Discourses on Several Important Subjects: To which are Added, Eight Sermons Preached at the Lady Moyer's Lecture, in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, London |
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Page 14
... obferve that Pride is not merely to think favourably of ourfelves For then indeed Pride , as fome late Authors have maintained , would be an univerfal Vice ; every Body being , more or lefs , biaffed in his own Favour . But Pride is to ...
... obferve that Pride is not merely to think favourably of ourfelves For then indeed Pride , as fome late Authors have maintained , would be an univerfal Vice ; every Body being , more or lefs , biaffed in his own Favour . But Pride is to ...
Page 41
... Obferve great Num- bers of the Opulent and the Great : What can be oftner from Home than their Per- fons ? Their Thoughts , which are continu- ally from Home , ever wandring abroad , and returning unfatisfied . None is more miserable ...
... Obferve great Num- bers of the Opulent and the Great : What can be oftner from Home than their Per- fons ? Their Thoughts , which are continu- ally from Home , ever wandring abroad , and returning unfatisfied . None is more miserable ...
Page 76
... obferve : Though Piety be the most valuable Thing in itself , the Bulk of Mankind are not capable of forming fine abstract Ideas of it in itself ; they must consider it , if at all , as it lies before them in the Lives and Converfation ...
... obferve : Though Piety be the most valuable Thing in itself , the Bulk of Mankind are not capable of forming fine abstract Ideas of it in itself ; they must consider it , if at all , as it lies before them in the Lives and Converfation ...
Page 84
... obferve , what a wide Difproportion of Happiness is produced . In the latter Cafe it is like giving a Cordial to a fainting Perfon ; in the former it is like giving Wine to him , who has already SERM.III . giving 84 On Faith ...
... obferve , what a wide Difproportion of Happiness is produced . In the latter Cafe it is like giving a Cordial to a fainting Perfon ; in the former it is like giving Wine to him , who has already SERM.III . giving 84 On Faith ...
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... obferve , that no Words are more undetermined in their Signification , than thofe , which pafs current in common Converfation . We never queftion , but that we clearly underfland Terms , which are daily in ufe , and familiar to us ...
... obferve , that no Words are more undetermined in their Signification , than thofe , which pafs current in common Converfation . We never queftion , but that we clearly underfland Terms , which are daily in ufe , and familiar to us ...
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Page 345 - What could have been done more to my vineyard, That I have not done in it? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, Brought it forth wild grapes?
Page 392 - Who being the Brightnefs of his Glory, and the exprefs Image of his Perfon, and upholding all Things by the Word of his Power, purged, or expiated, our Sins.
Page 175 - If I take the wings of the morning, and remain in the uttermost parts of the sea; Even there also shall thy hand lead me, And thy right hand shall hold me.
Page 177 - But Zion said, The Lord hath forsaken me, And my Lord hath forgotten me. Can a woman forget her sucking child, That she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? Yea, they may forget, Yet will I not forget thee. Behold, I have graven thee upon the palms of my hands ; Thy walls are continually before me.
Page 175 - Yea, the darkness is no darkness with Thee, but the night is as clear as the day : the darkness and light to Thee are both alike.
Page 121 - And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep. 32 And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them.
Page 144 - For the eyes of the Lord run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him.
Page 50 - Forgive them ; for they know not •what they do. And again, Father, into thy Hands I commend my Spirit.