Sermons on the dignity of man, and the value of the objects principally relating to human happiness, from the Germ. by W. Tooke, Volume 2 |
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... honour of poffeffing an inexhauftible fund of en- tertainment . Strive therefore to maintain and heighten the pleasures of fociety by a rational and discreet affa- bility ; but do not heedlefsly fpoil them by loquacity . Learn to hear ...
... honour of poffeffing an inexhauftible fund of en- tertainment . Strive therefore to maintain and heighten the pleasures of fociety by a rational and discreet affa- bility ; but do not heedlefsly fpoil them by loquacity . Learn to hear ...
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... honour of fociety ; and how much more muft not the united force of all these arguments and incentives effect in the man who does not harden his heart against them , than if he were reduced barely to follow the general and cold precepts ...
... honour of fociety ; and how much more muft not the united force of all these arguments and incentives effect in the man who does not harden his heart against them , than if he were reduced barely to follow the general and cold precepts ...
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... honour and the pleasure , of being , under thy inspection and by thy affiftance , the stay and benefactors of our brethren , and that by doing good we should resemble thee , who from eternity to eternity art always doing good and con ...
... honour and the pleasure , of being , under thy inspection and by thy affiftance , the stay and benefactors of our brethren , and that by doing good we should resemble thee , who from eternity to eternity art always doing good and con ...
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... honour , be to the application , and not unfrequently , to the exertion of our abilities ! And how much farther must we not proceed in the good , in the best application of them ; how much more justly shall we learn to think ; how much ...
... honour , be to the application , and not unfrequently , to the exertion of our abilities ! And how much farther must we not proceed in the good , in the best application of them ; how much more justly shall we learn to think ; how much ...
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... honour- able of the earth . T is of great importance for a man to know how to dignify his vocation , the profession he is en- gaged in , or the business he carries on . This light- ens to him all the troubles and difagreeablenefs at ...
... honour- able of the earth . T is of great importance for a man to know how to dignify his vocation , the profession he is en- gaged in , or the business he carries on . This light- ens to him all the troubles and difagreeablenefs at ...
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Page 491 - Then I looked on all the works that my hands had wrought, and on the labour that I had laboured to do : and behold, all was vanity and vexation of spirit, and there was no profit under the sun.
Page 571 - Baptism doth represent unto us our profession ; which is, to follow the example of our Saviour Christ, and to be made like unto him ; that as he died, and rose again for us, so should we, who are baptized, die from sin, and rise again unto righteousness ; continually mortifying all our evil and corrupt affections, and daily proceeding in all virtue and godliness of living.
Page 4 - One thing have I desired of the LORD, which I will require, even that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to behold the fair beauty of the LORD, and to visit his temple.
Page 9 - And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Page 491 - I made me great works; I builded me houses; I planted me vineyards: I made me gardens and orchards, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruits: I made me pools of water, to water therewith the wood that bringeth forth trees...
Page 513 - Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat : and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way.
Page 343 - There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more than is meet, but it tendeth to poverty.
Page 310 - I will arife, and go to my father, and will fay unto him, Father, I have finned againft Heaven, and before thee ; and am no more worthy to be called thy fon : make me as one of thy hired fervants.
Page 491 - And whatsoever mine eyes desired I kept not from them, I withheld not my heart from any joy; for my heart rejoiced in all my labour : and this was my portion of all my labour.