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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... objects like the mountain or the rock which you always find in the same situation ; it is a river continually moving and flowing . Neither is it the still and smooth stream which glides along with the same constant tenour ; but a river ...
... objects like the mountain or the rock which you always find in the same situation ; it is a river continually moving and flowing . Neither is it the still and smooth stream which glides along with the same constant tenour ; but a river ...
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... tations find an ample range . One of the first objects of wish to every one , is to main- tain a proper place and rank in society ; * Eccles . xi . 8 . not 1 . not to fall behind his equals ; but 6 On Hopes and Disappointments .
... tations find an ample range . One of the first objects of wish to every one , is to main- tain a proper place and rank in society ; * Eccles . xi . 8 . not 1 . not to fall behind his equals ; but 6 On Hopes and Disappointments .
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... object of expect- ation or hope . To them every enjoyment which is of mental and intellectual nature appears of small value . Give them afflu- ent fortune and flourishing health , and they account themselves sure of felicity . But to ...
... object of expect- ation or hope . To them every enjoyment which is of mental and intellectual nature appears of small value . Give them afflu- ent fortune and flourishing health , and they account themselves sure of felicity . But to ...
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... object of hope which they affect to contemn , by recol- lecting what they have suffered from the want of it . - Assuredly , the peace of an approving conscience is one of the chief ingredients of human happiness ; one of the most ...
... object of hope which they affect to contemn , by recol- lecting what they have suffered from the want of it . - Assuredly , the peace of an approving conscience is one of the chief ingredients of human happiness ; one of the most ...
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... objects are to be met with but serpents that hiss , and wild beasts that devour . The prospect is rather that of a mixed region , where indeed rugged rocks are seen , and desarts extend , over which the tempest sometimes scowls ; but ...
... objects are to be met with but serpents that hiss , and wild beasts that devour . The prospect is rather that of a mixed region , where indeed rugged rocks are seen , and desarts extend , over which the tempest sometimes scowls ; but ...
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Page 210 - God is not a man that he should lie; nor the son of man, that he should repent...
Page 100 - Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee. Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces. For my brethren and companions' sakes, I will now say, Peace be within thee.
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...