The Works of Laurence Sterne ...W. Strahan, J. Rivington and Sons, J. Dodsley, G. Kearsley, T. Lowndes, G. Robinson, 1780 |
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... against an evil work is not executed fpeedily ; therefore the heart of the fons of men is fully fet in them to do evil- SERMON XXXIV . Trust in God . PSALM XXXVII . 3 . P. 77 . Put thou thy trust in the Lord.- SERMON XXXV . p . 95 ...
... against an evil work is not executed fpeedily ; therefore the heart of the fons of men is fully fet in them to do evil- SERMON XXXIV . Trust in God . PSALM XXXVII . 3 . P. 77 . Put thou thy trust in the Lord.- SERMON XXXV . p . 95 ...
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... . 2 KINGS XVII . 7 . For fo it was , -that the children of Ifrael had finned against the Lord their God , who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt . → SERMON XXX . Description of the World . 2 PETER CONTENTS .
... . 2 KINGS XVII . 7 . For fo it was , -that the children of Ifrael had finned against the Lord their God , who had brought them up out of the land of Egypt . → SERMON XXX . Description of the World . 2 PETER CONTENTS .
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... against the charitable fide of the queftion.- If religion is any where to be found , one would think it would be amongst thofe of the higher rank in life , whofe education , and opportunities of knowing its great importance , fhould ...
... against the charitable fide of the queftion.- If religion is any where to be found , one would think it would be amongst thofe of the higher rank in life , whofe education , and opportunities of knowing its great importance , fhould ...
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... against religion , and raising cavils against the Bible , at an age when fome of them would be hard fet to read a chapter in it . And I may add , of thofe whofe ftock in knowledge is fomewhat larger , that for the most part it has ...
... against religion , and raising cavils against the Bible , at an age when fome of them would be hard fet to read a chapter in it . And I may add , of thofe whofe ftock in knowledge is fomewhat larger , that for the most part it has ...
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... against vicious characters of all denominations , would be apt haftily to conclude , that the whole world was in an uproar about it — and that there was fo general a horror and deteftation of vice amongst us , that mankind were all ...
... against vicious characters of all denominations , would be apt haftily to conclude , that the whole world was in an uproar about it — and that there was fo general a horror and deteftation of vice amongst us , that mankind were all ...
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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.