Christian Morality: Sermons on the Principles of Morality Inculcated in the Holy Scriptures, in Their Application to the Present Condition of Society |
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... wise . God hasten it ! 6 And seeing all this , we see also the importance of our individually entering into these objects ; pursuing them for others , but never forgetting to apply them to ourselves . To be the promoters of intelligence ...
... wise . God hasten it ! 6 And seeing all this , we see also the importance of our individually entering into these objects ; pursuing them for others , but never forgetting to apply them to ourselves . To be the promoters of intelligence ...
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... wise more than the fool ? " WHY , it appears by the very question , put as it is by the writer , in gloom and bitterness of spirit , that he hath at least this more - melancholy pre - emi- nence though it be - that he sorrows with a ...
... wise more than the fool ? " WHY , it appears by the very question , put as it is by the writer , in gloom and bitterness of spirit , that he hath at least this more - melancholy pre - emi- nence though it be - that he sorrows with a ...
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... wise ; but which ultimately , and by conse- quence , reverses the primary impression , and re- conciles us to the constitution of nature , the dispen- sations of Providence , and the destiny of man . certain states or circumstances of ...
... wise ; but which ultimately , and by conse- quence , reverses the primary impression , and re- conciles us to the constitution of nature , the dispen- sations of Providence , and the destiny of man . certain states or circumstances of ...
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... wise ' brings associations neither very distinct nor very pleasant ; who speak of the wise as a select and supercilious class , from which they , by no fault of their own , and with no loss on E their own part , are excluded ; and whose ...
... wise ' brings associations neither very distinct nor very pleasant ; who speak of the wise as a select and supercilious class , from which they , by no fault of their own , and with no loss on E their own part , are excluded ; and whose ...
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... wise should be the few and not the many . There is no bar to the attainment of moral wisdom , in lowly birth , or ... wise - to make all men wise -to make them wise unto salvation . It was kindled up as a light in a dark place , but that ...
... wise should be the few and not the many . There is no bar to the attainment of moral wisdom , in lowly birth , or ... wise - to make all men wise -to make them wise unto salvation . It was kindled up as a light in a dark place , but that ...
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Page 285 - Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations : that the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ...
Page 35 - And when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life? 18 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God.
Page 225 - And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying ; Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints; who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name ? for thou only art holy ; for all nations shall come and worship before thee ; for thy judgments are made manifest.
Page 288 - And God said, Let there be lights in the firmament of the heaven to divide the day from the night ; and let them be for signs and for seasons, and for days,
Page 284 - Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin that doth so easily beset us...
Page 198 - For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. But ye, brethren, are not in darkness, that that day should overtake you as a thief.
Page 112 - No — man is dear to man ; the poorest poor Long for some moments in a weary life •' When they can know and feel that they have been, Themselves, the fathers and the dealers out Of some small blessings ; have been kind to such As needed kindness, for this single cause, That we have all of us one human heart.
Page 52 - Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the Prophets.
Page 97 - For as I passed by, and beheld your devotions, I found an altar with this inscription, TO THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore ye ignorantly worship, him declare I unto you.
Page 145 - A continual dropping in a very rainy day and a contentious woman are alike.