Sermons,T. Cadell, and W. Davies ... and W. Creech, Edinburgh., 1808 - Presbyterian Church |
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... Favours conferred by men , I acknowledge may prove burden- some . For human virtue is never per- fect ; and sometimes unreasonable expecta- tions on the one side , sometimes a mor- tifying sense of dependence on the other , corrode in ...
... Favours conferred by men , I acknowledge may prove burden- some . For human virtue is never per- fect ; and sometimes unreasonable expecta- tions on the one side , sometimes a mor- tifying sense of dependence on the other , corrode in ...
Page 57
... favoured their designs ; with what su- perior satisfaction does the servant of God remark the hand of that gracious ... favour at the present enter into the pious emotion . They are only the virtuous , who in their prosperous days hear ...
... favoured their designs ; with what su- perior satisfaction does the servant of God remark the hand of that gracious ... favour at the present enter into the pious emotion . They are only the virtuous , who in their prosperous days hear ...
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... favour , than to the policy of his councils , or to the force of his arms ! How many instances of divine goodness arose before him in pleasing re- membrance , when with such relish he speaks of the green pastures and still waters be ...
... favour , than to the policy of his councils , or to the force of his arms ! How many instances of divine goodness arose before him in pleasing re- membrance , when with such relish he speaks of the green pastures and still waters be ...
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... favour pleasure , are too generally adverse to virtue . Virtue re- quires internal government and discipline ; prosperity relaxes the mind , and inflames . the passions . Virtue is supported by a regard to what is future ; prosperity at ...
... favour pleasure , are too generally adverse to virtue . Virtue re- quires internal government and discipline ; prosperity relaxes the mind , and inflames . the passions . Virtue is supported by a regard to what is future ; prosperity at ...
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... favoured ; and knowing that death is certain , and that human af- fairs are full of change , by this knowledge our attachment to those objects is mo- H 3 derated . IV . SERMON derated . Precisely in the same manner of a Future State . ΙΟΥ.
... favoured ; and knowing that death is certain , and that human af- fairs are full of change , by this knowledge our attachment to those objects is mo- H 3 derated . IV . SERMON derated . Precisely in the same manner of a Future State . ΙΟΥ.
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Page 129 - These words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee...
Page 347 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Page 2 - And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord ? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.
Page 387 - Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth : therefore let thy words be few.
Page 249 - Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. The depth saith, It is not in me : and the sea saith, It is not with me.
Page 95 - When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see through a glass darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
Page 73 - Depart from us ; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. "What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
Page 67 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me ; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me ; because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Page 410 - Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb; 'and even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
Page 311 - And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind : for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.