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Page vi
... causes of it explained , p . 235 . LUKE iv . 32. And they were astonished at his doctrine : for his word was with power . SERMON Page 255 . XII . Preached at the yearly meeting of the Charity Schools in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul ...
... causes of it explained , p . 235 . LUKE iv . 32. And they were astonished at his doctrine : for his word was with power . SERMON Page 255 . XII . Preached at the yearly meeting of the Charity Schools in the Cathedral Church of St. Paul ...
Page 9
... evils which prefs the heaviest upon us , are purely imaginary , are the creation of our own hands , and arise from no other cause than the having nothing else to do , do , but to fit down and make ourselves as SERMON I. 9.
... evils which prefs the heaviest upon us , are purely imaginary , are the creation of our own hands , and arise from no other cause than the having nothing else to do , do , but to fit down and make ourselves as SERMON I. 9.
Page 21
... to en- quire a little into the true caufęs of this na- tional malady ; and to confider , whether one of these causes may not be a contemptuous C 3 difregard , difregard , or , at leaft , a cold indifference SERMON 21 I.
... to en- quire a little into the true caufęs of this na- tional malady ; and to confider , whether one of these causes may not be a contemptuous C 3 difregard , difregard , or , at leaft , a cold indifference SERMON 21 I.
Page 83
... causes no longer operate in the ftillness of retirement , every charm that they bestowed drops off , and vanishes with them ; the objects of our pursuit shrink to their proper dimen- fions ; and we are amazed to fee them reduced in an ...
... causes no longer operate in the ftillness of retirement , every charm that they bestowed drops off , and vanishes with them ; the objects of our pursuit shrink to their proper dimen- fions ; and we are amazed to fee them reduced in an ...
Page 87
... , and enquiring into their causes , we muft for ever fall into the same mif- takes , be deceived by the fame appearances , furprized by the fame artifices , and lose the G 4 only only confolation ( poor as it is ) which our SERMON IV . 87.
... , and enquiring into their causes , we muft for ever fall into the same mif- takes , be deceived by the fame appearances , furprized by the fame artifices , and lose the G 4 only only confolation ( poor as it is ) which our SERMON IV . 87.
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Popular passages
Page 118 - And if thy brother be waxen poor, and fallen in decay with thee; then thou shalt relieve him: yea, though he be a stranger, or a sojourner ; that he may live with thee.
Page viii - And Jesus answered and said unto her, Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things : but one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
Page 128 - Turn thee unto me, and have mercy upon me; for I am desolate and afflicted.
Page 330 - The Lord our God be with us, as he was with our fathers; let him not leave us nor forsake us; that he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.
Page 233 - And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son?
Page viii - Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, When it is in the power of thine hand to do it. Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, And to-morrow I will give: When thou hast it by thee.
Page 119 - Thou shalt not oppress an hired servant that is poor and needy, whether he be of thy brethren, or of thy strangers that are in thy land within thy gates : at his day thou shalt give him his hire, neither shall the sun go down upon it ; for he is poor, and setteth his heart upon it : lest he cry against thee unto the Lord, and it be sin unto thee.
Page 275 - And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things.
Page v - So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel. And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions ? if the Lord be God, follow him : but if Baal then follow him.
Page 166 - NOW there cried a certain woman of the wives of the sons of the prophets unto Elisha, saying, Thy servant my husband is dead ; and thou knowest that thy servant did fear the LORD : and the creditor is come to take unto him my two sons to be bondmen.