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Page 86
... and peaceful folitude , bleffed with daily marks of God's providence , the holy man dwelt free both from the cares and glories of the world : by miraculous im- pulfe the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the 86 SERMON V.
... and peaceful folitude , bleffed with daily marks of God's providence , the holy man dwelt free both from the cares and glories of the world : by miraculous im- pulfe the ravens brought him bread and flesh in the 86 SERMON V.
Page 99
... would delight in of receiving its own again with ufury . So evident is it in the courfe of God's providence and the natural stream of things , that a good office one time or other generally meets with a reward H 2 SERMON V. 99.
... would delight in of receiving its own again with ufury . So evident is it in the courfe of God's providence and the natural stream of things , that a good office one time or other generally meets with a reward H 2 SERMON V. 99.
Page 111
... providence of God has placed in the very loweft lot of life , ut terly caft out of the way of knowledge , without a parent , -fometimes may be without a friend to guide and instruct them , but what common pity and the neceffity of their ...
... providence of God has placed in the very loweft lot of life , ut terly caft out of the way of knowledge , without a parent , -fometimes may be without a friend to guide and instruct them , but what common pity and the neceffity of their ...
Page 113
... providence placed us , that we never " indulged one wish to have made thee " rich , -virtuous we would have made " thee ; for thy father , my husband “ was a good man , and feared the Lord , " and though all the fruits of his # 6 care ...
... providence placed us , that we never " indulged one wish to have made thee " rich , -virtuous we would have made " thee ; for thy father , my husband “ was a good man , and feared the Lord , " and though all the fruits of his # 6 care ...
Page 148
... providence I owe all the bleflings of my life , and by whose permiffion it is that I exercife and enjoy them ; that I am placed in this world as a creature of but a day , haftening to the place from whence I fhall not return - That I am ...
... providence I owe all the bleflings of my life , and by whose permiffion it is that I exercife and enjoy them ; that I am placed in this world as a creature of but a day , haftening to the place from whence I fhall not return - That I am ...
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againſt almoſt amongſt anſwer becauſe befides behold beſt bleffed cafe caft caſe caufe cauſe character charity circumftances compaffion confequence confider confideration courſe defires difpofition diftrefs diſcharge evil fafely faid fame favour fearch feems feldom felf felves fenfe fent fhall fhew fhort fhould fince fion firft firſt fome fometimes foon forrow foul fpirits ftand ftill ftrong fubject fuch fuffer fuppofe fure goodneſs greateſt happineſs heart Herod himſelf impreffions inftance intereſt itſelf Jofeph juft juſt kindneſs laſt LAURENCE STERNE leaſt lefs live look man-the man's meaſure mind miſtake moft moſt muſt nature obfervation occafion ourſelves paffages paffed paffions pity pleaſure poffibly portunity prophet purpoſe racter reaſon reflections reft religion SAVIOUR ſeems ſenſe SERMON ſhall ſhe Shunem ſome ſpeak ſtill thee themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thou thouſand tion truft truth unto uſe virtue whofe whoſe words worſe Zarephath
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Page 248 - Admonish a friend, it may be he hath not done it: and if he have done it, that he do it no more. Admonish thy friend, it may be he hath not said it: and if he have, that he speak it not again. Admonish a friend: for many times it is a slander, and believe not every tale.
Page 70 - 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 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.
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Page 19 - 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 to me under the sun.
Page 70 - 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. And there came a...
Page 81 - 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.