Sermons, Volume 5T.Cadell and W.Davies; F.C. and J.Rivington; Nichols, Son, and Bentley; Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown; ... [and 11 others in London]: and A.Constable and Company; Manners and Miller; and J.Fairbairn, Edinburgh: and G.Clarke, Aberdeen., 1818 - Sermons - 475 pages |
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... which we choose to indulge ; or that they whom we have obliged will altogether de- sert their own interest for the sake of their benefactors . 7 I. benefactors . Many circumstances , it is to SERMON 10 On Hopes and Disappointments .
... which we choose to indulge ; or that they whom we have obliged will altogether de- sert their own interest for the sake of their benefactors . 7 I. benefactors . Many circumstances , it is to SERMON 10 On Hopes and Disappointments .
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Hugh Blair. I. benefactors . Many circumstances , it is to SERMON be remembered , tend to cool the grateful emotion . Time always deadens the me- mory of benefits . Sometimes they are considered as having been fully recom- pensed , and ...
Hugh Blair. I. benefactors . Many circumstances , it is to SERMON be remembered , tend to cool the grateful emotion . Time always deadens the me- mory of benefits . Sometimes they are considered as having been fully recom- pensed , and ...
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... circumstances as these , the expectation of passing through life with some measure of comfort , may rea- sonably be entertained by such as are not wanting to themselves in propriety of conduct . In looking forward to futurity , the ...
... circumstances as these , the expectation of passing through life with some measure of comfort , may rea- sonably be entertained by such as are not wanting to themselves in propriety of conduct . In looking forward to futurity , the ...
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... circumstance you think yourself solely indebted to the kindness of an earthly friend , or you refer it to the exertions of your own dexterity and ta- lents . - Thoughtless and inconsiderate man ! Have you forgotten that there is a First ...
... circumstance you think yourself solely indebted to the kindness of an earthly friend , or you refer it to the exertions of your own dexterity and ta- lents . - Thoughtless and inconsiderate man ! Have you forgotten that there is a First ...
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... circumstances of your birth or your education , the kindness which He ordained to spring up in the breast of your friend , or the talents and abilities . which He implanted within you , in order to favour your success ? But an ...
... circumstances of your birth or your education , the kindness which He ordained to spring up in the breast of your friend , or the talents and abilities . which He implanted within you , in order to favour your success ? But an ...
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Page 185 - For we know in part, and we prophesy in part; but when that which is perfect is come, that which is in part shall be done away.
Page 149 - 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 328 - For who knoweth what is good for man in this life, all the days of his vain life which he spendeth as a shadow?
Page 32 - Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name : bring an offering, and come into his courts. O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness : fear before him, all the earth.
Page 248 - For the LORD will plead their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoiled them.
Page 353 - For we must all appear before the judgment-seat of Christ ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he hath done, whether it be good or bad.
Page 147 - Nevertheless I am continually with thee: Thou hast holden me by my right hand. Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, And afterward receive me to glory.
Page 79 - Create in me a clean heart, and renew a right spirit within me...