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... idle ? Why stand you bere 161 SERMON X. On the Sense of the Divine Presence . PSALM 1xxiii . 23 . I am continually with thee . 183 SERMON XI . On Patience . UKE , XXI . 19 . In your patience possess ye your souls . 204 SERMON XII . On ...
... idle ? Why stand you bere 161 SERMON X. On the Sense of the Divine Presence . PSALM 1xxiii . 23 . I am continually with thee . 183 SERMON XI . On Patience . UKE , XXI . 19 . In your patience possess ye your souls . 204 SERMON XII . On ...
Page 70
... Idle- ness is the great corrupter of youth ; and the bane and dishonour of middle age . He who , in the prime of life , finds time to hang heavy on his hands , may with much reason suspect , that he has not consulted the duties which ...
... Idle- ness is the great corrupter of youth ; and the bane and dishonour of middle age . He who , in the prime of life , finds time to hang heavy on his hands , may with much reason suspect , that he has not consulted the duties which ...
Page 105
... idle or licentious company , all reflexion is lost ; while circulated from one empty head , and one thoughtless heart to another , folly shoots up into all its most ridiculous forms ; prompts the extravagant unmeaning frolic in private ...
... idle or licentious company , all reflexion is lost ; while circulated from one empty head , and one thoughtless heart to another , folly shoots up into all its most ridiculous forms ; prompts the extravagant unmeaning frolic in private ...
Page 106
... idle crew with whom they now associate ; if important business should occur , to bring them into a different sphere of action ; or if some reasonable stroke of affliction should in mercy be sent , to recall them to them- selves , and to ...
... idle crew with whom they now associate ; if important business should occur , to bring them into a different sphere of action ; or if some reasonable stroke of affliction should in mercy be sent , to recall them to them- selves , and to ...
Page 161
... idle ? IT IX . T is an observation which naturally oc- SERMON curs , and has been often made , that all the representations of the Christian life in Scripture are taken from active scenes ; from carrying on a warfare , running a race ...
... idle ? IT IX . T is an observation which naturally oc- SERMON curs , and has been often made , that all the representations of the Christian life in Scripture are taken from active scenes ; from carrying on a warfare , running a race ...
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