Essays to Do Good: Addressed to All Christians, Whether in Public Or Private CapacitiesWilliams and Son, 1816 - 172 páginas |
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... tell us , " Ye are idle , ye are idle ! " We have usually more strength to do good , than we have inclination to employ it . Sirs , " Be up and be doing ! " It is , surely , too soon for an " Hic situs est . " If you meet with vile ...
... tell us , " Ye are idle , ye are idle ! " We have usually more strength to do good , than we have inclination to employ it . Sirs , " Be up and be doing ! " It is , surely , too soon for an " Hic situs est . " If you meet with vile ...
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... tell me , that , " At all times nothing has been more dangerous among men than too illustrious a de- gree of merit . " But , my readers , the terror of this envy must not intimidate you . I must press you to do good , and be so far from ...
... tell me , that , " At all times nothing has been more dangerous among men than too illustrious a de- gree of merit . " But , my readers , the terror of this envy must not intimidate you . I must press you to do good , and be so far from ...
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... tell one discouragement more which you will have to contend with ; I mean - DERISION . And pray let not my prediction be derided . It was long since noted , " Ridiculum acri fortius et melius magnas plerumque secat res . " * It is a ...
... tell one discouragement more which you will have to contend with ; I mean - DERISION . And pray let not my prediction be derided . It was long since noted , " Ridiculum acri fortius et melius magnas plerumque secat res . " * It is a ...
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... tell my readers , " I have written what is not unworthy of their perusal . " If I did not think so , truly , I would not publish it : for no man liv- ing has demanded it of me ; it is not published " to gratify the importunity of ...
... tell my readers , " I have written what is not unworthy of their perusal . " If I did not think so , truly , I would not publish it : for no man liv- ing has demanded it of me ; it is not published " to gratify the importunity of ...
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... not uncharitable in saying , that I knew not one assembly of Christians on earth , which ought not to be a Bochim , on this consideration . O ! tell me in what Utopia I shall find it . Sirs ! it ; yea , the man must be much a 21.
... not uncharitable in saying , that I knew not one assembly of Christians on earth , which ought not to be a Bochim , on this consideration . O ! tell me in what Utopia I shall find it . Sirs ! it ; yea , the man must be much a 21.
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Página 99 - Be wise now therefore, O ye kings : be instructed, ye judges of the earth. Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest he be angry, and ye perish from the way, when his wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all they that put their trust in him.
Página 117 - Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy ; that they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate, laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
Página 24 - O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God : for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.
Página 126 - Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble. The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.
Página 111 - O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
Página 28 - Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law, ROMANS 4 1 What shall we say then that Abraham our father, as pertaining to the flesh, hath found?
Página 101 - He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God. And he shall be as the light of the morning when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the. tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
Página 45 - For what is a man profited, if he gain the whole world, and lose or forfeit his own self...
Página v - Essay upon the Good that is to be devised and " designed, by those who desire to answer the " Great End of Life, and to Do Good while they
Página 104 - Now that which was prepared for me daily was one ox and six choice sheep ; also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days store of all sorts of wine : yet for all this required not I the bread of the governor, because the bondage was heavy upon this people. 19 Think upon me, my God, for good, according to all that I have done for this people.