Sermons on Practical Subjects, Volume 1J. Johnson, 1798 |
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... interests of fociety . They enjoin nothing unnecef- fary or burdenfome ; they omit nothing which is reasonable or useful ; they re- ftrain us from nothing which would not be contrary to our true interest . Let any one diftinctly examine ...
... interests of fociety . They enjoin nothing unnecef- fary or burdenfome ; they omit nothing which is reasonable or useful ; they re- ftrain us from nothing which would not be contrary to our true interest . Let any one diftinctly examine ...
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... interest , pass through a long course of labour and fatigue , expend his wealth , and even expofe his life to hazard , and his good name to obloquy ? -even this fub- limity of virtue , which may be conceived in fome fort to affimilate ...
... interest , pass through a long course of labour and fatigue , expend his wealth , and even expofe his life to hazard , and his good name to obloquy ? -even this fub- limity of virtue , which may be conceived in fome fort to affimilate ...
Page 128
... interest of every man to guard the avenues of his mind . with the utmost vigilance against the in- trufion of this troublesome and dangerous gueft . Though we may be difposed to excuse , in ourselves or others , those casual ebullitions ...
... interest of every man to guard the avenues of his mind . with the utmost vigilance against the in- trufion of this troublesome and dangerous gueft . Though we may be difposed to excuse , in ourselves or others , those casual ebullitions ...
Page 137
... interest of others to their own , to justify themselves by faying , " Am I my brother's keeper ? " fuppofe fuch a man placed in that infulated ftate , which feems fo confonant to the feelings of his contracted mind ; having . neither ...
... interest of others to their own , to justify themselves by faying , " Am I my brother's keeper ? " fuppofe fuch a man placed in that infulated ftate , which feems fo confonant to the feelings of his contracted mind ; having . neither ...
Page 142
... interests of others . The man who makes his be- loved felf the center of all his wishes and pursuits , will not only want fufficient inducements to exert himself for the be- nefit of others , but will find himself irre- fiftibly ...
... interests of others . The man who makes his be- loved felf the center of all his wishes and pursuits , will not only want fufficient inducements to exert himself for the be- nefit of others , but will find himself irre- fiftibly ...
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Page 19 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; And backward, but I cannot perceive him: On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: He hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him: But he knoweth the way that I take: When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Page xlvii - For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think ; but to think soberly, according as God- hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
Page 241 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Page 252 - Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
Page 32 - He will not only pardon, but pardon abundantly: for his thoughts are not as our thoughts, nor his ways as our ways.
Page 40 - Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds ; and have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of Him that created him...
Page 6 - Whither shall I go from Thy Spirit? or whither shall I flee from Thy presence ? If I ascend up into heaven, Thou art there ; if I make my bed in the grave, behold, Thou art there.
Page 53 - With whose beauty if they being delighted took them to be gods; let them know how much better the Lord of them is: for the first author of beauty hath created them.
Page 346 - ... hath made of one blood all nations of men to dwell on all the face of the earth...
Page 31 - Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations...