Familiar Essays, on Interesting Subjects ...Leigh and Sotheby, 1787 - 170 páginas |
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... harrass himfelf , injure his temper , and diftrefs all his inti- mates , when , could he be con- vinced of it , the fault is entirely It is the mafter of a fa- his own . mily , who must pay a proper at- tention , mily , [ 9 ]
... harrass himfelf , injure his temper , and diftrefs all his inti- mates , when , could he be con- vinced of it , the fault is entirely It is the mafter of a fa- his own . mily , who must pay a proper at- tention , mily , [ 9 ]
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mily , who must pay a proper at- tention , and , if I may fo term it , do his duty , or he can never rea- fonably expect that his dependents , were they ever fo difpofed , fhould be able to do theirs , fubject , as thofe of my friend ...
mily , who must pay a proper at- tention , and , if I may fo term it , do his duty , or he can never rea- fonably expect that his dependents , were they ever fo difpofed , fhould be able to do theirs , fubject , as thofe of my friend ...
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... time which he well knows must be ever uncertain , he may prevent confufion to thofe he leaves behind . THUS have I proved the necef- fity of method . We fee its confe- C 3 quence , * quence , its utility , we fee its in- [ 21 ]
... time which he well knows must be ever uncertain , he may prevent confufion to thofe he leaves behind . THUS have I proved the necef- fity of method . We fee its confe- C 3 quence , * quence , its utility , we fee its in- [ 21 ]
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... must know fomething about it . My friend , on this report , fent for the children into the ftudy : Philip came in blubbering and crying vio- lently , conducted by his fond mam- ma , to whom he had related a story far from the truth ...
... must know fomething about it . My friend , on this report , fent for the children into the ftudy : Philip came in blubbering and crying vio- lently , conducted by his fond mam- ma , to whom he had related a story far from the truth ...
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... must depend upon himself , bids fair to be an ornament to the profeffion in which he has engaged . On the death of his brother , he was deeply affected , and never mentions poor Philip , as he calls him , but with the tendereft regard ...
... must depend upon himself , bids fair to be an ornament to the profeffion in which he has engaged . On the death of his brother , he was deeply affected , and never mentions poor Philip , as he calls him , but with the tendereft regard ...
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Página 103 - And Saul, yet breathing out threatenings and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went unto the high priest, and desired of him letters to Damascus, to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound unto Jerusalem.
Página 8 - For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward ; how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him...
Página 72 - ... simplicity of style, he endeavours to recommend to general practice. He left others to contend for' modes of faith, and inflame themselves and the world with endless controversy ; it was the wiser purpose of his more...
Página 110 - From all this I think it may be concluded, that no human means employed by St. Paul, in his design, of converting the Gentiles, were, or could be adequate to the great difficulties he had to contend with, or to the success that we know attended his work : and we can in reason ascribe that success to no other cause, but the power of God going along with and aiding his ministry, because no other was equal to the effect.
Página 83 - One day telleth another; and one night certifieth another. There is neither speech nor language ; but their voices are heard among them. Their sound is gone out into all lands; and their words into the ends of the world.
Página 116 - Such is the origin of evil under the government of an all-good and all-powerful God ; a question so hard, that the inability of solving it in a satisfactory manner to their apprehensions has driven some of the greatest philosophers into the monstrous and senseless opinions of manicheism and atheism. Such is the reconciling the prescience of God with the free-will of man, which, after...
Página 42 - Scriptures, and employed the last years of his life hardly in any thing else. He was never weary of admiring the great views of that sacred book, and the just relation of all its parts : he every day made discoveries in it that gave him fresh cause of admiration.
Página 118 - ... that revelation, which human reason can hardly clear; but as the truth of it stands upon evidence so strong and convincing, that it cannot be denied without much greater difficulties than those that attend the belief of it, (as I have before...
Página 146 - Glorious their aim — to ease the labouring heart; To war with death and stop his flying dart; To trace the source whence the fierce contest grew, And life's short lease on easier terms renew; To calm the frenzy of the burning brain; To heal the tortures of imploring pain; Or, when more powerful ills all efforts brave, To ease the victim no device can save, And smooth the stormy passage to the grave.