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 9
... tion is to be made between fame and true honour . The former is a loud and noisy applaufe : The latter , a more filent and in- ternal homage . Fame floats on the breath . of the multitude : Honour refts on the judgment of the thinking ...
... tion is to be made between fame and true honour . The former is a loud and noisy applaufe : The latter , a more filent and in- ternal homage . Fame floats on the breath . of the multitude : Honour refts on the judgment of the thinking ...
Sida 11
... tion of life is either afhamed or afraid of discharging his duty , and acting his proper part with firmness and constancy ; true to the God whom he worships , and true to the faith in which he profeffes to believe ; full of affection to ...
... tion of life is either afhamed or afraid of discharging his duty , and acting his proper part with firmness and constancy ; true to the God whom he worships , and true to the faith in which he profeffes to believe ; full of affection to ...
Sida 16
... tion , may occafionally lead individuals to oppose , even to hate , the upright and the good . But however the characters of fuch perfons may be mistaken , or misreprefent- ed , yet , as far as they are acknowledged to be virtuous , the ...
... tion , may occafionally lead individuals to oppose , even to hate , the upright and the good . But however the characters of fuch perfons may be mistaken , or misreprefent- ed , yet , as far as they are acknowledged to be virtuous , the ...
Sida 23
... tion of mind ; but often mistaken and abused ; employed as a cover , sometimes , to capricious humour ; fometimes , to selfish paffions . I fhall endeavour to explain the nature of true fenfibility . I fhall confider its effects and ...
... tion of mind ; but often mistaken and abused ; employed as a cover , sometimes , to capricious humour ; fometimes , to selfish paffions . I fhall endeavour to explain the nature of true fenfibility . I fhall confider its effects and ...
Sida 48
... tion be directed ; on thefe , let the proper guards be fet . If you have trifled long , refolve to trifle no more . If your paffions have often betrayed and degraded you , ftudy how they may be kept , in future , # under III . under ...
... tion be directed ; on thefe , let the proper guards be fet . If you have trifled long , refolve to trifle no more . If your paffions have often betrayed and degraded you , ftudy how they may be kept , in future , # under III . under ...
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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.