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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... themselves ; all as frail , finful beings , who are afking for grace and pity . Here we all humble our- felves before him who only is wife , only mighty , only great , and to whom all men , all nations , all worlds , are as nothing ...
... themselves ; all as frail , finful beings , who are afking for grace and pity . Here we all humble our- felves before him who only is wife , only mighty , only great , and to whom all men , all nations , all worlds , are as nothing ...
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... themselves and their condition , who can act with confideration and from perfpicuously known principles , who can make ever farther progress in wisdom and virtue , who can feel thy being and thy prefence , and have communion with thee ...
... themselves and their condition , who can act with confideration and from perfpicuously known principles , who can make ever farther progress in wisdom and virtue , who can feel thy being and thy prefence , and have communion with thee ...
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... themselves to thee ; truth will fhine upon thee with a brighter beam ; and the farther advances wilt thou make in felf - know- ledge , in wisdom and virtue . D 4 Laftly , Lastly , never depart out of folitude without taking with THE ...
... themselves to thee ; truth will fhine upon thee with a brighter beam ; and the farther advances wilt thou make in felf - know- ledge , in wisdom and virtue . D 4 Laftly , Lastly , never depart out of folitude without taking with THE ...
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... themselves a fatisfactory account . Man is a focial being , fince he naturally poffeffes difpofi- tions and capacities for fociety , and finds pleasure in it ; fince he hears fociability praised , and readily complies with the fashion ...
... themselves a fatisfactory account . Man is a focial being , fince he naturally poffeffes difpofi- tions and capacities for fociety , and finds pleasure in it ; fince he hears fociability praised , and readily complies with the fashion ...
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... themselves to us by degrees . There we learn to know the measure of their mental faculties , the fphere of their comprehenfion , their way of acting , the proportions of their strength or their weakness , the avenues to their heart ...
... themselves to us by degrees . There we learn to know the measure of their mental faculties , the fphere of their comprehenfion , their way of acting , the proportions of their strength or their weakness , the avenues to their heart ...
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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.