The Works in Verse and Prose, of William Shenstone ...J. Dickson, J. Fairbairn, and J. Ogle, 1798 - 381 páginas |
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Página ix
... hope , to render the facred miniftry the most learned , as well as the most pi- ous and exemplary body of men in the Repub- lic . As a writer , his ftile is fimple and comprehen- five - his remarks judicious , and often refined- his ...
... hope , to render the facred miniftry the most learned , as well as the most pi- ous and exemplary body of men in the Repub- lic . As a writer , his ftile is fimple and comprehen- five - his remarks judicious , and often refined- his ...
Página 47
... hope towards God ? Inattention is perhaps a more univerfal caufe of impiety , than high - han- ded and obftinate profanity . Would you but feriously confider your ways , and lay to heart the things that belong to your peace , I would ...
... hope towards God ? Inattention is perhaps a more univerfal caufe of impiety , than high - han- ded and obftinate profanity . Would you but feriously confider your ways , and lay to heart the things that belong to your peace , I would ...
Página 52
... hope towards God ; and then adding , as but deferving the fecond place , what related to his prefent accommodation . Secondly , The connection of his requests The choice he makes as to his temporal condi- tion , is in immediate and ...
... hope towards God ; and then adding , as but deferving the fecond place , what related to his prefent accommodation . Secondly , The connection of his requests The choice he makes as to his temporal condi- tion , is in immediate and ...
Página 58
... hope . But from fuch men we may expect to hear the language of despair , rather than of experience ; and as it is too late for the inftruction of the fufferers , fo it very rarely has any effect in warning others to avoid the danger ...
... hope . But from fuch men we may expect to hear the language of despair , rather than of experience ; and as it is too late for the inftruction of the fufferers , fo it very rarely has any effect in warning others to avoid the danger ...
Página 61
... hope is in the Lord his God . ' But the most comprehenfive remark of all , upon this fubject , is , that human life itself is fo exceedingly precari- ous , that it must write vanity and emptinefs ' on every thing , the poffeffion and ...
... hope is in the Lord his God . ' But the most comprehenfive remark of all , upon this fubject , is , that human life itself is fo exceedingly precari- ous , that it must write vanity and emptinefs ' on every thing , the poffeffion and ...
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abfolute affiftance againſt alfo alſo becauſe beſt bleffing brethren cafe caufe cauſe character Chrift Chriftian circumftances confcience confider corruption courſe defire defpife difcourfe difcovered difpofition diftinguiſhed divine divine grace duty eafily eſtabliſhed facred fafe faid faith fame fave fcripture feem feen fenfe fenfible ferve fhall fhew fhould finners firft firſt fociety fome fometimes foon fpeak fpirit ftate fubject fuccefs fuch fuffer fufficient fuppofe fure glory gofpel Great-Britain greateſt hath heart himſelf hiſtory honour illuftrated impoffible increaſe inftance intereft itſelf juft laft laſt lefs Lord mafters manner meaſure mind minifter moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary neceffity nefs neral obferve occafion oppofition ourſelves paffage perfons pleaſure poffible praiſe prefent preferve principles promiſes purpoſe racter reafon refpect religion Servants ſhall ſpeak ſtate thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou tion truft truth underſtanding univerfal uſeful vanity whofe wiſdom wrath
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Página 119 - Let no man deceive you with vain words : for because of these things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience. Be not ye therefore partakers with them : for ye were sometimes darkness, but now are ye light in the Lord: walk as children of light...
Página 79 - But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is the root of all evil : which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
Página 227 - Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away.
Página 98 - Charge them that are rich in this world, that they be not high-minded, nor trust in uncertain riches, but in the living God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy ; that they do good, that they be rich in good works, ready to distribute, willing to communicate, laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life.
Página 107 - 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.
Página 39 - Then he called for a light, and sprang in, and came trembling, and fell down before Paul and Silas, and brought them out, and said, " Sirs, what must I do to be saved?" And they said, "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.
Página 186 - Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God : and let the LORD do that which is good in his sight.
Página 66 - I * dwell in the high and holy place, with him alfo ' that is of a contrite and humble fpirit ; to revive ' the fpirit of the humble, and to revive the heart
Página 149 - For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day. For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory...
Página 115 - The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary : he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.