The works of Jonathan Swift, containing additional letters, tracts, and poems, with notes, and a life of the author, by W. Scott, Volumen81814 |
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... present occasion , I shall endeavour , in a far- ther prosecution of them , to evince the great ne- cessity of a nice and curious inspection into the several recesses of the heart , being the surest and the shortest method that a wicked ...
... present occasion , I shall endeavour , in a far- ther prosecution of them , to evince the great ne- cessity of a nice and curious inspection into the several recesses of the heart , being the surest and the shortest method that a wicked ...
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... present occasion , and do , upon a closer view , show themselves through the whole business of repentance . For we all know what it is to repent ; but whether he re- penteth him truly of his sins or not , who can know it ? Now the great ...
... present occasion , and do , upon a closer view , show themselves through the whole business of repentance . For we all know what it is to repent ; but whether he re- penteth him truly of his sins or not , who can know it ? Now the great ...
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... present discourse en- tirely upon that subject ; and I hope to handle it in such a manner , that the most ignorant among you may return home better informed of your duty in this great point , than probably you are at present . It must ...
... present discourse en- tirely upon that subject ; and I hope to handle it in such a manner , that the most ignorant among you may return home better informed of your duty in this great point , than probably you are at present . It must ...
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... present , and are reserved till the day of resurrection to life eternal . " For now , " as the apostle says , we see through a glass darkly , but then face to face . " 66 Thus , we see , the matter is brought to this issue : we must ...
... present , and are reserved till the day of resurrection to life eternal . " For now , " as the apostle says , we see through a glass darkly , but then face to face . " 66 Thus , we see , the matter is brought to this issue : we must ...
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... present seems to agree with that of the heathen emperor , who said , if the gods were of- fended , it was their own concern , and they were able to vindicate themselves . But , although conscience hath been abused to those wicked ...
... present seems to agree with that of the heathen emperor , who said , if the gods were of- fended , it was their own concern , and they were able to vindicate themselves . But , although conscience hath been abused to those wicked ...
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Página 116 - Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches ; feed me with food convenient for me: lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the Lord? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
Página 97 - Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies: for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty.
Página 99 - And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days.
Página 78 - But as touching brotherly love ye need not that I write unto you : for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.
Página 156 - But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality, and without hypocrisy.
Página 63 - Moreover thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness ; and place such over them, to be rulers of thousands, and rulers of hundreds, rulers of fifties, and rulers of tens...
Página 47 - Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you.
Página 197 - Who would ever have suspected Asgill for a wit, or Toland for a philosopher, if the inexhaustible stock of Christianity had not been at hand to provide them with materials ? What other subject, through all art or nature, could have produced Tindal for a profound author, or furnished him with readers? It is the wise choice of the subject that alone adorns and distinguishes the writer. For had an hundred such pens as these been employed on the side of religion, they would have immediately sunk into...
Página 43 - Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility : for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.
Página 196 - And to urge another argument of a parallel nature: if Christianity were once abolished, how could the Freethinkers, the strong reasoners, and the men of profound learning be able to find another subject so calculated in all points whereon to display their abilities ? What wonderful productions of wit should we be deprived of from those whose genius, by continual practice, hath been wholly turned upon raillery and invectives against religion, and would therefore never be able to shine or distinguish...