Discourses on several important subjects. To which are added, 8 sermons preached at the lady Moyer's lecture, in the cathedral church of st. Paul, London, Volumen11745 |
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... publick Sphere of Action . The meanest Mechanick , who employs his Love and Gratitude , the best of his Affections , upon God , the best of Beings ; who has a particular Regard and Esteem for the virtu- gus Few , Compaffion for the ...
... publick Sphere of Action . The meanest Mechanick , who employs his Love and Gratitude , the best of his Affections , upon God , the best of Beings ; who has a particular Regard and Esteem for the virtu- gus Few , Compaffion for the ...
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... publick , without any Provocation , for grofs and palpable Vices , is , what they care not to do ; because their good Nature would be called in question , and their Company fhun'd : There is a more artful Way at once to gratify their ...
... publick , without any Provocation , for grofs and palpable Vices , is , what they care not to do ; because their good Nature would be called in question , and their Company fhun'd : There is a more artful Way at once to gratify their ...
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... Benevolence , that Men , whose Example will have any Weight and Influ- ence , can at present give , is , by a publick confpicuous and exemplary Adherence to Religion , Religion , to put a Stop to that Ungodli- SERM 84 The Duty of an ...
... Benevolence , that Men , whose Example will have any Weight and Influ- ence , can at present give , is , by a publick confpicuous and exemplary Adherence to Religion , Religion , to put a Stop to that Ungodli- SERM 84 The Duty of an ...
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... publick Occafions , but are always heavy , cumbrous , and unweildy : They never enjoy themselves unless in the milder Lights of Life , when they put them off , and are in an Undrefs , free , and dif- engaged , lofing the great Man in ...
... publick Occafions , but are always heavy , cumbrous , and unweildy : They never enjoy themselves unless in the milder Lights of Life , when they put them off , and are in an Undrefs , free , and dif- engaged , lofing the great Man in ...
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... publick Capa- city , than he , and indeed every Man else , may find in the retired and ftill Scenes of Life . Even in his private Walks , every Thing that is vifible convinceth him , there is pre- fent a Being invisible . Aided by ...
... publick Capa- city , than he , and indeed every Man else , may find in the retired and ftill Scenes of Life . Even in his private Walks , every Thing that is vifible convinceth him , there is pre- fent a Being invisible . Aided by ...
Términos y frases comunes
Actions againſt anſwer Beauty becauſe Benevolence beſt Bleffings Cafe Cauſe Chriftian Confequence confider Confideration confiftent Courſe Daniel Waterland Defire Deity Diverfions Duty eafy eaſy Efteem elſe endeavour faid fame feems feldom felves ferve fettled feveral fhall fhew firſt folid fome fomething fometimes foon ftand ftill fuch fuffer fure give Goodneſs greateſt habitual Happineſs happy Heart himſelf Honour Ideas IIdly Inftance intereſted Irreligion itſelf juft juſt laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs Love Luftre Malice Mankind Meaſure Mifery Mind moft Morality moſt muft muſt Nature neceffary nefs never obferved occafional ourſelves Paffion Perfon Piety pleaſe Pleaſure pray Prayer prefent Principle publick racter raiſe Reaſon Religion Senfe Senſe SER.XIII SER.XIV SER.XVI SERM ſhall ſhould ſome Soul ſpeak Spirit ſuch Temper thefe themſelves theſe Things thofe thoſe Thoughts tion Truth ture Underſtanding uneafy univerfal unleſs uſe Vice Virtue whofe Wiſdom World
Pasajes populares
Página 302 - Almighty Lord, who is a most strong tower to all them that put their trust in him, to whom all things in heaven, in earth, and under the earth, do bow and obey...
Página 208 - The fire of a glowing imagination (the property of youth) may make folly look pleasing, and lend a beauty to objects, which have none inherent in them ; just as the sun-beams may paint a cloud, and diversify it with beautiful stains of light, however dark, unsubstantial, and empty in itself. But nothing...
Página 9 - For if ye love them which love you, what reward have you ? do not even the publicans the same ? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others?
Página 41 - Neither was it mine adversary that did magnify himself against me; for then peradventure I would have hid myself from him : 14 But it was even thou, my companion, my guide, and mine own familiar friend.
Página 218 - ... humanity and generosity which are necessary to become a great fortune ; and of all those perfections, viz., moderation, humility, and temperance, which are necessary to bear a small one patiently ; but especially it is your duty to acquire a taste for those pleasures which, after they are tasted, go off agreeably, and leave behind them a grateful and delightful flavour on the mind.
Página 213 - Senfe is like current Coin ; we have, every Day, in the ordinary Occurrences of Life...
Página 219 - The justly valuing and duly using the Advantages enjoyed in a Place of Education. One considerable advantage is, that regular method of study, too much neglected in other places, which obtains here. Nothing is more common elsewhere, than for persons to plunge, at once, into the very depth of science, (far beyond their own,) without having learned the first rudiments : nothing more common, than for some to pass...
Página 209 - But nothing can shine with undiminished lustre, but religion and knowledge, which are essentially and intrinsically bright. Take it therefore for granted, which you will find by -experience, that nothing can be long entertaining, but what is in some measure beneficial ; because nothing else will bear a calm and sedate review.
Página 227 - ... thofe excellent Books, which contain a Confutation of them ; like Infects preferved for Ages in Amber, which otherwife would foon have returned to the common Mafs of Things. But a firm Belief of Chriftianity and a Practice fuitable to it will fupport and invigorate the Mind to the...
Página 217 - ... though nothing merely in order to be commended. That time, which others must employ in tilling the ground (which often deceives their expectation) with the sweat of their brow, they may lay out in cultivating the mind, a soil always grateful to the care of the tiller. The sum of what I would say...