Sermons: Volume the third, Volym 2A. Strahan, and T. Cadell in the Strand, and W. Creech, Edinburgh, 1790 - 434 sidor |
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Sida 76
... rise , ambition , jealou- fy , and envy , combine with intereft to ex- cite bad paffions , and to increase the corrup- tion of the heart . At first , perhaps , it was a man's intention to advance himself in the world by none but fair ...
... rise , ambition , jealou- fy , and envy , combine with intereft to ex- cite bad paffions , and to increase the corrup- tion of the heart . At first , perhaps , it was a man's intention to advance himself in the world by none but fair ...
Sida 228
... rise . Of fuch unlooked - for iffues , we all know there have been many examples . Who can tell , whether our cafe may not add one to the number ? -At any rate , let us recollect , that there is a Supreme Ruler , who difpofes of the ...
... rise . Of fuch unlooked - for iffues , we all know there have been many examples . Who can tell , whether our cafe may not add one to the number ? -At any rate , let us recollect , that there is a Supreme Ruler , who difpofes of the ...
Sida 374
... rise towards objects that lie beyond our immediate sphere of action , our curiofity is checked ; and darkness meets us on every fide . What the effence is of those material bodies which we fee and handle ; how a feed grows up into a ...
... rise towards objects that lie beyond our immediate sphere of action , our curiofity is checked ; and darkness meets us on every fide . What the effence is of those material bodies which we fee and handle ; how a feed grows up into a ...
Sida 389
... rise to a thousand tragical fcenes on this unhappy theatre . In proportion as manners are vicious , mankind are unhappy . The per- * Prov . xiv . 9 . CC 3 fection XVIII . SERM . fection of virtue which reigns in On Scoffing at Religion ...
... rise to a thousand tragical fcenes on this unhappy theatre . In proportion as manners are vicious , mankind are unhappy . The per- * Prov . xiv . 9 . CC 3 fection XVIII . SERM . fection of virtue which reigns in On Scoffing at Religion ...
Sida 409
... rise to religious belief and worship . The most ignorant and favage tribes , when they look- ed round on the earth and the heavens , could not avoid afcribing their origin to fome invifible defigning caufe , and feeling a propensity to ...
... rise to religious belief and worship . The most ignorant and favage tribes , when they look- ed round on the earth and the heavens , could not avoid afcribing their origin to fome invifible defigning caufe , and feeling a propensity to ...
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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
Populära avsnitt
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.