Sermons, Volumen3W. Colles, 1790 |
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... pleasures , but zealous for pub- lic intereft and happinefs ; magnanimous , without being proud ; humble , without be- ing mean ; juft , without being harth ; fim- ple in his manners , but manly in his feel- ings ; on whose word you can ...
... pleasures , but zealous for pub- lic intereft and happinefs ; magnanimous , without being proud ; humble , without be- ing mean ; juft , without being harth ; fim- ple in his manners , but manly in his feel- ings ; on whose word you can ...
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... pleasure . He gives , affifts , and relieves , not merely because he is bound to do so , but because it would be painful for him to refrain . Hence , the fmalleft benefit he confers rifes in its value , on account of its carrying the ...
... pleasure . He gives , affifts , and relieves , not merely because he is bound to do so , but because it would be painful for him to refrain . Hence , the fmalleft benefit he confers rifes in its value , on account of its carrying the ...
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... happiness of him who poffeffes it , and the various pleasures to which it gives him accefs . If he be mas- ter of riches or influence , it affords him the SERM . II . 7 the means of increasing his On Senfibility . 31.
... happiness of him who poffeffes it , and the various pleasures to which it gives him accefs . If he be mas- ter of riches or influence , it affords him the SERM . II . 7 the means of increasing his On Senfibility . 31.
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... pleasures which flow from the fame fource . Senfibi- lity heightens in general the human powers and is connected with acuteness in all our feelings . If it makes us more alive to fome painful fenfations , in return , it ren- ders the ...
... pleasures which flow from the fame fource . Senfibi- lity heightens in general the human powers and is connected with acuteness in all our feelings . If it makes us more alive to fome painful fenfations , in return , it ren- ders the ...
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... pleasures . It is requifite for our acceptance either with God or man . At the fame time , if it remain an instinctive ... pleasure into many criminal deeds . Almost every man values him felf on poffeffing virtue in one or other of its ...
... pleasures . It is requifite for our acceptance either with God or man . At the fame time , if it remain an instinctive ... pleasure into many criminal deeds . Almost every man values him felf on poffeffing virtue in one or other of its ...
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affections affiftance affume againſt alfo amidſt arife becauſe behold character Chriftian circumftances confcience confequence confider confiderable courfe courſe death deferving defire difpofitions diftinction diſcharge divine duties effential efteem enjoy envy evil exerciſe fafe faid fame feel felf felves fenfe fenfibility feveral fhall fhow firft firſt fituation focial fociety fome fometimes foon forrow fortitude fortune foul fources fpirit friends ftand ftate ftation fuch fuffer fuperior fuppofed fupport fure happineſs heart heaven Hence higheſt himſelf honour human impreffion intereft itſelf juft laft ligion look Lord meaſure ment mind moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary nefs nerally obfervation occafions paffions pafs paft paſt patience perfons pleaſure poffefs praiſe prefent principle proper purfuits purpoſe racter rank reafon refpect reft religion reſtraints rife SERM ſhall ſhould ſtate ſuch temper thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou tion truft univerfe uſeful virtue virtuous whofe whoſe wiſdom yourſelves
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Página 399 - Happy is he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God...
Página 46 - And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
Página 21 - For she is the breath of the power of God, and a pure influence flowing from the glory of the Almighty: therefore can no defiled thing fall into her.
Página 235 - Truly the light is sweet, and a pleasant thing it is for the eyes to behold the sun : but if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many.
Página 402 - He hath made every thing beautiful in his time: also he hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find out the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.
Página 185 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding; And lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Página 42 - He who pretends to great sensibility towards men, and yet has no feeling for the high objects of religion, no heart to admire and adore the great Father of the universe, has reason to distrust the truth and delicacy of his sensibility.
Página 394 - What an illustrious moment was that when from nonexistence there sprang at once into being this mighty globe on which so many millions of creatures now dwell! No preparatory measures were required. No long circuit of means was employed. " He spake ; and it was done : He commanded ; and it stood fast.
Página 97 - Throughout all ranks and conditions, one generation passeth, and another generation cometh ; and this great inn is by turns evacuated and replenished by troops of succeeding pilgrims. O vain and inconstant world ! O fleeting and transient life ! When will the sons of men learn to think of thee as they ought ? When will they learn humanity from the afflictions of their brethren ; or moderation and wisdom from the sense of their...
Página 106 - ... or envy. Moral and religious instruction derives its efficacy, not so much from what men are taught to know, as from what they are brought to feel.