Sermons: Volume the third, Volume 2A. Strahan, and T. Cadell in the Strand, and W. Creech, Edinburgh, 1790 - Presbyterian Church - 434 pages |
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... SUCH a character , imperfectly as it has now been drawn , all muft acknowledge to be formed folely by the influence of steady religion and virt e . It is the effect of principles which , operating on confcience , determine it uniformly ...
... SUCH a character , imperfectly as it has now been drawn , all muft acknowledge to be formed folely by the influence of steady religion and virt e . It is the effect of principles which , operating on confcience , determine it uniformly ...
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... Such men act from confcience and prin- ciple . So far they do well , and are wor- thy of praife . They affift their friends ; they give to the poor ; they do justice to all . But what a different complexion is given to the fame actions ...
... Such men act from confcience and prin- ciple . So far they do well , and are wor- thy of praife . They affift their friends ; they give to the poor ; they do justice to all . But what a different complexion is given to the fame actions ...
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... such a temper on general virtue and happiness , let us con- fider its effect on the happiness of him who poffeffes it , and the various pleasures to which it gives him accefs . If he be master of riches or influence , it affords him the ...
... such a temper on general virtue and happiness , let us con- fider its effect on the happiness of him who poffeffes it , and the various pleasures to which it gives him accefs . If he be master of riches or influence , it affords him the ...
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... such persons there always lie much pride , and attention to themselves , This is indeed a falfe fpecies of fenfibility . It is the fubftitution of a capricious and irritable delicacy , in the room of that plain and native tenderness of ...
... such persons there always lie much pride , and attention to themselves , This is indeed a falfe fpecies of fenfibility . It is the fubftitution of a capricious and irritable delicacy , in the room of that plain and native tenderness of ...
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... piercing , the heart . Such fenfa- tions , to which few , if any , of my hearers , are wholly ftrangers , I now mention , as E 2 affording III . SERM . affording a ftrong proof of that On the Improvement of Time . 51.
... piercing , the heart . Such fenfa- tions , to which few , if any , of my hearers , are wholly ftrangers , I now mention , as E 2 affording III . SERM . affording a ftrong proof of that On the Improvement of Time . 51.
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abuſed affift affume againſt arife behold bitterneſs bleffed cauſe character Chriftian cife conduct confcience confequence confider confiderable courfe courſe death defire difpofitions diftinction diſcharge divine duties earth envy evil exerciſe facrament facred fafely faid fame fecret felves fenfe fenfibility fentiments fhall fhould fhow firſt fituation fociety fome fometimes forrow fortune foul fources fpirit friends ftate ftation fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior fuppofed fupport fure goodneſs happineſs heart heaven Hence higheſt himſelf honour human intereft itſelf juft laft laſt Lord mankind meaſure ment midſt mind moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary obferve occafion ourſelves paffed paffions paſs paſt patience perfons pleaſures poffefs praiſe preſent principle proper purpoſe purſuits racter raiſed rank reaſon reft religion reſpect rife ſcene SERM ſhall ſhow ſome ſtate ſuch temper thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou tion truft univerfe uſeful virtue virtuous whofe whoſe wiſdom wiſh
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Page 185 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Page 399 - Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, Whose hope is in the Lord his God : Which made heaven and earth, The sea, and all that therein is : Which keepeth truth for ever: Which executeth judgment for the oppressed : Which giveth food to the hungry.
Page 45 - And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage* are an hundred and thirty years...
Page 27 - ... to rejoice with them that rejoice, and to weep with them that weep...
Page 10 - The statesman, the orator or the poet, may be famous; while yet the man himself is far from being honoured. We envy his abilities. We wish to rival them.
Page 9 - The former is a loud and noisy Applause the latter a more silent and internal Homage Fame floats on, the Breath of the Multitude Honour rests on the Judgment of the Thinking Fame may give Praise while it withholds Esteem...
Page 106 - ... or envy. Moral and religious instruction derives its efficacy, not so much from what men are taught to know, as from what they are brought to feel.
Page 309 - O send out your light and your truth; let them lead me; let them bring me to your holy hill and to your dwelling. * Then I will go to the altar of God, to God my exceeding joy; and I will praise you with the harp, O God, my God.
Page 235 - Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun : but if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many.
Page 42 - He who pretends to great sensibility towards men, and yet has no feeling for the high objects of religion, no heart to admire and adore the great Father of the universe, has reason to distrust the truth and delicacy of his sensibility.