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Page 35
... observe how a man who carried such an appearance of piety spent his Sunday ; for though he was so low in the world , this gentleman was not above entering very closely into his character , of which he thought he should be able to form a ...
... observe how a man who carried such an appearance of piety spent his Sunday ; for though he was so low in the world , this gentleman was not above entering very closely into his character , of which he thought he should be able to form a ...
Page 48
... observe when Christ reck- ons up the things for earth , to observe , I say , which he keeps for the last . Go tell John , says he , those things which ye do hear and see ; the blind receivé their sight , and the lame walk , the lepers ...
... observe when Christ reck- ons up the things for earth , to observe , I say , which he keeps for the last . Go tell John , says he , those things which ye do hear and see ; the blind receivé their sight , and the lame walk , the lepers ...
Page 52
... observe , " said Mr. Johnson , " that many who are reckoned de- cent , good kind of people , and who would on no account neglect going to church , yet seem to care but little in what frame or tem- per of mind they go thither . They will ...
... observe , " said Mr. Johnson , " that many who are reckoned de- cent , good kind of people , and who would on no account neglect going to church , yet seem to care but little in what frame or tem- per of mind they go thither . They will ...
Page 69
... observation ! What a pity is it , I say , that the former should not employ a little of their time and money in endeavouring to find out these distressed objects ! Mary began , about this time , evidently to be afflicted with a disease ...
... observation ! What a pity is it , I say , that the former should not employ a little of their time and money in endeavouring to find out these distressed objects ! Mary began , about this time , evidently to be afflicted with a disease ...
Page 71
... observe her countenance , and the peculiar modesty of her manner , as she was taking her departure ; for her patient and silent grief touched them far more sen- sibly than any loud complaints could have done , and they , therefore ...
... observe her countenance , and the peculiar modesty of her manner , as she was taking her departure ; for her patient and silent grief touched them far more sen- sibly than any loud complaints could have done , and they , therefore ...
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Page 32 - Surely goodness and mercy have followed me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
Page 48 - Go and show John again those things which ye do hear and see : The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the Gospel preached to them.
Page 18 - ... according to what he hath, and not according to what he hath not.
Page 15 - I have led but a lonely life, and have often had but little to cat, but my Bible has been meat, drink, and company to me, as I may say, and when want and trouble have come upon me, I don't know what I should have done indeed, sir, if I had not had the promises of this book for my stay and support.
Page 14 - I believe there is no day for the last thirty years, that I have not peeped at my Bible. If we can't find time to read a chapter, I defy any man to say he can't find time to read a verse; and a single text sir, well followed and put in practice every day, would make no bad figure at the year's end...
Page 9 - Mr. Johnson, who delighted in good men and good things, was very well satisfied with his reply. For he justly thought that though a hypocrite may easily contrive to appear better than he really is, to a stranger, and that no one should be too soon trusted merely for having a few good words in his mouth; yet, as he knew that "out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh," he always accustomed himself to judge favorably of those who had a serious deportment and solid manner of speaking.
Page 11 - You think, then," said the gentleman, " that a laborious life is a happy one." — "I do, sir, and more so especially, as it exposes a man to fewer v sins. If king Saul had continued a poor laborious man to the end of his days, he might have lived happy and honest, and died a natural death in his bed at last, which you know, sir, was more than he did. But I...
Page 9 - ... the sky, that rain was at no great distance, accosted the shepherd with asking what sort of weather he thought it would be on the morrow. " It will be such weather as pleases me,
Page 41 - You must know, sir, that both of us, next to a sin, dread a debt, and indeed in some cases a debt is a sin ; but with all our care and pains, we have never been able quite to pay off the doctor's bill for that bad fit of rheumatism which I had last winter.