Sermons, Volume 2W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1785 |
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... from friends and enemies , demands arife , and obligations circulate through all the ranks of life . This active fcene was contrived by the wisdom of Hea- B 3 ven SERM . ven , on purpose that it might bring Order in Conduct .
... from friends and enemies , demands arife , and obligations circulate through all the ranks of life . This active fcene was contrived by the wisdom of Hea- B 3 ven SERM . ven , on purpose that it might bring Order in Conduct .
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... . which are apt to occupy frivolous minds , as connected either with virtue or wisdom . But I exhort you to remember , that dif order , C 3 SERM . order , like other immoralities , frequently 1. Order in Conduct . 21.
... . which are apt to occupy frivolous minds , as connected either with virtue or wisdom . But I exhort you to remember , that dif order , C 3 SERM . order , like other immoralities , frequently 1. Order in Conduct . 21.
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... wisdom and fupreme goodness , are founds familiar to our ears . In his immutability we are lefs accustomed to confider him ; and yet it is this perfection which , perhaps , more than any other , diftinguishes the di- vine nature from ...
... wisdom and fupreme goodness , are founds familiar to our ears . In his immutability we are lefs accustomed to confider him ; and yet it is this perfection which , perhaps , more than any other , diftinguishes the di- vine nature from ...
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... wisdom , and never either warped by partiality , or difturbed by paffion , persevere in one regular and conftant tenor . Among men , they may fometimes break forth with tranfient fplendour , like those wandering fires which illuminate ...
... wisdom , and never either warped by partiality , or difturbed by paffion , persevere in one regular and conftant tenor . Among men , they may fometimes break forth with tranfient fplendour , like those wandering fires which illuminate ...
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... wisdom of Heaven faw it to be one of the most powerful means of improving the human heart . When religious homage is confidered in this light , as a great inftrument of spiritual and moral improvement , all the objections which ...
... wisdom of Heaven faw it to be one of the most powerful means of improving the human heart . When religious homage is confidered in this light , as a great inftrument of spiritual and moral improvement , all the objections which ...
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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.