The Works of the Learned and Reverend John Scott, D.D., Sometime Rector of St. Giles's in the Fields, Volume 4Clarendon Press, 1826 - Sermons, English |
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... pleasure . What greater motive can be urged to dissuade us from sinning , than the hope of such a happiness as doth so infinitely out- bid all that vice can proffer us , and is weighty * enough to preponderate all its temptations ...
... pleasure . What greater motive can be urged to dissuade us from sinning , than the hope of such a happiness as doth so infinitely out- bid all that vice can proffer us , and is weighty * enough to preponderate all its temptations ...
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... pleasure , and expose all the peace and tranquillity of our minds to the mercy of every trifle ; so that we shall not be able to abide the shock of any cross accident that encountereth us , but , like cowardly poltrons , shall lie down ...
... pleasure , and expose all the peace and tranquillity of our minds to the mercy of every trifle ; so that we shall not be able to abide the shock of any cross accident that encountereth us , but , like cowardly poltrons , shall lie down ...
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... pleasures : and as for troubles , the beasts only feel them whilst they are present , and are not alarmed with fear at the approach of them , nor vexed with despair in the presence of them , nor wracked with fruitless cares of removing ...
... pleasures : and as for troubles , the beasts only feel them whilst they are present , and are not alarmed with fear at the approach of them , nor vexed with despair in the presence of them , nor wracked with fruitless cares of removing ...
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... pleasure that lieth before him , encourageth him to march on with joy and alacrity through this howling desert of sorrow and misery , and maketh the wilderness to seem a paradise to him ; and at worst , all the ill usage that he meets ...
... pleasure that lieth before him , encourageth him to march on with joy and alacrity through this howling desert of sorrow and misery , and maketh the wilderness to seem a paradise to him ; and at worst , all the ill usage that he meets ...
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... pleasure of a few paltry vices : and sure , if you are wise , when you have throughly considered this , you will heartily wish that Chris- tianity were true , though you should not be able to believe it so . But if when you have quitted ...
... pleasure of a few paltry vices : and sure , if you are wise , when you have throughly considered this , you will heartily wish that Chris- tianity were true , though you should not be able to believe it so . But if when you have quitted ...
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Page 368 - O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. Take with you words, and turn to the Lord : say unto him, "Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
Page 183 - But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
Page 158 - HEAR, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: For the Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, And they have rebelled against me. The ox knoweth his owner, And the ass his master's crib: But Israel doth not know, My people doth not consider.
Page 368 - I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
Page 252 - My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips : When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.
Page 194 - For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord of Hosts.
Page 265 - The LORD that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.
Page 253 - I WILL sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever : with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
Page 465 - Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance...
Page 39 - And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God, peradventure, will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth...