Discourses on several important subjects. To which are added, 8 sermons preached at the lady Moyer's lecture, in the cathedral church of st. Paul, London, المجلد 11745 |
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الصفحة 101
... prefent nothing to View , but one undistinguished Blackness of Darkness . There must be fome Correfpondence be- tween the Objects , that are to make us happy ; and the Soul , that is to be made happy by them . And as long as the Soul is ...
... prefent nothing to View , but one undistinguished Blackness of Darkness . There must be fome Correfpondence be- tween the Objects , that are to make us happy ; and the Soul , that is to be made happy by them . And as long as the Soul is ...
الصفحة 113
... of Scripture , when it interferes with any darling Notion . What we are at prefent to be most ap- prehenfive of , is an Indifference to Reli- I gion ; SERM . V.gion ; a Vice fometimes more incurable , and unreferved Obedience . 113.
... of Scripture , when it interferes with any darling Notion . What we are at prefent to be most ap- prehenfive of , is an Indifference to Reli- I gion ; SERM . V.gion ; a Vice fometimes more incurable , and unreferved Obedience . 113.
الصفحة 166
Jeremiah Seed. SER . VII . of Affection , as may keep these Truths prefent to the Mind , not let them flip out of it , or lie dormant in it . And , let a Man be never fo dull , if he keeps his Eye fixed and intent upon that grand Point ...
Jeremiah Seed. SER . VII . of Affection , as may keep these Truths prefent to the Mind , not let them flip out of it , or lie dormant in it . And , let a Man be never fo dull , if he keeps his Eye fixed and intent upon that grand Point ...
الصفحة 176
... prefent Profeffion , did ever act contrary to his present Perfua- fion or Principle of Acting . For can a Man choofe that , which he is perfuaded is uneligible ? Here then the Difficulty lyes . It is plain on the one Side , that Good ...
... prefent Profeffion , did ever act contrary to his present Perfua- fion or Principle of Acting . For can a Man choofe that , which he is perfuaded is uneligible ? Here then the Difficulty lyes . It is plain on the one Side , that Good ...
الصفحة 177
... was not per- haps his Judgment fome Hours ago ; nor may it be fome Hours hence ; but it is his Determination at prefent , and according to VOL . I. N that on ; SERM . VI . that he acts . contrary to Conviction , affigned . 177.
... was not per- haps his Judgment fome Hours ago ; nor may it be fome Hours hence ; but it is his Determination at prefent , and according to VOL . I. N that on ; SERM . VI . that he acts . contrary to Conviction , affigned . 177.
عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
Actions againſt anſwer Beauty becauſe Benevolence beſt Bleffings Cafe Cauſe Chriftian Confequence confider Confideration confiftent Courſe Daniel Waterland Defire Deity Diverfions Duty eafy eaſy Efteem elſe endeavour faid fame feems feldom felves ferve fettled feveral fhall fhew firſt folid fome fomething fometimes foon ftand ftill fuch fuffer fure give Goodneſs greateſt habitual Happineſs happy Heart himſelf Honour Ideas IIdly Inftance intereſted Irreligion itſelf juft juſt laft laſt leaft leaſt lefs Love Luftre Malice Mankind Meaſure Mifery Mind moft Morality moſt muft muſt Nature neceffary nefs never obferved occafional ourſelves Paffion Perfon Piety pleaſe Pleaſure pray Prayer prefent Principle publick racter raiſe Reaſon Religion Senfe Senſe SER.XIII SER.XIV SER.XVI SERM ſhall ſhould ſome Soul ſpeak Spirit ſuch Temper thefe themſelves theſe Things thofe thoſe Thoughts tion Truth ture Underſtanding uneafy univerfal unleſs uſe Vice Virtue whofe Wiſdom World
مقاطع مشهورة
الصفحة 302 - Almighty Lord, who is a most strong tower to all them that put their trust in him, to whom all things in heaven, in earth, and under the earth, do bow and obey...
الصفحة 208 - The fire of a glowing imagination (the property of youth) may make folly look pleasing, and lend a beauty to objects, which have none inherent in them ; just as the sun-beams may paint a cloud, and diversify it with beautiful stains of light, however dark, unsubstantial, and empty in itself. But nothing...
الصفحة 9 - For if ye love them which love you, what reward have you ? do not even the publicans the same ? And if ye salute your brethren only, what do ye more than others?
الصفحة 41 - Neither was it mine adversary that did magnify himself against me; for then peradventure I would have hid myself from him : 14 But it was even thou, my companion, my guide, and mine own familiar friend.
الصفحة 218 - ... humanity and generosity which are necessary to become a great fortune ; and of all those perfections, viz., moderation, humility, and temperance, which are necessary to bear a small one patiently ; but especially it is your duty to acquire a taste for those pleasures which, after they are tasted, go off agreeably, and leave behind them a grateful and delightful flavour on the mind.
الصفحة 213 - Senfe is like current Coin ; we have, every Day, in the ordinary Occurrences of Life...
الصفحة 219 - The justly valuing and duly using the Advantages enjoyed in a Place of Education. One considerable advantage is, that regular method of study, too much neglected in other places, which obtains here. Nothing is more common elsewhere, than for persons to plunge, at once, into the very depth of science, (far beyond their own,) without having learned the first rudiments : nothing more common, than for some to pass...
الصفحة 209 - But nothing can shine with undiminished lustre, but religion and knowledge, which are essentially and intrinsically bright. Take it therefore for granted, which you will find by -experience, that nothing can be long entertaining, but what is in some measure beneficial ; because nothing else will bear a calm and sedate review.
الصفحة 227 - ... thofe excellent Books, which contain a Confutation of them ; like Infects preferved for Ages in Amber, which otherwife would foon have returned to the common Mafs of Things. But a firm Belief of Chriftianity and a Practice fuitable to it will fupport and invigorate the Mind to the...
الصفحة 217 - ... though nothing merely in order to be commended. That time, which others must employ in tilling the ground (which often deceives their expectation) with the sweat of their brow, they may lay out in cultivating the mind, a soil always grateful to the care of the tiller. The sum of what I would say...