The Works of Laurence Sterne ...W. Strahan, 1783 |
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... expect , that at leaft the more folemn feasons of the year , fet apart for the contemplation of Christ's fufferings , fhould give some check and interruption to them , yet what appearance is there ever amongst us , that it is fo ; -what ...
... expect , that at leaft the more folemn feasons of the year , fet apart for the contemplation of Christ's fufferings , fhould give some check and interruption to them , yet what appearance is there ever amongst us , that it is fo ; -what ...
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... to forget GOD , do yet remember him in the day of trouble and diftrefs . Yet confider this nationally , we fee no such ef fect from it in fact , as one would be - led to expect from the fpeculation : - for inftance E 2 SERMON .. $ 1 XXXII .
... to forget GOD , do yet remember him in the day of trouble and diftrefs . Yet confider this nationally , we fee no such ef fect from it in fact , as one would be - led to expect from the fpeculation : - for inftance E 2 SERMON .. $ 1 XXXII .
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Laurence Sterne. led to expect from the fpeculation : - for inftance , -with all the devastation , bloodshed , and expence which the war has occafioned , -how many converts has it made to frugality , -to virtue , or even to seriousness ...
Laurence Sterne. led to expect from the fpeculation : - for inftance , -with all the devastation , bloodshed , and expence which the war has occafioned , -how many converts has it made to frugality , -to virtue , or even to seriousness ...
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... expect he fhould hear our cry ? It is the wicked corruption of a people which they are to thank for whatever natural calamities they feel ; - this is the very ftate we are in , -which by difengaging Providence from taking our part ...
... expect he fhould hear our cry ? It is the wicked corruption of a people which they are to thank for whatever natural calamities they feel ; - this is the very ftate we are in , -which by difengaging Providence from taking our part ...
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... , and upon this view , how much stronger the natural motives are to virtue than to vice , would expect to find the world much better than it is , or ever has been . For who would fuppofe the ge- nerality of SERMON XXXIII . 61.
... , and upon this view , how much stronger the natural motives are to virtue than to vice , would expect to find the world much better than it is , or ever has been . For who would fuppofe the ge- nerality of SERMON XXXIII . 61.
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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.