Sermons on Practical Subjects, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1798 |
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Page xv
... less obvious points of morality - has more fkilfully marked out the nice difcriminations of virtue and vice , of the fit and unfit . He has not only delineated the path of the ftrictly right , but of the amiable and be- coming . He has ...
... less obvious points of morality - has more fkilfully marked out the nice difcriminations of virtue and vice , of the fit and unfit . He has not only delineated the path of the ftrictly right , but of the amiable and be- coming . He has ...
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... less liberally pro- vided for its gratification . To illuftrate part of my fubject , I might cull the choiceft flowers which Poetry or Paint- ing have gathered from the lap of Na- ture . I might lead you , in imagination , through this ...
... less liberally pro- vided for its gratification . To illuftrate part of my fubject , I might cull the choiceft flowers which Poetry or Paint- ing have gathered from the lap of Na- ture . I might lead you , in imagination , through this ...
Page 66
... less to settle the perverse disputings of men of " cor- rupt minds . " He paid no attention to many of thofe abftrufe questions which had baffled the penetration of wife men in all preceding ages ; he took no pains to determine which of ...
... less to settle the perverse disputings of men of " cor- rupt minds . " He paid no attention to many of thofe abftrufe questions which had baffled the penetration of wife men in all preceding ages ; he took no pains to determine which of ...
Page 100
... less pernicious , of bringing amiable and excellent qualities and characters into dif- credit , by giving them unworthy and degrading appellations , or " calling ' good evil . " Evident as it is that the principles of religion will bear ...
... less pernicious , of bringing amiable and excellent qualities and characters into dif- credit , by giving them unworthy and degrading appellations , or " calling ' good evil . " Evident as it is that the principles of religion will bear ...
Page 107
... and good evil . Scarcely less have those good men to answer for , who through culpable timidity or falfe politeness , bestow soft and and palliating appellations upon heinous immoralities , than those bad On the moral Abuse of Words . 107.
... and good evil . Scarcely less have those good men to answer for , who through culpable timidity or falfe politeness , bestow soft and and palliating appellations upon heinous immoralities , than those bad On the moral Abuse of Words . 107.
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Page 19 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; And backward, but I cannot perceive him: On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: He hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him: But he knoweth the way that I take: When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Page xlvii - For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think ; but to think soberly, according as God- hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
Page 241 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Page 252 - Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
Page 32 - He will not only pardon, but pardon abundantly: for his thoughts are not as our thoughts, nor his ways as our ways.
Page 40 - Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds ; and have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of Him that created him...
Page 6 - Whither shall I go from Thy Spirit? or whither shall I flee from Thy presence ? If I ascend up into heaven, Thou art there ; if I make my bed in the grave, behold, Thou art there.
Page 53 - With whose beauty if they being delighted took them to be gods; let them know how much better the Lord of them is: for the first author of beauty hath created them.
Page 346 - ... hath made of one blood all nations of men to dwell on all the face of the earth...
Page 31 - Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations...