God Manifesting His Wonderful Works to Seamen: The Second Sermon to the Sailors Employed in the Whale Fisheries : Preached at Bethel Chapel, Hull, 17th of February, 1811Printed at the office of E. Waller, 1811 - 34 pages |
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... Labour , Hazard , and Utility , 1st , The employment of seamen is LABORIOUS : no calling is prosecuted with greater fatigue than theirs . I advance this sentence , with a design to clear them from the charge of idleness ; an accu ...
... Labour , Hazard , and Utility , 1st , The employment of seamen is LABORIOUS : no calling is prosecuted with greater fatigue than theirs . I advance this sentence , with a design to clear them from the charge of idleness ; an accu ...
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... labour hard for their reward , and still harder ( at times ) for the preservation of their lives . And when they are arrived in a foreign port , it is far from being play - day with them ; here , they have to discharge and load the ...
... labour hard for their reward , and still harder ( at times ) for the preservation of their lives . And when they are arrived in a foreign port , it is far from being play - day with them ; here , they have to discharge and load the ...
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... labours upon the wharf . If we consider attentively , the MANNER in which the rich and innumerous blessings of Divine Provi- dence are distributed to the different countries in the globe ; it will fully convince us , that the Alwise ...
... labours upon the wharf . If we consider attentively , the MANNER in which the rich and innumerous blessings of Divine Provi- dence are distributed to the different countries in the globe ; it will fully convince us , that the Alwise ...
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... labour daily upon our keys , and in the manufacture of foreign produce , would also be deprived of the means of their livelihood , and cast upon an inhospitable world , they would possibly perish in want of the necessaries of life ...
... labour daily upon our keys , and in the manufacture of foreign produce , would also be deprived of the means of their livelihood , and cast upon an inhospitable world , they would possibly perish in want of the necessaries of life ...
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... labours of love . Beside a pious example , would give you such a religious authority over your men , that they would submit as readily to your christian orders , when summoned aft to wor- ship God , as they do when bidden to perform the ...
... labours of love . Beside a pious example , would give you such a religious authority over your men , that they would submit as readily to your christian orders , when summoned aft to wor- ship God , as they do when bidden to perform the ...
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2dly a-head abundantly Almighty amazing amidst arrive safe astonished behold the OCEAN billows bless his sacred break impetuously chap Christ christian climb the shrouds command consider cries dangerous sea death deck deep delivered distress divine divine grace dreadful duty endless calm enjoy an endless equal eternal faithful favoured globe gospel grace hand heave heaven holiness honour immortal soul incessantly intricate straits jeopardy Jonah laborious labour leaky leeward Lord marvellous masts mercy mind native shore Number obedience obligations perilous perish pious port prayer preserve Princeton University Psalm PUT-BACK religion remarkable instances remind repentance resistless righteousness roar roll ruin safe arrival sail SAILORS Saviour scriptures SCUDDING seaman's seamen set your foot ship and lives ship's shipmates sink souls spiritual squall stormy winds succour surprising deliverance tempest terror and fatigue things thou thousand thousand different treasures tremendous gale truly Verily vessel voyage waters watery grave waves whilst winds and seas wonderful yards
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Page 19 - Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.
Page 14 - Lord, how manifold are thy works ! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
Page 14 - O Lord, how manifold are thy works 1 In wisdom hast thou made them all: « The earth is full of thy riches.
Page 24 - No matter which my thoughts employ, A moment's misery or joy ; But, oh when both shall end, Where shall I find my destined place? Shall I my everlasting days With fiends or angels spend ? 5 Nothing is worth a thought beneath, But how I may escape the death That never, never dies!
Page 4 - ... of seeing the light of the glorious gospel spread more and more over this country, and great multitudes of poor, benighted heathen brought by it to the saving knowledge of Christ our Saviour, who gave himself a ransom for all, and who will have all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.