Sermons on the following subjects ... friendship [&c.]. With an additional discourse1776 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 12
Page 37
... evident they should extend to the utmost limits of our abilities . To do him indeed any real fervice , far , very far , exceeds our capacity , or even that of the first order of created beings . But we may at least faithfully endeavour ...
... evident they should extend to the utmost limits of our abilities . To do him indeed any real fervice , far , very far , exceeds our capacity , or even that of the first order of created beings . But we may at least faithfully endeavour ...
Page 44
... evident than the ineffi- cacy of all human means to procure for us a moment's fafety . To what then are we to impute our continual prefervation ; and our frequent deliverance , even when there appears fcarcely a poffibility of it ...
... evident than the ineffi- cacy of all human means to procure for us a moment's fafety . To what then are we to impute our continual prefervation ; and our frequent deliverance , even when there appears fcarcely a poffibility of it ...
Page 55
... evident they can be of no farther real benefit to us , than as we make a right use of them ; than as we hear , read , mark , and learn , what they teach , fo as inwardly to digeft it . The poffeffion of them , like that of any other ...
... evident they can be of no farther real benefit to us , than as we make a right use of them ; than as we hear , read , mark , and learn , what they teach , fo as inwardly to digeft it . The poffeffion of them , like that of any other ...
Page 64
... evident to be dif- puted ; as it is notoriously the nature of all habits , whether good or bad , to obtain a force and permanency , in proportion as they are early acquired ; because the customs we are inured to in our childhood ...
... evident to be dif- puted ; as it is notoriously the nature of all habits , whether good or bad , to obtain a force and permanency , in proportion as they are early acquired ; because the customs we are inured to in our childhood ...
Page 73
... evident from his refusing to be arbitrator betwixt the brothers , and deciding on the lawfulness of paying tri- bute unto Cæfar . And therefore our Saviour could not with propriety have affumed that power in this affair , that in great ...
... evident from his refusing to be arbitrator betwixt the brothers , and deciding on the lawfulness of paying tri- bute unto Cæfar . And therefore our Saviour could not with propriety have affumed that power in this affair , that in great ...
Common terms and phrases
afflictions againſt anger becauſe Beccles benefit beſtow bleffed Briſtol Bungay cafe cauſe Cirenceſter conduct confider Copies DAVID defire diftrefs diſtinguiſhed divine divine grace duty endeavour Exon facred faid faith falvation fame father fecure feems fenfe fhall fhew fhire fincere firſt fome foul fpirit friendſhip ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior fupport furely fword glory Glou Gloucefter Glouceſterſhire goodneſs greateſt Guife happineſs hath heart Heaven himſelf honour human Ifrael illuftrious inftances itſelf Jofeph John JONATHAN king lefs leſs London Lord mafter Martock mercy Mifs Minchinhampton mind moft moſt muft muſt nature never obferved occafion ourſelves paffion perfons Pharifees pleaſed pleaſure praiſe preſent pride Prince reaſon Rector Reverend royal Saviour ſeems ſhall ſhould ſtate Street ſtrength ſuch Suffolk Tewkesbury thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe Thomas thoſe thou tion unto uſe virtue whofe whoſe William wiſdom wiſhed Worceſter youth
Popular passages
Page 155 - What could have been done more to my vineyard, That I have not done in it ? Wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, Brought it forth wild grapes ? And now, go to; I will tell you what I will do to my vineyard.
Page 103 - I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms ; but they knew not that I healed them. 4 I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love...
Page 126 - And Jesus went into the Temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the Temple, and overthrew the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of them that sold doves, and said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer ; but ye have made it a den of thieves.
Page 93 - Wherewith shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the high God ? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old ? Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul...
Page 109 - ... he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the Wild asses ; they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of Heaven...
Page 212 - This poor man cried, and the Lord heard him, and saved him out of all his troubles.
Page 158 - It is a period nowhere to be found In all the hoary registers of time, Unless perchance in the fool's calendar. Wisdom disclaims the word, nor" holds society With those who own it. No, my Horatio, 'Tis Fancy's child, and Folly is its father; Wrought of such stuff as dreams are; and baseless As the fantastic visions of the evening.
Page 137 - Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath, for it was cruel: I will divide them in Jacob, and scatter them in Israel.
Page 109 - All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty...
Page 162 - For I know him, that he will command his children, and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and judgment ; that the Lord may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.