The Works of Laurence Sterne ...W. Strahan, 1783 |
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... against an evil work is not executed fpeedily ; therefore the heart of the fons of men is fully fet in them to do evil- SERMON XXXIV . Truft in God . PSALM XXXVII . 3 . P. 77 . Put thou thy truft in the Lord.- SERMON XXXV . P. 95 ...
... against an evil work is not executed fpeedily ; therefore the heart of the fons of men is fully fet in them to do evil- SERMON XXXIV . Truft in God . PSALM XXXVII . 3 . P. 77 . Put thou thy truft in the Lord.- SERMON XXXV . P. 95 ...
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... Ifrael . 2 KINGS XVII . 7 . For fo it was , that the children of Ifrael had finned against the Lord their God who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt . SERMON XXX . Description of the World . 2 PETER CONTENTS :
... Ifrael . 2 KINGS XVII . 7 . For fo it was , that the children of Ifrael had finned against the Lord their God who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt . SERMON XXX . Description of the World . 2 PETER CONTENTS :
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... against the charitable fide of the question.- If religion is any where to be found , one would think it would be amongst thofe of the higher rank in life , whose education , and opportunities of knowing its great importance , should ...
... against the charitable fide of the question.- If religion is any where to be found , one would think it would be amongst thofe of the higher rank in life , whose education , and opportunities of knowing its great importance , should ...
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... against religion , and raising cavils against the Bible , at an age when some of them would be hard fet to read a chapter in it . And I may add , of thofe whose stock in knowledge is fomewhat larger , that for the most part it has ...
... against religion , and raising cavils against the Bible , at an age when some of them would be hard fet to read a chapter in it . And I may add , of thofe whose stock in knowledge is fomewhat larger , that for the most part it has ...
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... against vicious characters of all denominations , would be apt haftily to conclude , that the whole world was in an uproar about it - and that there was fo general a horror and deteftation of vice amongst us , that mankind were all ...
... against vicious characters of all denominations , would be apt haftily to conclude , that the whole world was in an uproar about it - and that there was fo general a horror and deteftation of vice amongst us , that mankind were all ...
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Page 87 - The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.
Page 236 - Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house ; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
Page 229 - BLESSED Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning; Grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience and comfort of thy holy Word, we may embrace, and ever hold fast, the blessed hope of everlasting life, which thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ.
Page 189 - Asa cried unto the LORD his God, and said, LORD, it is nothing with thee to help, whether with many, or with them that have no power : help us, O LORD our God ; for we rest on thee, and in thy name we go against this multitude. O LORD, thou art our God ; let not 'man prevail against thee.
Page 95 - And surely your blood of your lives will I require ; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man ; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man. Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed : for in the image of God made he man.
Page 20 - Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this ? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk ? The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus...
Page 55 - Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.
Page 84 - For when the breath of man goeth forth, he shall turn again to his earth, and then all his thoughts perish.
Page 41 - 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.
Page 200 - But our religion enjoins us to approach as near this fair pattern as we can; and, if it be possible, as much as lieth in us, to live peaceably with all men; — where the term, if possible, I own, implies it may not only be difficult, but sometimes impossible.