A Sermon Preached Before the House of Lords, at the Abby Church, Westminster, on Friday, February 27, 1778: ... By John, Lord Bishop of OxfordT. Cadell, 1778 - 15 pages |
Common terms and phrases
abfurd abundance Adverfity advice Affectation and Levity affifted againſt anſwer appears arms avow beſt cafe caufe cauſe Character chiefly Church civil Comfort Commerce confeffed confidence DAY OF ADVERSITY defirable defperate Deſpair duty enemy erect evil exerciſe exhauſted expected fame favor fecure fervice fhould fides filence final Ruin fins fion firſt fome fomething foon fubjects fuccefs fuch fuffered fuited fuppofes grace ground hang happineſs happy hath Heaven hereby hitherto hoftilities hopes Houſe human Humiliation Inaction independency Indifference to Religion intereſted interrupted Irreligion itſelf Jewiſh nation Juftice juftified knowlege laſt laudable lefs Legiflature Liberty Lord lous mankind merits mind miſchief misfortunes Moderation moſt muſt natural occafion ourſelves Peace perfons piety poffeffed Prayers preached prefent profeffed purſuit queftion reaſon recommend religious and moral Self-Reproach ſenſe SERMON ſtate ſuch Temporal theſe thoſe trouble ufually undoubted uſe Vices whofe whole nation whoſe wife wiſdom wiſh Zeal