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul...
Page 267 - I am the way, the truth, and the life ;" — " I am the light of the world," — are declarations of a similar import.
Page 402 - CHRIST ; showing, of a truth, that " the sufferings of this present time are not to be compared with the glory that shall be revealed in us.
Page 246 - His kingdom is not in meats and drinks, but in righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Ghost.
Page 385 - I am the resurrection, and the life: he that bclieveth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: 26 And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die.