Essays to Do GoodChalmers and Collins, 1825 - 214 pages |
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Page vi
... happy . Nume- rous instances , in short , may be conceived , and do ac- tually occur , from which it must be apparent , that neither the mere absence of pain , nor the mere sen- sation of pleasure , can be properly denominated " good ...
... happy . Nume- rous instances , in short , may be conceived , and do ac- tually occur , from which it must be apparent , that neither the mere absence of pain , nor the mere sen- sation of pleasure , can be properly denominated " good ...
Page ix
... may not be very willing to acknowledge the necessity of look- ing beyond a present world for the good that will make us truly happy . But let us only recollect that " we are destined for another state of being - let A 3 ix.
... may not be very willing to acknowledge the necessity of look- ing beyond a present world for the good that will make us truly happy . But let us only recollect that " we are destined for another state of being - let A 3 ix.
Page xii
... happy at last ; but we nullify all the kindness , and we frustrate all the desires that we feel in their behalf , when we keep back from them , or do not la- bour to make known to them , the instituted way of salvation . We do good to ...
... happy at last ; but we nullify all the kindness , and we frustrate all the desires that we feel in their behalf , when we keep back from them , or do not la- bour to make known to them , the instituted way of salvation . We do good to ...
Page xv
... happy for eternity . But that being allowed , it follows of course , that what- ever prevents the accomplishment of that design , or makes its accomplishment less certain and less per- fect than it might otherwise be , is in his case an ...
... happy for eternity . But that being allowed , it follows of course , that what- ever prevents the accomplishment of that design , or makes its accomplishment less certain and less per- fect than it might otherwise be , is in his case an ...
Page xxvii
... happy , how greatly should we stimulate the industry of the poor , and call forth the humanity of the rich , and cherish among all classes of the people , those dispositions of mind , and those ha- bits of life , which , being agreeable ...
... happy , how greatly should we stimulate the industry of the poor , and call forth the humanity of the rich , and cherish among all classes of the people , those dispositions of mind , and those ha- bits of life , which , being agreeable ...
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Page 137 - Be wise now therefore, O ye kings : be instructed, ye judges of the earth. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
Page 191 - O my God, I am ashamed, and blush to lift up my face unto Thee, my God ; for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.
Page 205 - Thou crownest the year with thy goodness ; and thy paths drop fatness. They drop upon the pastures of the wilderness : and the little hills rejoice on every side. The pastures are clothed with flocks ; the valleys also are covered over with corn ; they shout for joy, they also sing.
Page 60 - Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law, ROMANS 4 1 What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?
Page 139 - He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. And he shall be as the light of the morning when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the. tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
Page 163 - Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.
Page 155 - The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
Page 142 - Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep ; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine : yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people. 19 Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people.
Page 150 - O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Page xiii - Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see : and they glorified the God of Israel.