The Sermons of Mr. Yorick, Volume 3J. Dodsley, 1779 |
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... their own purpose . Could Shimei poffibly have waited for the ebb of David's paffions , and till the firft great con- flict within him had been over - then $ the reproach of being guilty of Saul's blood must B 3 SERMON I. 5.
... their own purpose . Could Shimei poffibly have waited for the ebb of David's paffions , and till the firft great con- flict within him had been over - then $ the reproach of being guilty of Saul's blood must B 3 SERMON I. 5.
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... disappointments . This natural weakness , no doubt , had its weight in Hezekiah's earnest prayer for life : and yet from the fuc- cefs it met with , and the immediate change of God's purpose thereupon , it is hard to 26 SERMON II .
... disappointments . This natural weakness , no doubt , had its weight in Hezekiah's earnest prayer for life : and yet from the fuc- cefs it met with , and the immediate change of God's purpose thereupon , it is hard to 26 SERMON II .
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Laurence Sterne. change of God's purpose thereupon , it is hard to imagine , but that it must have been accompanied with fome me- ritorious and more generous motive ; and if we suppose , as some have done , that he turned his face ...
Laurence Sterne. change of God's purpose thereupon , it is hard to imagine , but that it must have been accompanied with fome me- ritorious and more generous motive ; and if we suppose , as some have done , that he turned his face ...
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... purpose ; he has armour at leaft— Why does he put it on ? Is there no ferving God without all this ? Must the garb of religion be extended fo wide to the danger of its rending ? -- Yes truly , or it will not hide the fe- cret -- and ...
... purpose ; he has armour at leaft— Why does he put it on ? Is there no ferving God without all this ? Must the garb of religion be extended fo wide to the danger of its rending ? -- Yes truly , or it will not hide the fe- cret -- and ...
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... purpose , he would " add , have I ferved at thy altar , " where my bufinefs was to fue for 66 mercy , had I not learn'd to prac- " tife it . " Peace and happiness reft upon the head and heart of every man who can thus think ! So be ...
... purpose , he would " add , have I ferved at thy altar , " where my bufinefs was to fue for 66 mercy , had I not learn'd to prac- " tife it . " Peace and happiness reft upon the head and heart of every man who can thus think ! So be ...
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Abishai againſt almoſt anſwer Babylon becauſe befides beseech beſt bleffings cafes caft caufe Chriftian concubine courfe curfed defire deliverance diſcourſe evil faid fame father fecond feek feemed feen Felix fent ferve fettle feven fhall fide fince fing firft firſt flain fo long fome fomething forrow foul fpirits ftill ftrength fuch fuffered fure give greateſt heart herſelf Hezekiah himſelf houſe Ifrael inftance intereft itſelf juftice Laban leaſt leffon lefs Levite look meaſure meffengers ment mercy mifery moft moſt mount Ephraim muſt natural neceffary nerally obſervation occafion ourſelves paffage paffions pafs pity pleaſures poffeffion poffibly prefent prodigal puniſhment purpoſe purſue racter reafon religion ſeems SERMON ſhall ſhe Shimei ſhort ſhould ſpeak ſtand ſtill ſtory thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou thouſand tion tranſport tural turn unto uſe virtue whilft whofe whoſe wife wiſdom