Discourses to the AgedJoshua Cushing, 1801 - 340 Seiten |
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Seite iii
... useful to mankind as any one dif- covery of nature hitherto made . " The like may , in fome degree , be faid of at- tempts to promote the religious improve- ment and comfort of aged perfons . There are fome celebrated pieces of the ...
... useful to mankind as any one dif- covery of nature hitherto made . " The like may , in fome degree , be faid of at- tempts to promote the religious improve- ment and comfort of aged perfons . There are fome celebrated pieces of the ...
Seite iv
... useful , and was much efteemed and read in the last century , but is now become fcarce , and almoft for- gotten . The tracts of Davies and Peers , though serious and useful , chiefly centre in one point , and that not fufficiently ...
... useful , and was much efteemed and read in the last century , but is now become fcarce , and almoft for- gotten . The tracts of Davies and Peers , though serious and useful , chiefly centre in one point , and that not fufficiently ...
Seite v
... useful , and smooth the last scenes of their lives . This is attempted in the following discour- fes . I am far from pretending to equal the composures of my honoured fathers and brethren , who have addreffed to the Young . But much ...
... useful , and smooth the last scenes of their lives . This is attempted in the following discour- fes . I am far from pretending to equal the composures of my honoured fathers and brethren , who have addreffed to the Young . But much ...
Seite vi
... useful in other ways ; and as I am myfelf declining into the vale of years , and , by long - continued daily infirmities , got very far into it . From much experience , therefore , I know how to pity the Aged under their infirmities and ...
... useful in other ways ; and as I am myfelf declining into the vale of years , and , by long - continued daily infirmities , got very far into it . From much experience , therefore , I know how to pity the Aged under their infirmities and ...
Seite 21
... useful likewife by praying for the world and the church ; efpecially for the rifing generation . Lay up a flock of prayers for pofterity , when your walking and working days are over . Let your patience , con- tentment and cheerfulness ...
... useful likewife by praying for the world and the church ; efpecially for the rifing generation . Lay up a flock of prayers for pofterity , when your walking and working days are over . Let your patience , con- tentment and cheerfulness ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
addrefs affiftance afflictions affurance aged chriftians aged faints alfo Apoftle Barzillai becauſe bleffing bufinefs cafe Canaan Chrift cife circumftances comfort confider death decays defcendants defire Difcourfe divine divine grace doth dying efpecially eternal evil exerciſe faid faith fame fathers feems felves ferious fervants ferve fervice fhall fhould fhow fome fometimes fons foon forfake forrows foul fpirit friends ftate ftill ftrength ftrengthen ftrong fubject fuch fufferings fupport fure glory God's grace happineſs hath hearts heaven heavenly holy honour hope houfe houſe Ifrael illuftrate infirmities inftruction intereft Jefus Jofeph labour laft lefs live Lord moft moſt muft muſt nefs obferve old age outward pain perfons piety pious pleaſure prayers prefent profpect promifes reafon reft religion ſhall ſhow ſtate thankfulneſs thee thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou tion unto uſeful verfe vifit wifdom wilderneſs word yourſelves youth
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 47 - Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.
Seite 87 - Hearken unto me, O house of Jacob, and all the remnant of the house of Israel, which are borne by me from the belly, which are carried from the womb; 'and even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
Seite 191 - And he blessed Joseph, and said, God, before whom my fathers Abraham and Isaac did walk, the God which fed me all my life long unto this day : the angel which redeemed me from all evil, bless the lads ; and let my name be named on them, and the name of my fathers Abraham and Isaac; and let them grow into a multitude in the midst of the earth.
Seite 234 - The LORD our GOD be with us, as He was with our fathers : let Him not leave us, nor forsake us : That He may incline our hearts unto Him to walk in all His ways, and to keep His commandments, and His statutes, and His judgments, which He commanded our fathers.
Seite 338 - Now the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that ye may abound in hope, through the power of the Holy Ghost.
Seite 90 - ... that thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him : for he is thy life, and the length of thy days : that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
Seite 28 - I eat or what I drink? can I hear any more the voice of singing men and singing women? wherefore then should thy servant be yet a burden unto my lord the king?
Seite xii - The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Seite 116 - But if a man live many years, and rejoice in them all; yet let him remember the days of darkness; for they shall be many.
Seite 7 - Remember also thy Creator in the days of thy youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them...