The Pulpit, Or, A Biographical and Literary Account of Eminent Popular Preachers ..., Volym 1Mathews and Leigh, 1809 - 367 sidor |
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... becomes the pulpit , it is then seen how much the pulpit becomes the prelate . More than twenty years have elapsed since BISHOP PORTEUS was promoted to the see which he now fills . It has been his lot to occupy this elevated station ...
... becomes the pulpit , it is then seen how much the pulpit becomes the prelate . More than twenty years have elapsed since BISHOP PORTEUS was promoted to the see which he now fills . It has been his lot to occupy this elevated station ...
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... become my lot to regret in death ! He had long contemplated his change . Even in the year 1803 , when he delivered his farewell address to his clergy , he apprehended that his " advanced period of life " would not permit him again to ...
... become my lot to regret in death ! He had long contemplated his change . Even in the year 1803 , when he delivered his farewell address to his clergy , he apprehended that his " advanced period of life " would not permit him again to ...
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... becoming both in his words and looks . Notwithstanding the shortness of his stature , for he was below the middle height in men , his deportment rendered this deficiency almost im- perceptible ; and the indescribable seriousness of his ...
... becoming both in his words and looks . Notwithstanding the shortness of his stature , for he was below the middle height in men , his deportment rendered this deficiency almost im- perceptible ; and the indescribable seriousness of his ...
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... become feeble ; his memory failed , and his understanding deteriorated . Discon- tented hearers and deserted pews , inevitable consequences of inadequate instruction , must , especially when contrasted with the numbers and quality of ...
... become feeble ; his memory failed , and his understanding deteriorated . Discon- tented hearers and deserted pews , inevitable consequences of inadequate instruction , must , especially when contrasted with the numbers and quality of ...
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... intelligence , his sincerity , his earnestness , that they become , in the gene- ral estimate of him , immaterial , if not imper- ceptible . SAMUEL CROWTHER , M. A. ADVERSE as some respectable individuals GERRARD ANDREWES , D. D. 29.
... intelligence , his sincerity , his earnestness , that they become , in the gene- ral estimate of him , immaterial , if not imper- ceptible . SAMUEL CROWTHER , M. A. ADVERSE as some respectable individuals GERRARD ANDREWES , D. D. 29.
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The Pulpit, Or, A Biographical and Literary Account of Eminent ..., Volym 1 Peter L. Courtier Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1809 |
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Sida 31 - But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
Sida x - My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth; But higher far my proud pretensions rise, — The son of parents passed into the skies!
Sida 54 - A messenger of grace to guilty men. Behold the picture ! — Is it like ? — Like whom ? The things that mount the rostrum with a skip, And then skip down again : pronounce a text, Cry, hem ! and, reading -what they never wrote Just fifteen minutes, huddle up their work, And with a well-bred whisper close the scene.
Sida 358 - Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.
Sida 182 - Him that sitteth upon the throne, and liveth for ever and ever," they will protect Freedom in her last asylum, and never desert that cause which you sustained by your labours, and cemented with your blood. And Thou, sole Ruler among the children of men, to whom the shields of the earth belong, " gird on Thy sword, thou Most Mighty...
Sida 296 - But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do : for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.
Sida 294 - That now this good time,• there might be four or five principal prisoners more released • those were the four evangelists and the apostle St. Paul, who had been long shut up in an unknown tongue, as it were in prison ; so as they could not converse with the common people. The Queen answered very gravely, " That it was best first to inquire of them, whether they would be released or no.
Sida 182 - I cannot but imagine the virtuous heroes, legislators, and patriots, of every age and country, are bending from their elevated seats to witness this contest, as if they were incapable, till it be brought to a favourable issue, of enjoying their eternal repose.
Sida 186 - He that negotiates between God and man, As God's ambassador, the grand concerns Of judgment and of mercy, should beware Of lightness in his speech. 'Tis pitiful To court a grin, when you should woo a soul ; To break a jest, when pity would inspire Pathetic exhortation ; and to address The skittish fancy with facetious tales, When sent with God's commission to the heart.