Sermons, Volumes 1-2Wells and Lilly, 1821 - 426 pages |
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... virtue , or attempt to justi- fy their own actions . Men are not blindly betrayed into corruption , but abandon them- selves to their passions with their eyes open ; and lose the direction of Truth , be- cause they do not attend to her ...
... virtue , or attempt to justi- fy their own actions . Men are not blindly betrayed into corruption , but abandon them- selves to their passions with their eyes open ; and lose the direction of Truth , be- cause they do not attend to her ...
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... virtue . Those who have assumed the province of attacking it , of overturning the constitution of the world , of encountering the authority of the wisest legislators , from whom it has receiv- ed the highest sanction of human wisdom ...
... virtue . Those who have assumed the province of attacking it , of overturning the constitution of the world , of encountering the authority of the wisest legislators , from whom it has receiv- ed the highest sanction of human wisdom ...
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... virtue , and must be allowed to have reasoned , at least , with some degree of probability , in vindication of their conduct . They were , generally , per- sons of piety , and sometimes of knowledge ; and are , therefore , not to be ...
... virtue , and must be allowed to have reasoned , at least , with some degree of probability , in vindication of their conduct . They were , generally , per- sons of piety , and sometimes of knowledge ; and are , therefore , not to be ...
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... virtue and of wisdom ; for with marriage begins union , and union obliterates all distinctions . It may , indeed , become the person who received the benefit , to re- member it , that gratitude may heighten af- fection ; but the person ...
... virtue and of wisdom ; for with marriage begins union , and union obliterates all distinctions . It may , indeed , become the person who received the benefit , to re- member it , that gratitude may heighten af- fection ; but the person ...
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... Virtue is the first quality to be considered in the choice of a friend , and yet more in a fixed and irrevoca- ble choice . This maxim surely requires no comment , nor any vindication ; it is equal- ly clear and certain , obvious to the ...
... Virtue is the first quality to be considered in the choice of a friend , and yet more in a fixed and irrevoca- ble choice . This maxim surely requires no comment , nor any vindication ; it is equal- ly clear and certain , obvious to the ...
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Page 147 - And he took bread, and • gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body, which is given for you : This do in remembrance of me. Likewise also the cup after supper, saying, This cup is the new Testament in my blood, which is shed for you.
Page 193 - I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Page 355 - My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: And let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.
Page 306 - Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give ; not grudgingly, or of necessity : for God loveth a cheerful giver.
Page 318 - They cannot mean that," answered Mr. Mertonn, " for our Lord has also told us to let our light so shine before men, that they may see our good works, and glorify our Father Which is in Heaven...
Page 104 - Riches profit not in the day of wrath : but righteousness delivereth from death.
Page 24 - Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel? For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord God: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.
Page 348 - The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, long, suffering, and abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty...
Page 326 - Such is the state of a man abandoned to the indulgence of vitious inclinations. He justifies one crime by another ; invents wicked principles to support wicked practices ; endeavours rather to corrupt others, than own himself corrupted, and, to avoid that shame which a confession of his crimes would bring upon him, calls " evil good, and good evil, puts darkness for light, and light for darkness.
Page 354 - who is good to all, and whose tender mercies are over all his works," as the stately elephant, the majestic horse, or man, the earthly lord of all.