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 11757 |
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Pagina 34
... folid Satisfaction ; than to fare fumptuously every Day , or to live in great and pompous Buildings , great and noble Apartments , every thing great , but perhaps the Owners themselves . Thofe , Thofe , that are curious Obfervers of ...
... folid Satisfaction ; than to fare fumptuously every Day , or to live in great and pompous Buildings , great and noble Apartments , every thing great , but perhaps the Owners themselves . Thofe , Thofe , that are curious Obfervers of ...
Pagina 43
... folid Evils of Life . These are the little Thorns and Bri- ars , which ( tho ' Men of a rougher Make may make their Way through them with- out feeling much ) extremely incommode Perfons of a more refined Turn in their Journey through ...
... folid Evils of Life . These are the little Thorns and Bri- ars , which ( tho ' Men of a rougher Make may make their Way through them with- out feeling much ) extremely incommode Perfons of a more refined Turn in their Journey through ...
Pagina 46
... folid , and fubftantial Kindness we are feldom impowered to do ; they are extraordinary Emergencies , which do not conftantly occur : And a fettled Bent of Good - will must be acquired , not by what is occafional , not by what feldom ...
... folid , and fubftantial Kindness we are feldom impowered to do ; they are extraordinary Emergencies , which do not conftantly occur : And a fettled Bent of Good - will must be acquired , not by what is occafional , not by what feldom ...
Pagina 56
... folid Virtue is not eafily provoked ; but when provoked , eafy to be intreated , knows , how to connive at little Follies , and to pardon even confide- rable Errors : Whereas falfe Virtue is pee- vish , exceptious , magifterial , hating ...
... folid Virtue is not eafily provoked ; but when provoked , eafy to be intreated , knows , how to connive at little Follies , and to pardon even confide- rable Errors : Whereas falfe Virtue is pee- vish , exceptious , magifterial , hating ...
Pagina 84
... folid Grievances and fubftantial Crimes : But fhall not reflect that to be disturbed at the Foolery of others is a greater Foolery in himself , than any they are guilty of . He is one , who does not confider , what would be the ...
... folid Grievances and fubftantial Crimes : But fhall not reflect that to be disturbed at the Foolery of others is a greater Foolery in himself , than any they are guilty of . He is one , who does not confider , what would be the ...
Parole e frasi comuni
Actions againſt anſwer Beauty becauſe Benevolence beſt Bleffings Cafe Cauſe Chriftian Confequence confider Confideration confiftent Courſe Defign Defire Deity Duty eafy Efteem elſe endeavour eternal faid fame feems feldom felves ferve fettled feveral fhall fhew fingle fion firſt folid fome fomething fometimes foon fuch fuffer fure give Goodneſs greateſt habitual Happineſs happy Heart himſelf Honour Ideas IIdly Inftance Intereſt Irreligion itſelf juft juſt laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs Love Malice Mankind Meaſure Mifery Mind moft moral moſt muft muſt Nature neceffary nefs never obferve occafional otherwiſe ourſelves Paffion Perfon Piety pleaſe Pleaſure Prayer preſent Principle Puniſhments racter raiſe Reaſon Religion Senfe Senſe SER.XIII SERM SERM.III SERMON ſhall ſhould ſome Soul ſpeak Spirit ſtand ſuch Temper thefe themſelves theſe Things thofe thoſe Thoughts tion Truth ture Underſtanding uneafy univerfal uſe Vice Virtue whofe whole whoſe Wiſdom worfe World
Brani popolari
Pagina 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?
Pagina 42 - Neither was it mine adversary that did magnify himself against me; for then peradventure I would have hid myself from him : 14 But it was even thou, my companion, my guide, and mine own familiar friend.
Pagina 303 - Almighty Lord, who is a most strong tower to all them that put their trust in him, to whom all things in heaven, in earth, and under the earth, do bow and obey...
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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...
Pagina 227 - IT is a sure indication of good sense, to be diffident of it. We then, and not till then, are growing wise, when we begin to discern how weak and unwise we are. An absolute perfection of understanding, is impossible : he makes the nearest approaches to it, who has the sense to discern, and the humility to acknowledge, its imperfections. Modesty always sits gracefully...
Pagina 282 - And not holding the Head, from which all the body by joints and bands having nourishment ministered, and knit together, increaseth with the increase of God.
Pagina 283 - Abide in me : and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itfelf, except it abide in the vine : no more can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine : ye are the branches. He that abideth in me, and I in him, the fame bringeth forth much fruit : for without me ye can do nothing.
Pagina 228 - We are, some of us, very fond of knowledge, and apt to value ourselves upon any proficiency in the sciences ; one science, however, there is, worth more than all the rest, and that is the science of living well ; which shall remain, when " tongues shall cease," and