Sermons on Education: On Reflection, on the Greatness of God in the Works of Nature and in the Government of the World, on Charity, and on Various Other Topics;Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1806 |
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... happy . Oh preferve us from degrading our fouls , from difregarding our prerogatives and leaving our faculties unemployed ; from debafing ourselves , by an entirely fenfual and carnal life , to a level with the brute creation , and ...
... happy . Oh preferve us from degrading our fouls , from difregarding our prerogatives and leaving our faculties unemployed ; from debafing ourselves , by an entirely fenfual and carnal life , to a level with the brute creation , and ...
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... happy moments wherein you may advance them several steps , when you may free them from fome error , or lead them to the knowledge of truth ? Oh be jealous of this happi- nefs ; and be perfuaded , that parents and tutors are never more ...
... happy moments wherein you may advance them several steps , when you may free them from fome error , or lead them to the knowledge of truth ? Oh be jealous of this happi- nefs ; and be perfuaded , that parents and tutors are never more ...
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... happy in the favourable judgment of mankind , can promise him- felf but few days perfectly cheerful and pleasant . No , he alone is virtuous , who , independent on the judgment judgment and opinion of mankind , is actuated by an 32 ON ...
... happy in the favourable judgment of mankind , can promise him- felf but few days perfectly cheerful and pleasant . No , he alone is virtuous , who , independent on the judgment judgment and opinion of mankind , is actuated by an 32 ON ...
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... happy , who can be content with the rectitude of his heart , and the approbation of his confcience . To this virtue and to this happiness , strive to conduct your children or your scholars , you who are employed in the forma- tion of ...
... happy , who can be content with the rectitude of his heart , and the approbation of his confcience . To this virtue and to this happiness , strive to conduct your children or your scholars , you who are employed in the forma- tion of ...
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... happy he is in acting upon firm and honest principles ; how happy that he has learnt to govern himself and to fet bounds to his appetites ; that he can use the faculties both of his mind and body freely and cheerfully to the ends for ...
... happy he is in acting upon firm and honest principles ; how happy that he has learnt to govern himself and to fet bounds to his appetites ; that he can use the faculties both of his mind and body freely and cheerfully to the ends for ...
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Page viii - THE heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handywork. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world.
Page 424 - Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Page 506 - 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...
Page vi - I remember the days of old; I meditate on all thy works; I muse on the work of thy hands.
Page 363 - And he charged them that they should tell no man : but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it; 37 And were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well : he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.
Page x - For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. Love worketh no ill to his neighbour ; therefore love is the fulfilling of the law.
Page 322 - For as the heavens are higher than the earth, fo are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts.
Page 345 - Who hath measured the waters in the hollow of his hand, and meted out heaven with a span, and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure, and weighed the mountains in scales, and the hills in a balance...
Page 352 - ... shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the Lord hath not done it?
Page 496 - That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven ; for he maketh his fun to rife on the evil and on the good, and fendeth rain on the juft, and on the unjuft.