The Sermons of Mr. Yorick ...J. Dodsley, 1776 |
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... proud , —— because they are hungry ? -Scourge me fuch fycophants ; they have turned the heads of thousands as well as thine- But ' tis thy own dexterity and ftrength which have gained thee this eminence : allow it ; but art thou proud ...
... proud , —— because they are hungry ? -Scourge me fuch fycophants ; they have turned the heads of thousands as well as thine- But ' tis thy own dexterity and ftrength which have gained thee this eminence : allow it ; but art thou proud ...
Page 59
... proud of no- thing that is uncertain : Haman was fo , because he was admitted alone to queen Efther's banquet ; and the dif tinction raifed him , -- but it was fifty cubits higher than he ever dream'd or thought of . Let us pafs on to ...
... proud of no- thing that is uncertain : Haman was fo , because he was admitted alone to queen Efther's banquet ; and the dif tinction raifed him , -- but it was fifty cubits higher than he ever dream'd or thought of . Let us pafs on to ...
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... proud of any thing in this filly world , it fhould be of this honeft alliance , Confider what has been faid ; and may the God of all mercies and kind- ness watch over your paffions , and in- spire you .. 6 SERMON IX . 61.
... proud of any thing in this filly world , it fhould be of this honeft alliance , Confider what has been faid ; and may the God of all mercies and kind- ness watch over your paffions , and in- spire you .. 6 SERMON IX . 61.
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... and for those in which the paffions of others would in- volve him , like the humble fhrub in the valley , gently gives way , and fcarce feels the injury of thofe formy encounters which rend the proud ce dar , and tear 66 SERMON X.
... and for those in which the paffions of others would in- volve him , like the humble fhrub in the valley , gently gives way , and fcarce feels the injury of thofe formy encounters which rend the proud ce dar , and tear 66 SERMON X.
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Laurence Sterne. encounters which rend the proud ce dar , and tear it up by its roots . If you confider it , with regard to the many difappointments of this life , which arife from the hopes of bettering our condition , and advancing in ...
Laurence Sterne. encounters which rend the proud ce dar , and tear it up by its roots . If you confider it , with regard to the many difappointments of this life , which arife from the hopes of bettering our condition , and advancing in ...
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Page 170 - The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
Page 184 - For many walk, of whom I have told you often, and now tell you even weeping, that they are the enemies of the cross of Christ: whose end is destruction, whose God is their belly, and whose glory is in their shame, who mind earthly things.
Page 150 - Tis all nature can bear. — Good GOD ! see how it keeps his weary soul hanging upon his trembling lips, willing to take its leave, but not suffered to depart. Behold the unhappy wretch led back to his cell...
Page 185 - FOR our converfation is in heaven ; from whence alfo we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jefus Chrift ; who fhall change our vile body, that it may be fafhioned like unto His glorious body, according to the working whereby He is able even to fubdue all things unto Himfelf.— From tfc Epijile.
Page 139 - BLESSED IS THE MAN THAT HATH NOT SLIPPED WITH HIS MOUTH, and is not pricked with the multitude of sins. Blessed is he whose conscience hath not condemned him, and who is not fallen from his hope in the Lord.
Page 3 - And he faid unto him, If they hear not Mofes and the prophets, neither will they be perfuaded, though one rofe from the dead.
Page 185 - Chrift, who fhall change our vile body, that it may be fafliioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able to fubdue all things unto him. — It is obfervable, that St. Peter reprefents the ftate of Chriftians, under the fame image of ftrangers on earth, whofe city and proper home is heaven : — he makes ufe of that relation of citizens of heaven, as a ftrong argument for a pure and holy life...