Sermons Preached to a Country Congregation:: To which are Added, a Few Hints for Sermons; Intended Chiefly for the Use of the Younger Clergy, Volume 4T. Cadell, and W. Davies, in the Strand., 1806 - Sermons, English |
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... happiness however , that in general thefe vitiated fcenes are removed from the eyes of the people and yet enough fometimes gets abroad to aftonish those , who happily live at a distance from them . There is one day particularly , on ...
... happiness however , that in general thefe vitiated fcenes are removed from the eyes of the people and yet enough fometimes gets abroad to aftonish those , who happily live at a distance from them . There is one day particularly , on ...
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... happiness is plainly centered in worldly ambition , and worldly atten- tions ? Contempt abroad may be borne , if a man feel from the uprightness of his own heart , that that he does not deserve it : but there is 40 SERMON IL .
... happiness is plainly centered in worldly ambition , and worldly atten- tions ? Contempt abroad may be borne , if a man feel from the uprightness of his own heart , that that he does not deserve it : but there is 40 SERMON IL .
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... happiness . There is fomething agreeable to the human mind in making a fuccefsful ftruggle in any thing - in getting the better of any difficulty ; and the greater and more excellent the thing is , the greater the fatisfaction which ...
... happiness . There is fomething agreeable to the human mind in making a fuccefsful ftruggle in any thing - in getting the better of any difficulty ; and the greater and more excellent the thing is , the greater the fatisfaction which ...
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... happiness ? There- fore take no thought , faying , What shall we eat , or what shall we drink , or wherewithal fhall we be clothed ? for after all these things do the Gen- tiles feek - the children of this world , who think of nothing ...
... happiness ? There- fore take no thought , faying , What shall we eat , or what shall we drink , or wherewithal fhall we be clothed ? for after all these things do the Gen- tiles feek - the children of this world , who think of nothing ...
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... happiness , or the fuccefs of others , by calumny or malicious actions , to our own level . Every idea of this kind the chari table man detefts . To harbour the thought a moment debafes the mind . And as the charitable man doth not envy ...
... happiness , or the fuccefs of others , by calumny or malicious actions , to our own level . Every idea of this kind the chari table man detefts . To harbour the thought a moment debafes the mind . And as the charitable man doth not envy ...
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Page 145 - So when even was come, the Lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.
Page 156 - Be not deceived ; God is not mocked : for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption ; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
Page 403 - For the Scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.
Page 24 - But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so. your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
Page 180 - Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended : but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
Page 289 - 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 today; for the sky is red and lowering.' O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?
Page 254 - And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.
Page 122 - THE LORD is king, the earth may be glad thereof; yea, the multitude of the isles may be glad thereof.
Page 160 - And why ? I was grieved at the wicked : I do also see the ungodly in such prosperity.
Page 249 - I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven: But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness : there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.