Christian Morals, Volume 2T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1813 - Christian ethics |
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Page 8
... use destroys the effect , even if novelty had produced it . Little habitu- ated to reflection , they foon learn to behold a grove of oaks with no higher feeling than a ftreet of fhops , and are as little foothed with the murmurs of a ...
... use destroys the effect , even if novelty had produced it . Little habitu- ated to reflection , they foon learn to behold a grove of oaks with no higher feeling than a ftreet of fhops , and are as little foothed with the murmurs of a ...
Page 38
... use of these seasons of re tirement , will not be likely to make a good ufe of the reft . The hour of prayer or me- ditation is a confecration of the hours em . ployed in the business , whether of fociety or folitude . In thofe hours we ...
... use of these seasons of re tirement , will not be likely to make a good ufe of the reft . The hour of prayer or me- ditation is a confecration of the hours em . ployed in the business , whether of fociety or folitude . In thofe hours we ...
Page 74
... use ( as we hope ) of daily prayer , they neglect to implore that divine spirit which inspired the Scriptures , to direct the truths they con- tain to their hearts ; they do not seem to enter into the grand peculiarities of the Gospel ...
... use ( as we hope ) of daily prayer , they neglect to implore that divine spirit which inspired the Scriptures , to direct the truths they con- tain to their hearts ; they do not seem to enter into the grand peculiarities of the Gospel ...
Page 97
... use depends on the greatness or littleness of the objects to which they refer . When we confider , that the object in question is eternal life , fhould the standard which God has made the measure of our attaining to it , be fo depreffed ...
... use depends on the greatness or littleness of the objects to which they refer . When we confider , that the object in question is eternal life , fhould the standard which God has made the measure of our attaining to it , be fo depreffed ...
Page 121
... use and direct -a power , indeed , derived from God as all our other poffeffions are- yet having this power , it refts with ourselves whether we fhall improve it by a vigorous exertion in a right bent , or whether we shall turn it ...
... use and direct -a power , indeed , derived from God as all our other poffeffions are- yet having this power , it refts with ourselves whether we fhall improve it by a vigorous exertion in a right bent , or whether we shall turn it ...
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Popular passages
Page 276 - God, the strength of all them that put their trust in thee, mercifully accept our prayers ; and because through the weakness of our mortal nature we can do no good thing without thee, grant us the help of thy grace...
Page 276 - GRANT to us, Lord, we beseech thee, the spirit to think and do always such things as be rightful; that we, who cannot do any thing that is good without thee, may by thee be enabled to live . according to thy will ; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 211 - Preacher himself had sometimes forgotten, that the whole duty of man is to fear God, and keep his commandments...
Page 56 - talk of the words" which were commanded under that dispensation, •wken they sit in their house, and •when they walk by the way, and when they lie down, and when they rise up.