SermonsT. Cadell and W. Davies, 1820 |
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... period of suspense , leans to the most charitable construction which an action can bear . When he must condemn , he condemns with regret ; and without those aggravations which the severity of others adds to the crime . He listens calmly ...
... period of suspense , leans to the most charitable construction which an action can bear . When he must condemn , he condemns with regret ; and without those aggravations which the severity of others adds to the crime . He listens calmly ...
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... period , his generous plans were not completed . But now , when there was no farther occasion for constraining himself , he gave free vent to the strong emotions of his heart . The first minister to the king of Egypt was not ashamed to ...
... period , his generous plans were not completed . But now , when there was no farther occasion for constraining himself , he gave free vent to the strong emotions of his heart . The first minister to the king of Egypt was not ashamed to ...
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... period , of his disposition con- tinuing the same to the end of life . It is recorded in the last chapter of this book , that when Jacob died , his sons began to be seized with fear concerning the treatment which they might receive from ...
... period , of his disposition con- tinuing the same to the end of life . It is recorded in the last chapter of this book , that when Jacob died , his sons began to be seized with fear concerning the treatment which they might receive from ...
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... periods of life ! When they are setting out in the world , before their minds have been greatly misled or debased , they glow with ge- nerous emotions , and look with contempt on what is sordid and guilty . But advancing farther in life ...
... periods of life ! When they are setting out in the world , before their minds have been greatly misled or debased , they glow with ge- nerous emotions , and look with contempt on what is sordid and guilty . But advancing farther in life ...
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... periods of thy life , than when , placed on a throne , thy ears were invaded by day with the cries of the miserable whom thou hadst ruined ; and thy slumbers broken by night with the shocking remem- brance of thy cruelties and crimes ...
... periods of thy life , than when , placed on a throne , thy ears were invaded by day with the cries of the miserable whom thou hadst ruined ; and thy slumbers broken by night with the shocking remem- brance of thy cruelties and crimes ...
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Page 96 - Thy people also shall be all righteous : they shall inherit the land for ever, the branch of my planting, the work of my hands, that I may be glorified. A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation : I the Lord will hasten it in his time.
Page 410 - But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many.
Page 251 - We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed ; we are perplexed, but not in despair ; persecuted, but not forsaken ; cast down, but not destroyed...
Page 219 - 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 411 - The floods have lifted up, O Lord, the floods have lifted up their voice ; the floods lift up their waves. The Lord on high is mightier than the noise of many waters, yea, than the mighty waves of the sea.
Page 434 - He feedeth on ashes : a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand...
Page 79 - I will put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou earnest.
Page 435 - And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunderings, saying. Alleluia: for the Lord God omnipotent reigneth.
Page 37 - And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord ? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child. And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing?
Page 438 - Who shall ascend into the hill of the Lord? and who shall stand in his holy place? He that hath clean hands, and a pure heart; who hath not lifted up his soul unto vanity, nor sworn deceitfully.