Sermons: Volume the third, Том 2A. Strahan, and T. Cadell in the Strand, and W. Creech, Edinburgh, 1790 - 434 страница |
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... By drawing attention to their con- duct , it discovers in the moft glaring light how little they deserved the station which they poffefs . B 4 I MUST I. SERM . 1 I. I MUST next obferve , that On the True Honour of Man . 7.
... By drawing attention to their con- duct , it discovers in the moft glaring light how little they deserved the station which they poffefs . B 4 I MUST I. SERM . 1 I. I MUST next obferve , that On the True Honour of Man . 7.
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... . It is a luftre which is derived from heaven ; and is likened , in fcripture , to the light of the morning , when VOL . III . * Daniel , xii . 3 . C the I. SERM . the fun rifeth ; even a morning On the True Honour of Man . 17.
... . It is a luftre which is derived from heaven ; and is likened , in fcripture , to the light of the morning , when VOL . III . * Daniel , xii . 3 . C the I. SERM . the fun rifeth ; even a morning On the True Honour of Man . 17.
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... light which shineth more and more unto the perfect day * . Whereas the honours which the world confers resemble the feeble and twinkling flame of a taper ; which is often clouded by the smoke it fends forth ; is always wafting ; and ...
... light which shineth more and more unto the perfect day * . Whereas the honours which the world confers resemble the feeble and twinkling flame of a taper ; which is often clouded by the smoke it fends forth ; is always wafting ; and ...
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... light ; mirror of the power of God ; the unspotted and the image of his goodness . Remaining in herself , she maketh all things new ; and in all and in all ages , en- tering into holy fouls , she maketh them friends of God , and ...
... light ; mirror of the power of God ; the unspotted and the image of his goodness . Remaining in herself , she maketh all things new ; and in all and in all ages , en- tering into holy fouls , she maketh them friends of God , and ...
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... bur- den of old age , and , through the mortify- ing remembrance of much of the past , dart a ray of light and joy . - From the review III . III . SERM . of these , and the comparison E 3 of On the Improvement of Time . 53.
... bur- den of old age , and , through the mortify- ing remembrance of much of the past , dart a ray of light and joy . - From the review III . III . SERM . of these , and the comparison E 3 of On the Improvement of Time . 53.
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abuſed affift affume againſt arife behold bitterneſs bleffed cauſe character Chriftian cife conduct confcience confequence confider confiderable courfe courſe death defire difpofitions diftinction diſcharge divine duties earth envy evil exerciſe facrament facred fafely faid fame fecret felves fenfe fenfibility fentiments fhall fhould fhow firſt fituation fociety fome fometimes forrow fortune foul fources fpirit friends ftate ftation fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior fuppofed fupport fure goodneſs happineſs heart heaven Hence higheſt himſelf honour human intereft itſelf juft laft laſt Lord mankind meaſure ment midſt mind moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary obferve occafion ourſelves paffed paffions paſs paſt patience perfons pleaſures poffefs praiſe preſent principle proper purpoſe purſuits racter raiſed rank reaſon reft religion reſpect rife ſcene SERM ſhall ſhow ſome ſtate ſuch temper thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou tion truft univerfe uſeful virtue virtuous whofe whoſe wiſdom wiſh
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