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... mankind , and is that state of good things to which God hath designed the present constitution of the world . CAUTION REQUISITE IN MARRYING . THEY that enter into the state of marriage cast a die of the greatest contingency , and yet of ...
... mankind , and is that state of good things to which God hath designed the present constitution of the world . CAUTION REQUISITE IN MARRYING . THEY that enter into the state of marriage cast a die of the greatest contingency , and yet of ...
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... mankind a religion that would change the face of things , and the hearts of men , and break vile habits into gentleness and counsel . such a religion , in such a time , by the sermons and conduct of fishermen , men of mean breeding and ...
... mankind a religion that would change the face of things , and the hearts of men , and break vile habits into gentleness and counsel . such a religion , in such a time , by the sermons and conduct of fishermen , men of mean breeding and ...
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... mankind : the birds shall mourn and change their songs into threnes and sad accents : rivers of fire shall rise from the east to west , and the stars shall be rent into threads of light , and scatter like the beards of comets ; then ...
... mankind : the birds shall mourn and change their songs into threnes and sad accents : rivers of fire shall rise from the east to west , and the stars shall be rent into threads of light , and scatter like the beards of comets ; then ...
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... mankind ; and the more we love , the better we are ; and the greater our friendships are , the dearer we are to God . Let them be as dear , and let them be as perfect , and let them be as many as you can ; there is no danger in it ...
... mankind ; and the more we love , the better we are ; and the greater our friendships are , the dearer we are to God . Let them be as dear , and let them be as perfect , and let them be as many as you can ; there is no danger in it ...
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... mankind according as any one can receive them . We see this best exemplified by two instances and expressions of friendship and charity viz . alms and prayers ; every one that needs relief is equally the object of our charity ; but ...
... mankind according as any one can receive them . We see this best exemplified by two instances and expressions of friendship and charity viz . alms and prayers ; every one that needs relief is equally the object of our charity ; but ...
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actions affections Aristotle beasts beauty behold Bishop Bishop of Lincoln blessing body caprina cause charity Christ christian church Cicero cloud creatures danger daugh death delight desire discourse divine doth duty earth Edward Irving enemies evil excellent eyes face fancy father fear felicity fool friendship glory God's Goodwin sands grace grave hand happy hath hear heart heaven honour innocent judgment kennin king king of Burgundy knowledge labour lady Ann Clifford learning light live look Lord Bacon mammæ man's mankind marriage memory mercy mind nature neral ness never noble noise observe passions peace person piety pleasure poor prayers prosperity reason religion says Serm Sermon servant shew sick Skipton sorrow soul spirit sweet tell tempest thee thereof things thou thoughts tion tongue TROILUS AND CRESSIDA trouble truth unto virtue weary wherein wisdom wise worthy
Popular passages
Page 342 - Where the bee sucks, there suck I ; In a cowslip's bell I lie; There I couch when owls do cry. On the bat's back I do fly After summer merrily. Merrily, merrily shall I live now Under the blossom that hangs on the bough.
Page 86 - Tho' they may gang a kennin wrang, To step aside is human : One point must still be greatly dark, The moving Why they do it ; And just as lamely can ye mark, How far perhaps they rue it. Who made the heart, 'tis He alone Decidedly can try us, He knows each chord its various tone, Each spring its various bias : Then at the balance let's be mute, We never can adjust it ; What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted.
Page 306 - But the greatest error of all the rest is the mistaking or misplacing of the last or furthest end of knowledge. For men have entered into a desire of learning and knowledge, sometimes upon a natural curiosity and inquisitive appetite; sometimes to entertain their minds with variety and delight; sometimes for ornament and reputation; and sometimes to enable them to victory of wit and contradiction; and most times for lucre and profession; and seldom sincerely to give a true account of their gift of...
Page 57 - For we must all appear before the judgment-seat of Christ ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
Page 154 - It is a pleasure to stand upon the shore, and to see ships tossed upon the sea : a pleasure to stand in the window of a castle, and to see a battle, and the adventures thereof below : but no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage ground of truth," (a hill not to be commanded, and where the air is always clear and serene,) " and to see the errors, and wanderings, and mists, and tempests, in the vale below," f so always that this prospect be with pity, and not with swelling or pride.
Page 343 - A belt of straw and ivy buds With coral clasps and amber studs : And if these pleasures may thee move, Come live with me and be my Love.
Page 179 - Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes ; and Adversity is not without comforts and hopes.
Page 293 - Good and evil we know in the field of this world grow up together almost inseparably ; and the knowledge of good is so involved and interwoven with the knowledge of evil...
Page 297 - I trust hereby to make it manifest with what small willingness I endure to interrupt the pursuit of no less hopes than these, and leave a calm and pleasing solitariness, fed with cheerful and confident thoughts, to embark in a troubled sea of noises and hoarse disputes, put from beholding the bright countenance of truth in the quiet and still air of delightful studies...
Page 276 - A jest's prosperity lies in the ear • Of him that hears it, never in the tongue Of him that makes it : then, if sickly ears, Deaf 'd with the clamours of their own dear groans.