The Works of Laurence Sterne ...W. Strahan, J. Rivington and Sons, J. Dodsley, G. Kearsley, T. Lowndes, G. Robinson, 1780 |
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... should be offended , yet will I never be offended ; -to check this truft in himself , ―our Saviour replies , that he in particular fhould deny him thrice . - But Peter looking upon this monition no farther than as it implied a reproach ...
... should be offended , yet will I never be offended ; -to check this truft in himself , ―our Saviour replies , that he in particular fhould deny him thrice . - But Peter looking upon this monition no farther than as it implied a reproach ...
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... should teftify of man , for he knew what was in man : -he did not remember , that his Lord had faid be- fore , Without me ye can do nothing ; - that the exertions of all our faculties were under the power of his will : -he had forgot ...
... should teftify of man , for he knew what was in man : -he did not remember , that his Lord had faid be- fore , Without me ye can do nothing ; - that the exertions of all our faculties were under the power of his will : -he had forgot ...
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... should be no better recommended by its profeffors . -Though this may seem a paradox , — ' tis ftill , I fay , no objection , though it has often been made use of against chrif- tianity ; -fince , if the morals of men are not reformed ...
... should be no better recommended by its profeffors . -Though this may seem a paradox , — ' tis ftill , I fay , no objection , though it has often been made use of against chrif- tianity ; -fince , if the morals of men are not reformed ...
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... should be their unhappy en- couragement ; for that they would fay , -Where is the promife [ where is the threatening , or declaration of , - Tayleλia ] of his coming , -for fince the fathers fell afleep , all things continue as they ...
... should be their unhappy en- couragement ; for that they would fay , -Where is the promife [ where is the threatening , or declaration of , - Tayleλia ] of his coming , -for fince the fathers fell afleep , all things continue as they ...
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... should not know the difference between the for- bearance of finners , -and his neglect of their fins ; -but I will reprove thee , and fet them in order before thee . - Upon the whole of which , he bids them be better advised , and ...
... should not know the difference between the for- bearance of finners , -and his neglect of their fins ; -but I will reprove thee , and fet them in order before thee . - Upon the whole of which , he bids them be better advised , and ...
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Page 83 - The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.
Page 82 - Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock. 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.
Page 16 - 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 ? The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus...
Page 170 - That to fear GOD, and keep his commandments, is the whole duty of man...
Page 218 - 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 225 - 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 80 - For when the breath of man goeth forth, he shall turn again to his earth, and then all his thoughts perish.
Page 98 - Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
Page 60 - Solomon's account in the text, — that becaufe fentence againft an evil work is not executed fpeedily, therefore the hearts of the fons of men are fully fet in them to do evil.