Sermons. Memoirs of Captain John Creichton.-v.11-15. LettersJ. Johnson, 1801 |
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... observe how every little thing moved and affected him , and what manner of impression it made upon his heart : this , done with that frequency and carefulness which the importance of the duty doth require , would , in a short time ...
... observe how every little thing moved and affected him , and what manner of impression it made upon his heart : this , done with that frequency and carefulness which the importance of the duty doth require , would , in a short time ...
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... observe , that the first opinion we take up of any thing , or any person , doch gene- rally stick close to us ; the nature of the mind being such , that it cannot but desire , and consequently endeavour to have some certain principles ...
... observe , that the first opinion we take up of any thing , or any person , doch gene- rally stick close to us ; the nature of the mind being such , that it cannot but desire , and consequently endeavour to have some certain principles ...
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... observe very different thoughts in a man of the sin that he is most fond of , according to the different ebbs and flows of his inclination to it . For , as soon as the appetite is alarmed , and seizeth upon the heart , a little cloud ...
... observe very different thoughts in a man of the sin that he is most fond of , according to the different ebbs and flows of his inclination to it . For , as soon as the appetite is alarmed , and seizeth upon the heart , a little cloud ...
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... observe every thing irregular and amiss within him : for instance ; how narrow and short sighted a thing is the understanding ! upon how little reason do we take up an opinion , and upon how much less sometimes do we lay it down again ...
... observe every thing irregular and amiss within him : for instance ; how narrow and short sighted a thing is the understanding ! upon how little reason do we take up an opinion , and upon how much less sometimes do we lay it down again ...
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... observe , by throwing aside all scandal and detraction , all spite and rancour , all rudeness and contempt , all rage and violence , and whatever tendeth to make conversation and commerce either uneasy or troublesome , may the God of ...
... observe , by throwing aside all scandal and detraction , all spite and rancour , all rudeness and contempt , all rage and violence , and whatever tendeth to make conversation and commerce either uneasy or troublesome , may the God of ...
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Página 144 - For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
Página 104 - I die: * remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: * lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, "Who is the Lord?" or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Página 86 - And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.
Página 67 - O my soul, come not thou into their secret; unto their assembly, mine honour, be not thou united: for in their anger they slew a man, and in their selfwill they digged down a wall. ~] 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.
Página 223 - She was sickly from her childhood until about the age of fifteen ; but then grew into perfect health, and was looked upon as one of the most beautiful, graceful, and agreeable young women in London, only a little too fat. Her hair was blacker than a raven, and every feature of her face in perfection.
Página 214 - GOOD manners is the art of making those people easy with whom we converse. Whoever makes the fewest persons uneasy is the best bred in the company.
Página 52 - Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness ; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens...
Página 31 - ... be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh us a reason of the hope that is in us, with meekness and fear.
Página 96 - Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil ; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: neither shalt thou countenance a poor man in his cause.
Página 85 - Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.