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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... Thou art a god upon the earth , but thou wilt die like any child of man . Abuse not thy power , for thou haft a master , a judge , in heaven , with whom there is no refpect of perfons . And the pooreft , the lowest of the people , is ...
... Thou art a god upon the earth , but thou wilt die like any child of man . Abuse not thy power , for thou haft a master , a judge , in heaven , with whom there is no refpect of perfons . And the pooreft , the lowest of the people , is ...
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Georg Joachim Zollikofer. deemed , and thou art immortal ; thee likewife an eternal life awaits ; forget not thy dignity , and by a generous and independent conduct fhew thyself wor- thy of thy origin and thy deftination . - And a divine ...
Georg Joachim Zollikofer. deemed , and thou art immortal ; thee likewife an eternal life awaits ; forget not thy dignity , and by a generous and independent conduct fhew thyself wor- thy of thy origin and thy deftination . - And a divine ...
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Georg Joachim Zollikofer. SERMON XXVII . The Value of Solitude . GOD , thou haft elevated us to the rank of intelligent beings , made us creatures who have a clear inward confcioufnefs of themselves and their condition , who can act with ...
Georg Joachim Zollikofer. SERMON XXVII . The Value of Solitude . GOD , thou haft elevated us to the rank of intelligent beings , made us creatures who have a clear inward confcioufnefs of themselves and their condition , who can act with ...
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... thou hailed of me ! Hail , facred folitude ! facred to wisdom , to self - poffeffion , to fupernal joys , facred to the complacency of God : ever be thou bleffed of me , ever let me ever 36 THE VALUE OF SOLITUDE .
... thou hailed of me ! Hail , facred folitude ! facred to wisdom , to self - poffeffion , to fupernal joys , facred to the complacency of God : ever be thou bleffed of me , ever let me ever 36 THE VALUE OF SOLITUDE .
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... thou , my chriftian friend and bro- ther , wouldst thou that folitude fhould be and pro- cure to thee what it is and procures to the wife man and the christian ; then let the following maxims of prudence be recommended to thee in the ...
... thou , my chriftian friend and bro- ther , wouldst thou that folitude fhould be and pro- cure to thee what it is and procures to the wife man and the christian ; then let the following maxims of prudence be recommended to thee in the ...
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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.