Miscellaneous Works of the Rev. Charles Buck, Author of the Theological Dictionary, Containing the Young Christian's Guide; Or, Suitable Directions, Cautions, and Encouragement, to the Believer on His First Entrance Into the Divine Life, a Treatise on Religious Experience: in which Its Nature, Evidences, and Advantages, are Considered; Together with Anecdotes, Religious, Moral, and Entertaining, Alphabetically Arranged, and Interpersed with a Variety of Useful Observations, Volume 3W.W. Woodward, 1808 - Children |
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... present state , we must prepa for and expect the attacks of slander and malev lence . If we be ever so poor and obscure , t tongue of calumny will find us out ; or ever wise and conspicuous , the spirit of invective w assault us ...
... present state , we must prepa for and expect the attacks of slander and malev lence . If we be ever so poor and obscure , t tongue of calumny will find us out ; or ever wise and conspicuous , the spirit of invective w assault us ...
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... present , yet it is eas rubbed off , and the gem restored with little tro ble to its owner . " The late Rev. Mr. Pearce , of Birmingham , w a man of an excellent spirit . It was a rule wi him to discourage all evil speaking ; nor wou he ...
... present , yet it is eas rubbed off , and the gem restored with little tro ble to its owner . " The late Rev. Mr. Pearce , of Birmingham , w a man of an excellent spirit . It was a rule wi him to discourage all evil speaking ; nor wou he ...
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... present moment in n of improving the future . Very few e of making any proficiency under the le of old age , and when they have been stomed to negligent habits . Great de- indigested erudition have often charac- -qubes , or " late ...
... present moment in n of improving the future . Very few e of making any proficiency under the le of old age , and when they have been stomed to negligent habits . Great de- indigested erudition have often charac- -qubes , or " late ...
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... present laws of union be- ul and body . It is to a neglect in this that we must ascribe spleen , which quent in men of studious and sedentary as well as the vapours to which those of sex are so often subject . " SUPERSTITION . DICIOUS ...
... present laws of union be- ul and body . It is to a neglect in this that we must ascribe spleen , which quent in men of studious and sedentary as well as the vapours to which those of sex are so often subject . " SUPERSTITION . DICIOUS ...
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... present . The doctor , takin an antient copy of the Septuagint , and shewing to him , " O " said the gentleman , " I can rea this . " " Well , " said the doctor , " read that pas age , " pointing to the third command . Here th gentleman ...
... present . The doctor , takin an antient copy of the Septuagint , and shewing to him , " O " said the gentleman , " I can rea this . " " Well , " said the doctor , " read that pas age , " pointing to the third command . Here th gentleman ...
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Page 104 - For every man shall bear his own burden. 6 Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.
Page 319 - Her ways. are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
Page 214 - ... palaces, navigation, &c. but now sallow, &c. are rejected, and nothing but oak any where regarded ; and yet see the change ; for when our houses were builded of willow, then had we oaken men ; but now that our houses are come to be made of oak, our men are not only become willow, but a great many altogether of straw, which is a sore alteration.
Page 101 - And it is pity that commonly more care is had, yea, and that amongst very wise men, to find out rather a cunning man for their horse than a cunning man for their children.
Page 313 - Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is. And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess ; but be filled with the spirit...
Page 204 - He pleaded with the same sincerity that he used in the other parts of his life, and used to say : — It was as great a dishonour as a man was capable of, that for a little money he was to be hired to say or do otherwise than as he thought.
Page 148 - Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits: who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases; who redeemeth thy life from destruction; who crowneth thee with lovingkindness and tender mercies; who satisfieth thy mouth with good things; so that thy youth is renewed like the eagle's.
Page 188 - He was once a man ; and of some little name ; but of no worth, as his present unparalleled case makes but too manifest ; for by the immediate hand of an avenging God, his very thinking substance has for more than seven years been continually wasting away, till it is wholly perished out of him, if it be not utterly come to nothing.
Page 34 - For my part, when I behold a fashionable table set out in all its magnificence, I fancy that I see gouts and dropsies, fevers and lethargies, with other innumerable distempers lying in ambuscade among the dishes.
Page 26 - If any man seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.