Short Discourses, to be Read in Families, Volume 1printed and sold for the author by M. Gye, 1809 |
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... shew me both it , and his habitation . But if he thus say , I have no delight in thee : behold here am I : let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.- 2 Sam . xvi . 25 , 26 . PAGE 259 . DISCOURSE XXII . THE CHILD JESUS . ( CHRISTMAS ...
... shew me both it , and his habitation . But if he thus say , I have no delight in thee : behold here am I : let him do to me as seemeth good unto him.- 2 Sam . xvi . 25 , 26 . PAGE 259 . DISCOURSE XXII . THE CHILD JESUS . ( CHRISTMAS ...
Page xvi
... of cousola- tion , a motive to holiness , a help to devotion . His aim has been to shew that faith is not a no- tion , but a principle ; and to bring down reli- gion from airy speculations into common life , that our xvi PREFACE .
... of cousola- tion , a motive to holiness , a help to devotion . His aim has been to shew that faith is not a no- tion , but a principle ; and to bring down reli- gion from airy speculations into common life , that our xvi PREFACE .
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... shews a purity of motive , and a dignity of prin- ciple . This argues a grandeur of mind , a soul not meanly enslaved by custom , but asserting its own freedom , and daring to think and act for itself . Such a man does not wait for the ...
... shews a purity of motive , and a dignity of prin- ciple . This argues a grandeur of mind , a soul not meanly enslaved by custom , but asserting its own freedom , and daring to think and act for itself . Such a man does not wait for the ...
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... shews his concern for our present and everlasting welfare , and marks his loving kindness more than his sovereignty : for the sabbath was made for man . Let us bless God that our lives are spared , and that in a few hours we hope to ...
... shews his concern for our present and everlasting welfare , and marks his loving kindness more than his sovereignty : for the sabbath was made for man . Let us bless God that our lives are spared , and that in a few hours we hope to ...
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... shew , by taking several views of it , how instructive and edifying it may be ren- dered . Hagar was convinced that God saw her . Indeed he found her in the wilderness of Shur where no human eye could see her . By an angel he admo ...
... shew , by taking several views of it , how instructive and edifying it may be ren- dered . Hagar was convinced that God saw her . Indeed he found her in the wilderness of Shur where no human eye could see her . By an angel he admo ...
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