Sermons on Practical Subjects: Extracted Chiefly from the Works of Divines of the Last Century. By Richard Burn, ... In Four Volumes. ...T. Cadell, 1774 |
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... themselves . They rob their neighbour of his money , and lose their own innocency ; they difturb his reft , and vex their own confcience ; they throw him into prison , and themselves into hell ; they make poverty to be their brother's ...
... themselves . They rob their neighbour of his money , and lose their own innocency ; they difturb his reft , and vex their own confcience ; they throw him into prison , and themselves into hell ; they make poverty to be their brother's ...
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... themselves rely upon their fubjects ; they fight with their fwords , levy forces with their money , confult with their counfels , hear with their ears , and are strong only in their union ; and , many times , they use all these things ...
... themselves rely upon their fubjects ; they fight with their fwords , levy forces with their money , confult with their counfels , hear with their ears , and are strong only in their union ; and , many times , they use all these things ...
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... themselves . And yet if a man had daily promised us a kindness , and failed us but ten times , when it was in his power to have done it , we should think we had reafon never to believe him more . And can we then reasonably believe the ...
... themselves . And yet if a man had daily promised us a kindness , and failed us but ten times , when it was in his power to have done it , we should think we had reafon never to believe him more . And can we then reasonably believe the ...
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... but at their firft putting into the balance , fomewhat fway both parts thereof , not without fore fhew of inequality ; which yet , after fome motion , fettle themselves in an equal poife . It is enough , that in 40 The true Foundation.
... but at their firft putting into the balance , fomewhat fway both parts thereof , not without fore fhew of inequality ; which yet , after fome motion , fettle themselves in an equal poife . It is enough , that in 40 The true Foundation.
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... themselves croffes out of their own imagination ; and have found that infupportable for weight , which in truth never was , neither had ever any but a fancied being . Others have laughed out heavy afflictions , for which they were ...
... themselves croffes out of their own imagination ; and have found that infupportable for weight , which in truth never was , neither had ever any but a fancied being . Others have laughed out heavy afflictions , for which they were ...
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Page 22 - And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Page 482 - If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar : for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God Whom he hath not seen ? And this commandment have we from Him, that he who loveth God love his brother also.
Page 197 - That which hath been is now; and that which is to be hath already been; and God requireth that which is past.
Page 410 - For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive ; And plenteous in mercy unto all them that call upon thee.
Page 119 - But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more ; and they likewise received every man a penny.
Page 59 - Who when he came, and had seen the grace of God, was glad, and exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord.
Page 27 - Prayer is the peace of our spirit, the stillness of our thoughts, the evenness of recollection, the seat of meditation, the rest of our cares, and the calm of our tempest; prayer is the issue of a quiet mind, of untroubled thoughts, it is the daughter of charity, and the sister of meekness...
Page 413 - And this is the confidence that we have in him, that if we ask any thing according to his will, he heareth us ; and if we know that he hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.
Page 166 - But I fay unto you, Love your enemies, blefs them that curfe you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which defpitefully ufe you, and perfecute you...