Sermons, Volym 3T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1802 |
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... rank , which allows her virtues to fhine with extenfive luftre , and to diffuse their aufpicious influence over a whole land .. That this influence of your your MA- JESTY's virtues may long continue to be felt ; that while they ...
... rank , which allows her virtues to fhine with extenfive luftre , and to diffuse their aufpicious influence over a whole land .. That this influence of your your MA- JESTY's virtues may long continue to be felt ; that while they ...
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... ranks of fociety . In their ideas of what conftitutes honour , men greatly vary , and often grofsly err . But of fomewhat , which they conceive to form VOL . III . B pre- SERM . I SER M. pre - eminence and diftinction , all are CONTENTS ...
... ranks of fociety . In their ideas of what conftitutes honour , men greatly vary , and often grofsly err . But of fomewhat , which they conceive to form VOL . III . B pre- SERM . I SER M. pre - eminence and diftinction , all are CONTENTS ...
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... rank or office . Were fuch distinctions always , or even generally , obtained in confequence of uncommon me- rit , they would indeed confer honour on the character . But , in the present state of fociety , it is too well known that this ...
... rank or office . Were fuch distinctions always , or even generally , obtained in confequence of uncommon me- rit , they would indeed confer honour on the character . But , in the present state of fociety , it is too well known that this ...
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... rank high among that clafs of beings to which he belongs ; in a word , we must look to the mind and the foul.A mind fuperior to fear , to selfish intereft and corruption ; a mind governed by the principles of uni- form rectitude and ...
... rank high among that clafs of beings to which he belongs ; in a word , we must look to the mind and the foul.A mind fuperior to fear , to selfish intereft and corruption ; a mind governed by the principles of uni- form rectitude and ...
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... rank which commands our deference . Where fome shining quality attracts admiration , it is only to a part of the character that we pay ho- mage . But when a person is distinguished for eminent worth and goodness , it is the man , the ...
... rank which commands our deference . Where fome shining quality attracts admiration , it is only to a part of the character that we pay ho- mage . But when a person is distinguished for eminent worth and goodness , it is the man , the ...
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affume againſt alfo amidſt arife ariſe behold bitterneſs bleffed cauſe character Chriftian conduct confcience confequence confider confiderable courfe courſe death defire difpofitions diftinction diftrefs divine duties earth envy evil facrament facred fafe faid fame fcenes fecret felves fenfe fenfibility fentiments feveral fhall fhew fhould firft fituation fociety fome fometimes foon forrows 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 lefs look Lord mankind meaſure ment mifery mind moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary nefs obferve occafion ourſelves paffions pafs paſt patience perfons pleaſures poffefs praiſe prefent principle proper purfuits purpoſe racter raiſed rank reaſon refpect reft religion rife ſcenes SERM ſhall ſtate temper thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou tion truft univerfe uſeful virtue virtuous whofe whoſe wiſdom
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Sida 320 - For the stone shall cry out of the wall, and the beam out of the timber shall answer it.
Sida 19 - For she is the breath of the power of God, and a pure influence flowing from the glory of the Almighty: therefore can no defiled thing fall into her.
Sida 171 - 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.
Sida 371 - He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
Sida 9 - They discover talents which in themselves are shining, and which, become highly valuable, when employed in advancing the good of mankind. Hence, they frequently give rise to fame. But a distinction is to be made. between fame and true honour. The former is a loud and noisy applause ; the latter, a more silent and internal homage.
Sida 40 - 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.
Sida 376 - What a profusion of beauty and ornament is poured forth on the face of nature ? What a magnificent spectacle presented to the view of man ? What supply contrived for his wants ? What a variety of objects...
Sida 11 - ... would choose for a superior, could trust in as a friend, and could love as a brother — this is the man, whom in our heart, above all others, we do, we mast honour.
Sida 298 - God, the chief seat of their Father's kingdom. They have every reason to believe, that the objects which are to meet them there, how new and unknown soever, shall all be propitious and friendly. For into the kingdom of his Father, their Lord has declared that he is entered as their forerunner. I go to my Father, and your Father ; to my God, and your God.
Sida 206 - The careless and the imprudent, the giddy and the fickle, the ungrateful and the interested, every where meet us.