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... doubt , num- bers of all ages escape unhurt , and get off this dangerous fea without shipwreck . Yet , are they not to be reckoned amongst the more fortunate adventurers ? and D 3 though though one would abfolutely prohibit the attempt ...
... doubt , num- bers of all ages escape unhurt , and get off this dangerous fea without shipwreck . Yet , are they not to be reckoned amongst the more fortunate adventurers ? and D 3 though though one would abfolutely prohibit the attempt ...
Page 66
... doubt fome fuch train of reflections as this would rife in his mind . " Good God ! what a fpectacle of mi- fery do I behold a man ftripped of " his raiment - wounded 16 << - lying lan- guifhing before me upon the ground just ready to ...
... doubt fome fuch train of reflections as this would rife in his mind . " Good God ! what a fpectacle of mi- fery do I behold a man ftripped of " his raiment - wounded 16 << - lying lan- guifhing before me upon the ground just ready to ...
Page 83
... doubt , found fo much reafon to be contented . It is not an eafy matter to be fevere , where there is fuch an impulse to be kind , or to efface at G 2 once once all the tender impreffions in favour of fo old SERMON IV . 83.
... doubt , found fo much reafon to be contented . It is not an eafy matter to be fevere , where there is fuch an impulse to be kind , or to efface at G 2 once once all the tender impreffions in favour of fo old SERMON IV . 83.
Page 84
... doubt , found it fo too , and for that reafon , foon faw the neceffity of . laying such a stress upon this great pre- cept of felf knowledge , which for its excellent wisdom and usefulness , many of them fuppofed to be a divine direc ...
... doubt , found it fo too , and for that reafon , foon faw the neceffity of . laying such a stress upon this great pre- cept of felf knowledge , which for its excellent wisdom and usefulness , many of them fuppofed to be a divine direc ...
Page 93
... his favour , which no doubt make a wide difference betwixt his cafe and the parties which he condemns . What other man fpeaks fo often and vehemently against the 3 What SERMON IV . 93 . Of the many revengeful, covetous, ...
... his favour , which no doubt make a wide difference betwixt his cafe and the parties which he condemns . What other man fpeaks fo often and vehemently against the 3 What SERMON IV . 93 . Of the many revengeful, covetous, ...
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Page 88 - And there came a traveller unto the rich man, and he spared to take of his own flock, and of his own herd, to dress for the wayfaring man that was come unto him, but took the poor man's lamb, and dressed it for the man that was come to him.
Page 88 - There were two men in one city; the one rich, and the other poor. The rich man had exceeding many flocks and herds : but the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children ; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom and was unto him as a daughter.
Page 19 - Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do: and, behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
Page 103 - Try me, O God, and seek the ground of my heart ; prove me, and examine my thoughts. Look well if there be any way of wickedness in me ; and lead me in the way everlasting.
Page 24 - It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
Page 5 - Ambition takes him by the hand and carries him into the world, shows him all the kingdoms of the earth and the glory of them, — points out the many ways of advancing his fortune and...
Page 120 - And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth.
Page 127 - I pray thee let this child's soul come into him again; and. the Lord heard the voice of Elijah, and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived: and Elijah took the 28 child, and brought him down out of the chamber into the house, and delivered him unto his mother; and Elijah said, See, thy son liveth...
Page 1 - Who will show us any good ? Lord lift thou up the light of thy countenance upon us.