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Evil - Speaking . SERMON XII . Joseph ' s History considered . Forgiveness of
Injuries . SERMON XIII . Duty of setting Bounds to our Desires . SERMON XIV . ·
Self - Examination . ' SERMON XV . Job ' s Expoftulation with his Wife .
SERMONS ...
Evil - Speaking . SERMON XII . Joseph ' s History considered . Forgiveness of
Injuries . SERMON XIII . Duty of setting Bounds to our Desires . SERMON XIV . ·
Self - Examination . ' SERMON XV . Job ' s Expoftulation with his Wife .
SERMONS ...
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... that if he would not be dif appointed in his search , he must look into the plain
and thrifty dwelling of the prudent man , who knows and understands the worth of
money , and cautiously lays it up against an evil hour : that it is not the proftitution
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... that if he would not be dif appointed in his search , he must look into the plain
and thrifty dwelling of the prudent man , who knows and understands the worth of
money , and cautiously lays it up against an evil hour : that it is not the proftitution
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Perhaps a more affecting spectacle a kind and indulgent father of a numerous
family , lyes breathless - snatched away in the strength of his age - torn in an evil
hour from his children and the bosom of a disconfolate wife . Behold much
people ...
Perhaps a more affecting spectacle a kind and indulgent father of a numerous
family , lyes breathless - snatched away in the strength of his age - torn in an evil
hour from his children and the bosom of a disconfolate wife . Behold much
people ...
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Not that we are to imagine from thence , as if any other good or evil action should
then be overlooked by the eye of the All - seeing Judge ; but barely to intimate to
us , that a charitable and benevolent dispofition is to principal and ruling a part ...
Not that we are to imagine from thence , as if any other good or evil action should
then be overlooked by the eye of the All - seeing Judge ; but barely to intimate to
us , that a charitable and benevolent dispofition is to principal and ruling a part ...
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... brought to think evil of a friend whom we have long loved and esteemed , and
though there happens to be ftrong appearances against him , how apt are we to
overlook or put favourable constructions upon them , and even sometimes , Vol .
... brought to think evil of a friend whom we have long loved and esteemed , and
though there happens to be ftrong appearances against him , how apt are we to
overlook or put favourable constructions upon them , and even sometimes , Vol .
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Page 75 - 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.
Page 25 - 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.
Page 96 - As the Lord thy God liveth, I have not a cake, but a handful of meal in a barrel, and a little oil in a cruse; and, behold, I am gathering two sticks, that I may go in and dress it for me and my son, that we may eat it and die.
Page 97 - And the woman said to Elijah, Now by this I know that thou art a man of God, and that the word of the LORD in thy mouth is truth.
Page 257 - And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God which passeth by us continually. Let us make a little chamber, I pray thee, on the wall; and let us set for him there a bed, and a table, and a stool, and a candlestick : and it shall be, when he cometh to us, that he shall turn in thither.
Page 31 - 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 221 - If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
Page 57 - But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was ; and when he saw him he had compassion on him...
Page 76 - 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 245 - So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee, now, the trespass of thy brethren, and their sin ; for they did unto thee evil : and now, we pray thee, forgive the trespass of the servants of the God of thy father.
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| Title | The Sermons of Mr. Yorick, Volume 1 The sermons of mr. Yorick, Laurence Sterne |
| Author | Laurence Sterne |
| Publisher | T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, 1766 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 2 Oct 2006 |
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