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, Volume 11747 |
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... Beauty of the Soul ; as Juftness of Proportion and an agreeable Mixture of Colours conftitute the Beauty of the Body . And this may ferve to fhew , that how- ever forward Perfons of the first Distinction in civil and military Offices ...
... Beauty of the Soul ; as Juftness of Proportion and an agreeable Mixture of Colours conftitute the Beauty of the Body . And this may ferve to fhew , that how- ever forward Perfons of the first Distinction in civil and military Offices ...
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... Beauty confume away like as it were a Moth fretting a Garment : There is one only unfading Beauty , one undecaying Ornament , which is infinitely more worth than all the reft , and that is the Ornament of a meek and quiet Spirit . Which ...
... Beauty confume away like as it were a Moth fretting a Garment : There is one only unfading Beauty , one undecaying Ornament , which is infinitely more worth than all the reft , and that is the Ornament of a meek and quiet Spirit . Which ...
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... Beauty and Regularity of Fea- tures far more powerful when foftened by an Air of Sweetness and Humility ; than , when it puts on a distant and forbidding Mien ? Strict in little Ceremonies and out- ward Obfervances , which they ought ...
... Beauty and Regularity of Fea- tures far more powerful when foftened by an Air of Sweetness and Humility ; than , when it puts on a distant and forbidding Mien ? Strict in little Ceremonies and out- ward Obfervances , which they ought ...
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... Beauty - wash to colour over and give a finer Tincture to the Surface of their Actions , without going deeper , or mingling with the Vitals , with- out promoting the Health of the Soul . Hence it is , that Self - Examination , Medi ...
... Beauty - wash to colour over and give a finer Tincture to the Surface of their Actions , without going deeper , or mingling with the Vitals , with- out promoting the Health of the Soul . Hence it is , that Self - Examination , Medi ...
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... Beauty ; it is a full Result and well proportioned Union of all the several Parts , which must have a noble and agree- able Effect upon the Whole . Thus in Life , it is not one fingle Accomplishment , how excellent foever , that ...
... Beauty ; it is a full Result and well proportioned Union of all the several Parts , which must have a noble and agree- able Effect upon the Whole . Thus in Life , it is not one fingle Accomplishment , how excellent foever , that ...
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Page 268 - Heb. xi. 17, according to that in 2 Cor. viii. 12. Where there is a willing mind, it is accepted according to what a man hath, and not according to what he hath not : which is true of this church-duty, as well as of that of alms.
Page 1 - But I fay unto you, Love your enemies, blefs them that curfe you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which defpitefully ufe you, and perfecute you...
Page 259 - GOD, who seest that we have no power of ourselves to help ourselves ; Keep us both outwardly in our bodies, and inwardly in our souls ; that we may be defended from all adversities which may happen to the body, and from all evil thoughts which may assault and hurt the soul ; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 25 - Being, who is infinitely more than an adequate object of all those affections : whom we are commanded to love with all our heart, with all our soul, and with all our mind.
Page 392 - Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, THIS PEOPLE DRAWETH NIGH UNTO ME WITH THEIR LIPS; BUT THEIR HEART IS FAR FROM ME.
Page 209 - 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...
Page 228 - ... have returned to the common mass of things. But a firm belief of Christianity, and a practice suitable to it, will support and invigorate the mind to the last; and most of all, at last...
Page 227 - Modesty always sits gracefully upon youth ; it covers a multitude of faults, and doubles the lustre of every virtue which it seems to hide : the perfections of men being like those flowers...
Page 272 - As here, the strain of all these allusions to the great deliverance is, that " not unto us, not unto us, O Lord, but unto Thy name give glory, for Thy mercy and for Thy truth's sake.
Page 10 - 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?