Sermons: Volume the third, Volym 2A. Strahan, and T. Cadell in the Strand, and W. Creech, Edinburgh, 1790 - 434 sidor |
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... reft on any of those external distinctions which vanity has con- trived to introduce . These can procure him no more than the femblance of re- fpect . Let him not be flattered by the ap- plause which fome occafional display of abilities ...
... reft on any of those external distinctions which vanity has con- trived to introduce . These can procure him no more than the femblance of re- fpect . Let him not be flattered by the ap- plause which fome occafional display of abilities ...
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... has va- nished , and left no trace behind it . We fmile at our former violence ; and wonder how fuch things could have ever appeared VOL . III . E fo 1 SERM . fo fignificant and great . We may reft On the Improvement of Time . 49.
... has va- nished , and left no trace behind it . We fmile at our former violence ; and wonder how fuch things could have ever appeared VOL . III . E fo 1 SERM . fo fignificant and great . We may reft On the Improvement of Time . 49.
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Volume the third Hugh Blair. SERM . fo fignificant and great . We may reft af- III . fured , that what hath been , fhall again be . When Time fhall once have laid his lenient hand on the paffions and pursuits of the present moment , they ...
Volume the third Hugh Blair. SERM . fo fignificant and great . We may reft af- III . fured , that what hath been , fhall again be . When Time fhall once have laid his lenient hand on the paffions and pursuits of the present moment , they ...
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... reft their hopes ; and though not happy at the present , they always reckon on becoming fo , at fome fubfequent period of their lives . This pro- penfity to look forward , was for wife pur- poses implanted in the human breaft . It ...
... reft their hopes ; and though not happy at the present , they always reckon on becoming fo , at fome fubfequent period of their lives . This pro- penfity to look forward , was for wife pur- poses implanted in the human breaft . It ...
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... reft is permitted . Middle age is the feason when we are expected to difplay the fruits which education had prepared and ripened . In this world , all of us were formed to be affiftants to one another . The wants of fociety call for ...
... reft is permitted . Middle age is the feason when we are expected to difplay the fruits which education had prepared and ripened . In this world , all of us were formed to be affiftants to one another . The wants of fociety call for ...
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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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Sida 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.
Sida 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.
Sida 45 - And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage* are an hundred and thirty years...
Sida 27 - ... to rejoice with them that rejoice, and to weep with them that weep...
Sida 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.
Sida 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...
Sida 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.
Sida 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.
Sida 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.
Sida 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.