Sermons, Chiefly on Particular Occasions, Volume 1George Ramsay & Company, 1814 - 483 pages |
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... employed ; the value , still more , which time bestows upon the feelings and the memories of former years . To the rest of the world , I feel , they have no re- commendations ; and had it been pos- sible for me , therefore , to have ...
... employed ; the value , still more , which time bestows upon the feelings and the memories of former years . To the rest of the world , I feel , they have no re- commendations ; and had it been pos- sible for me , therefore , to have ...
Page viii
... , and sometimes for the views and illustrations that are employed . Such as these Sermons are , I now sub- mit them to the world , with no other sen- timent than that of the most unfeigned humility ; and 1 viii ADVERTISEMENT .
... , and sometimes for the views and illustrations that are employed . Such as these Sermons are , I now sub- mit them to the world , with no other sen- timent than that of the most unfeigned humility ; and 1 viii ADVERTISEMENT .
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... employed ; what it is that we have been doing in the time we have enjoyed ; and whether we have indeed been fulfilling the great ends for which we were brought into being . Meditations of this kind be come us all ; and , while they ...
... employed ; what it is that we have been doing in the time we have enjoyed ; and whether we have indeed been fulfilling the great ends for which we were brought into being . Meditations of this kind be come us all ; and , while they ...
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... of our nature . We naturally accommodate our acquisi- tions to the opinions we entertain of the scene in which they are to be employed , and to the expectations that are formed with regard to ON THE YOUTH OF SOLOMON . 55.
... of our nature . We naturally accommodate our acquisi- tions to the opinions we entertain of the scene in which they are to be employed , and to the expectations that are formed with regard to ON THE YOUTH OF SOLOMON . 55.
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... employ all its capacities , and the heart display all its virtues ; — and that thus , according to the expres- sion of the Apostle , " the man , or the " creature of God , may be completely " furnished unto all good works . " 2. If this ...
... employ all its capacities , and the heart display all its virtues ; — and that thus , according to the expres- sion of the Apostle , " the man , or the " creature of God , may be completely " furnished unto all good works . " 2. If this ...
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Page 307 - Heaven. He answered, and said unto " them, when it is evening ye say it will «* be fair weather, for the sky is red, and ** in the morning it will be foul weather " to-day, for the sky is red and lowering. ** O ye hypocrites! ye can discern the '* face of the sky, but can ye not discern
Page 202 - me, then it blessed me, and when the " eye saw me, it gave witness unto me. I " delivered the poor and the fatherless, " and him that had none to help him. " The blessing of him that was ready to " perish came upon me, and I caused " the widow's heart to sing for joy.
Page 171 - I —She is more precious than rubies, and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour. Her ways are
Page xii - She is more precious than rubies, and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. Length of days is in her right hand ; and in her left hand riches and honour. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and
Page 380 - And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth ;—And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man or his parents, that he was born blind ?—Jesus answered, neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents : but that the works
Page 15 - saying, I am Alpha and Omega,, the " First and the Last. And I turned to the " voice that spake with me, and I saw " one like unto the Son of Man, clothed " with a garment down to the foot, and
Page 149 - —She is more precious than rubies, and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour. Her ways are,
Page 458 - MATTHEW, xvii. 4. ** Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here : if thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias
Page xv - man which was blind from his birth ; —And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man or his parents, that he was born blind ? Jesus answered, neither hath this man sin. ned, nor his parents : but that the works
Page xiii - She is more precious than rubies, and all the things ihou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour. Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and