The Works of Laurence Sterne: With a Life of the Author, Volume 5William Durell, 1814 - English literature |
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... hope for in this world , that is , " rest to his soul , " so does he likewise meet with it from the influence such a tem- per has upon his condition under the evils of his life , not as changeable upon the vices of men , but as the ...
... hope for in this world , that is , " rest to his soul , " so does he likewise meet with it from the influence such a tem- per has upon his condition under the evils of his life , not as changeable upon the vices of men , but as the ...
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... hope in the Lord . " Whether he be rich , " continues he , " or whether " he be poor , -if he have a good heart , " ( a heart thus guided and informed ) — " He shall at all times ❝ rejoice in a cheerful countenance . - His mind " shall ...
... hope in the Lord . " Whether he be rich , " continues he , " or whether " he be poor , -if he have a good heart , " ( a heart thus guided and informed ) — " He shall at all times ❝ rejoice in a cheerful countenance . - His mind " shall ...
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... hope to be hereaf ter . - How can we expect the inheritance of the saints in light , upon other terms than what they themselves obtained it ! Can that body expect to rise and shine in glory that is a slave to lust , or dies in the fiery ...
... hope to be hereaf ter . - How can we expect the inheritance of the saints in light , upon other terms than what they themselves obtained it ! Can that body expect to rise and shine in glory that is a slave to lust , or dies in the fiery ...
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... hope , that those hands can ever receive the reward of righteous- ness , that are full of blood , laden with the wages of iniquity , of theft , rapine , violence , extortion , or other unlawful gain ? or that those feet shall ever be ...
... hope , that those hands can ever receive the reward of righteous- ness , that are full of blood , laden with the wages of iniquity , of theft , rapine , violence , extortion , or other unlawful gain ? or that those feet shall ever be ...
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... hope should always be the natural use and improve- ment from such calamities ; -for we often find that numbers who , in prosperity , seem to forget God , do yet remember him in the day of trouble and distress . -Yet consider this ...
... hope should always be the natural use and improve- ment from such calamities ; -for we often find that numbers who , in prosperity , seem to forget God , do yet remember him in the day of trouble and distress . -Yet consider this ...
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Page 231 - Now when Daniel knew that the writing was signed, he went into his house ; and his windows being open in his chamber toward Jerusalem, he kneeled upon his knees three times a day, and prayed, and gave thanks before his God, as he did aforetime.
Page 186 - Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling: for it is God that worketh in you both to will and to do of his good pleasure.
Page 223 - What could have been done more to my vineyard, that I have not done in it ? wherefore, when I looked that it should bring forth grapes, brought it forth wild grapes...
Page 227 - BLESSED Lord, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written for our learning ; grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that by patience, and comfort of thy holy Word, we may embrace, and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ.
Page 6 - And when Peter saw it, he answered unto the people, Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk?
Page 6 - O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God : for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.
Page 132 - But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
Page 103 - The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his son Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he was determined to let him go.
Page 5 - Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets ; let them hear them. And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
Page 141 - And I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth: and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.