Four Discourses on Subjects Relating to the Amusement of the Stage: Preached at Great St. Mary's Church, Cambridge, on Sunday September 25, and Sunday October 2, 1808; with Copious Supplementary NotesF. Hodson, 1809 - 284 pagina's |
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Pagina xvii
... abuses which had prevailed . Amongst other things , it had been asked , how far it was lawful for christians to partake of " things sacrificed to idols . ” ( viii . 1-4 . ) The Apostle , on this B subject , reminds them , that ...
... abuses which had prevailed . Amongst other things , it had been asked , how far it was lawful for christians to partake of " things sacrificed to idols . ” ( viii . 1-4 . ) The Apostle , on this B subject , reminds them , that ...
Pagina xvii
... sober and sincere . No : it is scripture - lan- guage , and scripture - doctrine , and we are bound to make it the rule of our practice ; and , though hypocrites and enthusiasts should , con- tinue to abuse 2 DISCOURSE I.
... sober and sincere . No : it is scripture - lan- guage , and scripture - doctrine , and we are bound to make it the rule of our practice ; and , though hypocrites and enthusiasts should , con- tinue to abuse 2 DISCOURSE I.
Pagina xvii
... abuse the language of scripture , yet must the truly pious still make the scriptures the source of their ideas , and the rule of their lan- guage and their actions : Tho ' all things foul would wear the brows of grace , Yet grace must ...
... abuse the language of scripture , yet must the truly pious still make the scriptures the source of their ideas , and the rule of their lan- guage and their actions : Tho ' all things foul would wear the brows of grace , Yet grace must ...
Pagina xvii
... abuse of the stage , and because it never hath been altogether reformed , ( at least as far as human imperfection would allow , ) are for giving it up , as the safer part . One writer against the stage goes so far as to affirm , " on ...
... abuse of the stage , and because it never hath been altogether reformed , ( at least as far as human imperfection would allow , ) are for giving it up , as the safer part . One writer against the stage goes so far as to affirm , " on ...
Pagina xvii
... abuse of it , and which it is in the power of its frequenters , and properly constituted authorities , to correct ; and , if this powerful engine can be farther made to promote the cause of virtue , and , with that , indirectly , if not ...
... abuse of it , and which it is in the power of its frequenters , and properly constituted authorities , to correct ; and , if this powerful engine can be farther made to promote the cause of virtue , and , with that , indirectly , if not ...
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Four Discourses on Subjects Relating to the Amusement of the Stage: Preached ... James Plumptre Volledige weergave - 1809 |
Four Discourses on Subjects Relating to the Amusement of the Stage: Preached ... James Plumptre Volledige weergave - 1809 |
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Pagina 140 - And when the barbarians saw the venomous beast hang on his hand, they said among themselves, No doubt this man is a murderer, whom, though he hath escaped the sea, yet vengeance suffereth not to live.
Pagina 57 - Ye therefore, beloved, seeing ye know these things before, beware lest ye also, being led away with the error of the wicked, fall from your own stedfastness. But grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for ever. Amen.
Pagina 126 - If I beheld the sun when it shined, Or the moon walking in brightness ; And my heart hath been secretly enticed, Or my mouth hath kissed my hand : This also were an iniquity to be punished by the judge : For I should have denied the God that is above.
Pagina 52 - He burneth part thereof in the fire; with part thereof he eateth flesh; he roasteth roast, and is satisfied: yea, he warmeth himself, and saith, Aha, I am warm, I have seen the fire: And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image: he falleth down unto it, and worshippeth it, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god.
Pagina 47 - ... for wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together with quickness and variety, wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures, and agreeable visions in the fancy; judgment, on the contrary, lies quite on the other side, in separating carefully, one from another, ideas, wherein can be found the least difference ; thereby to avoid being misled by similitude, and by affinity to take one thing for another.
Pagina 191 - Alas ! alas ! Why, all the souls that were, were forfeit once; And He that might the vantage best have took, Found out the remedy: How would you be, If he, which is the top of judgment, should But judge you as you are? O, think on that; And mercy then will breathe within your lips, Like man new made.
Pagina 53 - Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow. Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers: Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
Pagina 104 - TRAGEDY, as it was anciently composed, hath been ever held the gravest, moralest, and most profitable of all other poems ; therefore said by Aristotle to be of power, by raising pity, and fear, or terror, to purge the mind of those and such like passions, that is, to temper and reduce them to just measure with a kind of delight, stirred up by reading or seeing those passions well imitated.
Pagina 135 - For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh: but he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of God.
Pagina 140 - But the centurion, willing to save Paul, kept them from their purpose and commanded that they which could swim, should cast themselves first into the sea, and get to land, and the rest, some on boards, and some on broken pieces of the ship. And so it came to pass, that they escaped all safe to land.