An Essay on the Composition of a Sermon, Volume 1 |
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Page 118 - Tis but an hour ago since it was nine, And after one hour more 'twill be eleven. And so from hour to hour we ripe and ripe, And then from hour to hour we rot and rot; And thereby hangs a tale.
Page lxviii - My hands also will I lift up unto thy commandments, which I have loved; and I will meditate in thy statutes.
Page 175 - O king, an image of a vast dimension, Ğ excellent in brightness, but terrible in aspect. The head of this image was of fine gold, the breast and arms of silver, the belly and thighs of brass, the legs of iron, and the feet partly iron and partly clay. You saw, likewise, O King, a stone cut out of the mountain, but from whence it came you knew not. This stone, falling upon the feet of the image...
Page 215 - Enow of such, as for their bellies' sake Creep and intrude and climb into the fold! Of other care they little reckoning make Than how to scramble at the shearers' feast, And shove away the worthy bidden guest; Blind mouths! that scarce themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learn'd aught else the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs ! What recks it them?
Page 371 - For I brought thee up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed thee out of the house of servants; and I sent before thee Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
Page 73 - The rich and the poor meet together: The Lord is the maker of them all.
Page 241 - Christ : that we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive: but speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ...
Page 244 - ... in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness. Besides those things that are without, that which cometh upon me daily, the care of all the churches. Who is weak, and I am not weak ? who is offended, and I burn not?
Page 431 - The eyes of the LORD are in every place, beholding the evil and the good.
Page 332 - Divides us. Happy day that breaks our chain ! That manumits ; that calls from exile home ;; That leads to Nature's great metropolis, And re-admits us, through the guardian hand Of elder brothers, to our Father's throne, Who hears our Advocate, and, through his wounds Beholding man, allows that tender name.