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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... felves , and work out the Ruin of other Men , as they should do their own Salvation , with Fear and Trembling . Their whole Time is engroffed and their Endeavours laid out , ei- ther in forming Measures to blacken the Cha- racter and ...
... felves , and work out the Ruin of other Men , as they should do their own Salvation , with Fear and Trembling . Their whole Time is engroffed and their Endeavours laid out , ei- ther in forming Measures to blacken the Cha- racter and ...
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... felves from a Paffion , and be recollected at the Entrance of a Stranger . Now what we can govern and reftrain in the Prefence of a King or a Superior ; that we can cer- tainly 3 tainly do , if we will , by an habitual 22 The Duty of ...
... felves from a Paffion , and be recollected at the Entrance of a Stranger . Now what we can govern and reftrain in the Prefence of a King or a Superior ; that we can cer- tainly 3 tainly do , if we will , by an habitual 22 The Duty of ...
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... felves , yet however like a Paradox it may found , the greatest Offender within the Compass of every Man's Knowledge is him- felf . For how many vain , foolish , wicked Thoughts he has indulged , how many Blef → fings he has been ...
... felves , yet however like a Paradox it may found , the greatest Offender within the Compass of every Man's Knowledge is him- felf . For how many vain , foolish , wicked Thoughts he has indulged , how many Blef → fings he has been ...
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... felves , provided they do not wound the Peace of the Mind , and fhock the Soul in her laft Moments , when she should be as much as poffible rid of all the Incumbrances of this World , to take her Journey , with more Eafe and Freedom ...
... felves , provided they do not wound the Peace of the Mind , and fhock the Soul in her laft Moments , when she should be as much as poffible rid of all the Incumbrances of this World , to take her Journey , with more Eafe and Freedom ...
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... felves , they are not fo in their Confequences : They are the very Foundation , upon which we must build an Habit of Benevolence . For an Habit of Benevolence must be con- tracted and kept alive , as all other Habits are , by conftant ...
... felves , they are not fo in their Confequences : They are the very Foundation , upon which we must build an Habit of Benevolence . For an Habit of Benevolence must be con- tracted and kept alive , as all other Habits are , by conftant ...
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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?