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... fuffer them to be fhaken by the feoffs of the licentious , or the cavils of the skeptical . When we obferve any tendency to treat religion or morals . with disrespect and levity , let us hold it to be a fure indica- tion of a perverted ...
... fuffer them to be fhaken by the feoffs of the licentious , or the cavils of the skeptical . When we obferve any tendency to treat religion or morals . with disrespect and levity , let us hold it to be a fure indica- tion of a perverted ...
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... fuffer from injuftice , he is always in hazard of fuffering more from the profecution of revenge . The vio- lence of ... fuffers not from the injuries of men thofe fevere fhocks which others feel . Collected within itself , it stands ...
... fuffer from injuftice , he is always in hazard of fuffering more from the profecution of revenge . The vio- lence of ... fuffers not from the injuries of men thofe fevere fhocks which others feel . Collected within itself , it stands ...
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... fuffer . From thofe airy regions of pride and folly , let us defcend to our proper level . Let us furvey the natural equality on which Providence has placed man with man , and reflect on the infirmities common to all . If the reflection ...
... fuffer . From thofe airy regions of pride and folly , let us defcend to our proper level . Let us furvey the natural equality on which Providence has placed man with man , and reflect on the infirmities common to all . If the reflection ...
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... fuffer . If “ in all fear there is torment , " how miferable must be his state who , by living in perpetual jealoufy , lives in perpetual dread ! Looking upon himself to be furrounded with spies , enemies , and defigning men , he is a ...
... fuffer . If “ in all fear there is torment , " how miferable must be his state who , by living in perpetual jealoufy , lives in perpetual dread ! Looking upon himself to be furrounded with spies , enemies , and defigning men , he is a ...
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... fuffer to pass away in the midit of confufion , bitter repentance feeks afterwards in vain to recal . What was omitted to be done at its proper moment , arifes to be the torment of fome future season . Manhood is difgraced by the conse ...
... fuffer to pass away in the midit of confufion , bitter repentance feeks afterwards in vain to recal . What was omitted to be done at its proper moment , arifes to be the torment of fome future season . Manhood is difgraced by the conse ...
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Page 244 - Presume thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land On each I judge thy foe. If I am right, thy grace impart, Still in the right to stay; If I am wrong, oh teach my heart To find that better way...
Page 53 - Two things have I required of thee ; deny me them not before I die: remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me: lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, "Who is the Lord?" or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Page 199 - The chamber where the good man meets his fate, Is privileg'd beyond the common walk Of virtuous life, quite in the verge of heav'n.
Page 76 - I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him. The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me : my judgment was as a robe and a diadem. I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame. I was a father to the poor : and the cause which I knew not I searched out.
Page 162 - Go thy way, eat thy bread with joy, And drink thy wine with a merry heart ; For God now accepteth thy works.
Page 201 - tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead ; Thus on, till wisdom is push'd out of life. Procrastination is the thief of time ; Year after year it steals, till all are fled, And to the mercies of a moment leaves The vast concerns of an eternal scene.
Page 224 - Air, and ye elements, the eldest birth Of Nature's womb, that in quaternion run Perpetual circle, multiform ; and mix And nourish all things ; let your ceaseless change Vary to our great Maker still new praise.
Page 250 - The great directing mind of all ordains. All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul ; That chang'd through all, and yet in all the same ; Great in the Earth, as in th...
Page 251 - All discord, harmony not understood ; All partial evil, universal good : And, spite of pride, in erring reason's spite, One truth is clear, WHATEVER is, is RIGHT.
Page 221 - Has made my cup run o'er, And in a kind and faithful friend Has doubled all my store.