The Works of the Learned and Reverend John Scott, D.D., Sometime Rector of St. Giles's in the Fields, Volume 4Clarendon Press, 1826 - Sermons, English |
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... fancy them necessary for all the rest of mankind , and con- sequently go about to vex their neighbours , provoke their rulers , and unsettle the government for the propagation of them ; if through an inconsiderate zeal for their own ...
... fancy them necessary for all the rest of mankind , and con- sequently go about to vex their neighbours , provoke their rulers , and unsettle the government for the propagation of them ; if through an inconsiderate zeal for their own ...
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... fancy them necessary for all the rest of mankind ; so charitable , as to allow our brethren a liberty of opining , and not to damn and persecute them , because their brains are of a different figure from ours ; I cannot imagine , why ...
... fancy them necessary for all the rest of mankind ; so charitable , as to allow our brethren a liberty of opining , and not to damn and persecute them , because their brains are of a different figure from ours ; I cannot imagine , why ...
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... fancy we shall be much more happy in them , than we find ourselves when we come to possess them . For such wretched counterfeits are most of these outward goods , that they will not bear the test of a long frui- tion : and how fair and ...
... fancy we shall be much more happy in them , than we find ourselves when we come to possess them . For such wretched counterfeits are most of these outward goods , that they will not bear the test of a long frui- tion : and how fair and ...
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... fancy is able to raise a commotion in them . And hence we see , that some people can weep most heartily at the misfortunes of lovers in plays and romances , and as much rejoice at their good successes , though they know that both are ...
... fancy is able to raise a commotion in them . And hence we see , that some people can weep most heartily at the misfortunes of lovers in plays and romances , and as much rejoice at their good successes , though they know that both are ...
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... fancy , attended with soft and easy passions , a man may perform all these parts of con- version , and yet be never the better for it : for many times these passions are only the necessary effects of a 294 DISCOURSE I.
... fancy , attended with soft and easy passions , a man may perform all these parts of con- version , and yet be never the better for it : for many times these passions are only the necessary effects of a 294 DISCOURSE I.
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Page 368 - O Israel, return unto the Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity. Take with you words, and turn to the Lord : say unto him, "Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
Page 183 - But this I say, brethren, the time is short: it remaineth, that both they that have wives be as though they had none; And they that weep, as though they wept not; and they that rejoice, as though they rejoiced not; and they that buy, as though they possessed not; And they that use this world, as not abusing it: for the fashion of this world passeth away.
Page 158 - HEAR, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: For the Lord hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, And they have rebelled against me. The ox knoweth his owner, And the ass his master's crib: But Israel doth not know, My people doth not consider.
Page 368 - I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
Page 252 - My soul shall be satisfied as with marrow and fatness; and my mouth shall praise thee with joyful lips : When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.
Page 194 - For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth: for he is the messenger of the Lord of Hosts.
Page 265 - 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 253 - I WILL sing of the mercies of the LORD for ever : with my mouth will I make known thy faithfulness to all generations.
Page 465 - Or despisest thou the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leadeth thee to repentance...
Page 39 - And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient, in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God, peradventure, will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth...