The Sermons of Mr. Yorick, Volume 1R. and J. Dodsley, 1766 - Sermons, English |
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... use , but to fhorten a man's days - nor can gravity , with all its ftudied folemnity of look and carriage , ferve any end but to make one half of the world merry , and impose upon the other . Confider what has been faid , and mercy ...
... use , but to fhorten a man's days - nor can gravity , with all its ftudied folemnity of look and carriage , ferve any end but to make one half of the world merry , and impose upon the other . Confider what has been faid , and mercy ...
Page 115
... use in almost all their ex- hortations to good works . Beloved , if Chrift fo loved us - the inference is unavoid- able ; and gives ftrength and beauty to every thing else which can be urged upon the sub- ject . And therefore I have ...
... use in almost all their ex- hortations to good works . Beloved , if Chrift fo loved us - the inference is unavoid- able ; and gives ftrength and beauty to every thing else which can be urged upon the sub- ject . And therefore I have ...
Page 128
... uses of this kind , to which the artful and abandoned have often put her . The pharifee seems to have had not many fcruples of this kind , and the prayer he makes use of in the temple is a true picture of the man's heart , and fhews ...
... uses of this kind , to which the artful and abandoned have often put her . The pharifee seems to have had not many fcruples of this kind , and the prayer he makes use of in the temple is a true picture of the man's heart , and fhews ...
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... use and advantage of which conduct — is , I fuppofe , the reason - as in general it enlarges on no character , but what is worthy of imita- tion . ' Tis however undeniable , that the lives of bad men are not without use ; - - andi ...
... use and advantage of which conduct — is , I fuppofe , the reason - as in general it enlarges on no character , but what is worthy of imita- tion . ' Tis however undeniable , that the lives of bad men are not without use ; - - andi ...
Page 193
... mankind from future experiments of this kind - and grant we may make a proper use of them , for the fake of JESUS CHRIST , Amen . VOL . II . SERMON SERMON X. JOB's AccOUNT OF THE SHORTNESS and TROUBLES O SERMON IX . 193.
... mankind from future experiments of this kind - and grant we may make a proper use of them , for the fake of JESUS CHRIST , Amen . VOL . II . SERMON SERMON X. JOB's AccOUNT OF THE SHORTNESS and TROUBLES O SERMON IX . 193.
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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.