Sermons ...: With a Short Account of the Life and Character of the Author, Volume 1Sharpe & Son, Edwards & Company, [and others], 1820 - Sermons |
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... misery lessens in our view . We esteem and admire , rather than pity him . Recollect what holy men have endured for the sake of conscience , and with what cheerfulness they have suffered . On the other hand , when conscience has ...
... misery lessens in our view . We esteem and admire , rather than pity him . Recollect what holy men have endured for the sake of conscience , and with what cheerfulness they have suffered . On the other hand , when conscience has ...
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... misery None but the guilty are completely miserable . The misgiving and distrust , the accusations and reproaches of their minds , the sense of having drawn down upon their heads the evils which they suffer , and the terrifying ...
... misery None but the guilty are completely miserable . The misgiving and distrust , the accusations and reproaches of their minds , the sense of having drawn down upon their heads the evils which they suffer , and the terrifying ...
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... misery . Ten thousand contingencies ever float on the cur- rent of life , the smallest of which , if it meet your frail bark in the passing , is sufficient to dash it in pieces - Is this a place , is this a time , to swell with fancied ...
... misery . Ten thousand contingencies ever float on the cur- rent of life , the smallest of which , if it meet your frail bark in the passing , is sufficient to dash it in pieces - Is this a place , is this a time , to swell with fancied ...
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... misery and his guilt ? Employed in perpetual contemplation of heavenly objects , and in preparation for the enjoyment of them , would he not become more virtuous , and of course more happy , than the nature of his present employments ...
... misery and his guilt ? Employed in perpetual contemplation of heavenly objects , and in preparation for the enjoyment of them , would he not become more virtuous , and of course more happy , than the nature of his present employments ...
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... misery is the natural consequence of guilt . After rational creatures had , by their criminal conduct , introduced disorder into the Divine kingdom , there was no ground to believe , that by their penitence and prayers alone , they ...
... misery is the natural consequence of guilt . After rational creatures had , by their criminal conduct , introduced disorder into the Divine kingdom , there was no ground to believe , that by their penitence and prayers alone , they ...
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Page 237 - Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth : therefore let thy words be few.
Page 53 - For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
Page 101 - Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.
Page 148 - He feedeth on ashes : a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand...
Page 202 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Page 194 - Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing; To shew that the Lord is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
Page 146 - Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. The depth saith, It is not in me : and the sea saith, It is not with me.
Page 53 - When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see through a glass darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
Page 133 - Who is the Lord?" or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.