Sermons ...: To which is Prefixed a Short Account of the Life and Character of the Author, Volume 3T. Cadell; F.C. & J Rivington [& others], 1822 - Presbyterian Church |
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... fortunes ; of the wealth which he is to acquire , and of the advance- ment to which he is to rise in the world . What may justly be said to him by his tutors and instructors , is equally applicable to us all under our present state of ...
... fortunes ; of the wealth which he is to acquire , and of the advance- ment to which he is to rise in the world . What may justly be said to him by his tutors and instructors , is equally applicable to us all under our present state of ...
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... fortune , impairing their constitution , or disgracing their character ? Vice is not of such a nature that we can say to it , Hitherto shalt thou come , and no farther . Having once entered into its territories , it is not in our power ...
... fortune , impairing their constitution , or disgracing their character ? Vice is not of such a nature that we can say to it , Hitherto shalt thou come , and no farther . Having once entered into its territories , it is not in our power ...
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... fortune . In order to support that expense , he is obliged to have recourse to law and dishonourable methods of gain , which originally he despised . To cover these , he is forced upon arts of dissimulation and fraud . One instance of ...
... fortune . In order to support that expense , he is obliged to have recourse to law and dishonourable methods of gain , which originally he despised . To cover these , he is forced upon arts of dissimulation and fraud . One instance of ...
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... fortune , and the fickle humours of men . For it is by these he subsists , and among these his happiness is sought ; according as his passions determine him to pursue pleasure , riches , or preferments . Having no fund within himself ...
... fortune , and the fickle humours of men . For it is by these he subsists , and among these his happiness is sought ; according as his passions determine him to pursue pleasure , riches , or preferments . Having no fund within himself ...
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... fortune ? Is that man free , let his outward condition be ever so splendid , whom his imperious passions detain at their call , whom they send forth at their pleasure to drudge and toil , and to beg his only enjoyment from the ...
... fortune ? Is that man free , let his outward condition be ever so splendid , whom his imperious passions detain at their call , whom they send forth at their pleasure to drudge and toil , and to beg his only enjoyment from the ...
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Page 196 - Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name : bring an offering, and come into his courts. O worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness : fear before him, all the earth.
Page 18 - Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots ? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
Page 356 - And when he had spoken these things, while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received him out of their sight. And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; which also said, Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven?
Page 450 - And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.
Page 323 - Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath : for it is written, Vengeance is mine ; I will repay, saith the Lord.
Page 421 - As the mountains are round about Jerusalem, so the LORD is round about his people from henceforth even for ever.
Page 193 - that his ways are not as our ways, nor his thoughts as our thoughts...
Page 312 - For we know in part, and we prophesy in part: but when that which is perfect is come, that which is in part shall be done away.
Page 138 - Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Page 230 - Create in me a clean heart, and renew a right spirit within me...