Sermons, Volume 2W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1785 |
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... becomes more indifpenfable . But fcarcely is there any train of life fo fimple and uniform but what will fuffer through the neglect of it . I speak not now of fuffering in point of worldly interest . I call upon you to attend to higher ...
... becomes more indifpenfable . But fcarcely is there any train of life fo fimple and uniform but what will fuffer through the neglect of it . I speak not now of fuffering in point of worldly interest . I call upon you to attend to higher ...
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... character and station . require . But from the confufion in which you have allowed yourselves to be involved , you find it to have become impoffible . What pro- What was neglected to be done in its per On the Importance of.
... character and station . require . But from the confufion in which you have allowed yourselves to be involved , you find it to have become impoffible . What pro- What was neglected to be done in its per On the Importance of.
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... become so perplexed , they fometimes fink into fupine indolence , fome- times throw themselves into the arms of intemperance and loofe pleafure ; by either of which they aggravate their guilt , and ac- celerate their ruin . To the end ...
... become so perplexed , they fometimes fink into fupine indolence , fome- times throw themselves into the arms of intemperance and loofe pleafure ; by either of which they aggravate their guilt , and ac- celerate their ruin . To the end ...
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... yourselves , and your do- mestic concerns , which becomes a good man , they are fubverfive of order , and inconfiftent with duty . What is innocent SERM I. I. SERM . in itself , degenerates into guilt from C 2 in Order in Conduct . 19.
... yourselves , and your do- mestic concerns , which becomes a good man , they are fubverfive of order , and inconfiftent with duty . What is innocent SERM I. I. SERM . in itself , degenerates into guilt from C 2 in Order in Conduct . 19.
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... bringing our- felves under fubjection to method and rule ; which , though at firft it may prove con- ftraining , yet by degrees , and from the ex- perience perience of its happy effects , becomes na- tural and 24 On the Importance of.
... bringing our- felves under fubjection to method and rule ; which , though at firft it may prove con- ftraining , yet by degrees , and from the ex- perience perience of its happy effects , becomes na- tural and 24 On the Importance of.
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Page 349 - Two things have I required of thee ; deny me them not before I die: remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, "Who is the Lord?" or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Page 358 - 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 130 - Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need
Page 10 - He who every morning plans the transactions of the day, and follows out that plan, carries on a thread which will guide him through the labyrinth of the most busy life. The orderly arrangement of his time is like a ray of light, which darts itself through all his affairs. But where no plan is laid, where the disposal...
Page 403 - Wherefore it shall come to pass, that when the LORD hath performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the stout heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.
Page 283 - When he must condemn, he condemns with regret; and without those aggravations which the severity of others adds to the crime. He listens calmly to the apology of the offender, and readily admits every extenuating circumstance which equity can suggest..
Page 304 - Jhall be judged: and with what meafure ye mete, it Jhall be meafured to you again. And why beholdeft thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye...
Page 321 - Those evil spirits who inhabit the regions of misery, are represented as delighting in revenge and cruelty. But all that is great and good in the universe, is on the side of clemency and mercy. The Almighty Ruler of the world, though for ages offended by the unrighteousness, and insulted by the impiety of men, is long-suffering and slow to anger.
Page 437 - ... ruler ; what construction he is to put on many of the dispensations of his providence ; and what his fate is to be when he departs hence. What a...
Page 322 - Collected within itself, it stands unmoved by their impotent assaults ; and with generous pity, rather than with anger, looks down on their unworthy conduct. It has been truly said, that the greatest man on earth can no sooner commit an injury, than a good man can make himself greater, by forgiving it.