Solomon's Ethics: Or the Book of Proverbs Made Easy; a School Book, ... By William Dalrymple, ...J. & P. Wilson, 1799 - 291 pages |
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againſt alfo bafe beneficial beſt bleffed BOOK OF PROVERBS caufe chap confcience counfel cruel defign defire Deut diligence divine doth Eccl effential eſtabliſhed evil exercife fafe falfe fear fecret feek fenfe fhall fhould fimple fincere flothful fnares fome fool foon foul fpirit ftand ftrong fubjects fuccefs fuch fuffer fupport fure fweet greateſt happineſs happy hath heart heaven himſelf honour houfe houſe hurt increaſe inftruction itſelf judgement juft juftice Kings knowledge lafting lefs lips live Lord Matth meaſures ment mind moft moſt mouth muſt nature neceffary nefs ourſelves paffion peace perfon Pfal pious pleaſure praiſe Prov prudent puniſhment purpoſe reafon religion religious rich righteous righteouſneſs ſhall ſpeak ſtate thee thefe themſelves theſe thine things thofe thoſe thou truft truth underſtanding unto upright uſeful vice virtue Whofo wicked wifdom wife WILLIAM DALRYMPLE wiſdom words worfe wrath xxii xxviii
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Page 153 - Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory, and honour, and power ; for thou haft created all things, and for thy pleafure they are, and were created.
Page 13 - Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, When it is in the power of thine hand to do it. Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, And to-morrow I will give; When thou hast it by thee.
Page 219 - And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.
Page 268 - To gentle offices of love His feet are never slow ; He views through mercy's melting eye A brother in a foe.
Page 42 - I love them that love me; And those that seek me early shall find me. Riches and honour are with me ; Yea, durable riches and righteousness.
Page 44 - ... The Lord possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. When there were no depths, I was brought forth : when there were no fountains abounding with water. Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth. While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world.
Page 270 - WAKE, my soul, stretch every nerve, •'*• And press with vigor on : A heavenly race demands thy zeal, And an immortal crown. 2 A cloud of witnesses around Hold thee in full survey : Forget the steps already trod, And onward urge thy way. 3 Tis God's all-animating voice That calls thee from on high ; 'Tis His own hand presents the prize To thine aspiring eye. 4...
Page 44 - ... then I was by him, as one brought up with him; and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him; rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men.
Page 199 - Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
Page 270 - A cloud of witnesses around Hold thee in full survey ; Forget the steps already trod, And onward urge thy way. 3 Tis God's all-animating voice, Which calls thee from on high ; 'Tis his own hand presents the prize To thine aspiring eye : 4 That prize, with peerless glories bright, Which shall new lustre boast, When victors' wreaths, and monarchs' gems, Shall blend in common dust.