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 xi
... virtues to shine with extenfive luftre , and to diffuse their aufpicious influence over a whole land . That this influence of your MA- JESTY'S virtues may long continue to be felt ; that while they alleviate the cares , and increase the ...
... virtues to shine with extenfive luftre , and to diffuse their aufpicious influence over a whole land . That this influence of your MA- JESTY'S virtues may long continue to be felt ; that while they alleviate the cares , and increase the ...
Sida 2
... to be understood a principle of re- ligion producing virtuous conduct . The fear of the Lord is said to be the beginning of wisdom : And by this fear of the Lord men I. men are faid to depart from evil ; to 2 On the True Honour of Man .
... to be understood a principle of re- ligion producing virtuous conduct . The fear of the Lord is said to be the beginning of wisdom : And by this fear of the Lord men I. men are faid to depart from evil ; to 2 On the True Honour of Man .
Sida 5
... virtuous ; through whom we enjoy comfortable access to the Sovereign of the univerfe in the acts of worship and devotion . It consists in jus- tice , humanity , and mercy ; in a fair and candid mind , a generous and affectionate heart ...
... virtuous ; through whom we enjoy comfortable access to the Sovereign of the univerfe in the acts of worship and devotion . It consists in jus- tice , humanity , and mercy ; in a fair and candid mind , a generous and affectionate heart ...
Sida 13
... virtues to come forth and fhow them- felves , and you will revere him ; as a pri- vate citizen ; or as the father of a family . If in higher life he appear more illuftrious , this is not owing merely to the respect created by rank . It ...
... virtues to come forth and fhow them- felves , and you will revere him ; as a pri- vate citizen ; or as the father of a family . If in higher life he appear more illuftrious , this is not owing merely to the respect created by rank . It ...
Sida 14
... virtues continue to be honoured , when their active exertions are over ; and to the last stage of life he is followed by public esteem and respect . Whereas , if genuine worth be wanting , the applaufe which may have attended a man for ...
... virtues continue to be honoured , when their active exertions are over ; and to the last stage of life he is followed by public esteem and respect . Whereas , if genuine worth be wanting , the applaufe which may have attended a man for ...
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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.