The lay preacher; or Short sermons, for idle readers. [Two lines of Scripture text] : Published according to act of Congress.
- Title
- The lay preacher; or Short sermons, for idle readers. [Two lines of Scripture text] : Published according to act of Congress.
- Author
- Dennie, Joseph, 1768-1812.
- Publication
- Printed at Walpole, Newhampshire, :: by David Carlisle, Jun. and sold at his bookstore.,
- 1796.
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- Subject terms
- Conduct of life.
- Link to this Item
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https://name.umdl.umich.edu/N22974.0001.001
- Cite this Item
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"The lay preacher; or Short sermons, for idle readers. [Two lines of Scripture text] : Published according to act of Congress." In the digital collection Evans Early American Imprint Collection. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/N22974.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 5, 2024.
Contents
- title page
- ADVERTISEMENT.
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THE LAY PREACHER.
- "TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE."
- "WHEN THOU SEEST A MAN OF UNDER|STANDING, GET THEE BETIMES UNTO HIM, AND LET THY FEET WEAR THE STEPS OF HIS DOOR."
- "HOW LONG WILT THOU SLEEP, O SLUG|GARD? WHEN WILT THOU ARISE OUT OF THY SLEEP?"
- "NEITHER GIVE PLACE TO THE DEVIL."
- "FAVOR IS DECEITFUL."
- "AND HE WILL BE A WILD MAN."
- "BY THIS CRAFT WE HAVE OUR WEALTH."
- "IN THOSE DAYS THERE WAS NO KING IN IS|RAEL; EVERY MAN DID WHAT WAS RIGHT IN HIS OWN EYES."
- "GIVE A SWEET SAVOUR, AND A MEMORI|AL OF FINE FLOUR: AND MAKE A FAT OF|FERING."
- "LITTLE CHILDREN, KEEP YOURSELVES FROM IDOLS."
- "DRINK WATERS OUT OF THINE OWN CIS|TERN, AND RUNNING WATERS OUT OF THINE OWN WELL."
- "REMOVE SORROW FAR FROM THEE: FOR SORROW HATH KILLED MANY, AND THERE IS NO PROFIT THEREIN.
- "WHAT AILETH THEE?"
- "COME MY BELOVED, LET US GO FORTH INTO THE FIELD; LET US LODGE IN THE VIL|LAGES."
- "MY HEAD, MY HEAD."
- "GO THY WAY, EAT THY BREAD WITH JOY, AND DRINK THY WINE WITH A MERRY HEART."
- "HATE NOT LABORIOUS WORK, NEITHER HUS|BANDRY."
- "THERE IS A LION IN THE STREETS."
- "I PERCEIVE THAT IN ALL THINGS YE ARE TOO SUPERSTITIOUS."
- "THE FASHION OF THIS WORLD PASSETH A|WAY."
- "THE FASHION OF THIS WORLD PASSETH A|WAY."
- "ISSACHAR IS A STRONG ASS."
- "THE HEART OF THE FOOLISH IS LIKE A CART WHEEL."
- "WHY STAND YE HERE ALL THE DAY IDLE?"
- "THEY MADE ME THE KEEPER OF THE VINE|YARDS, BUT MINE OWN VINEYARD HAVE I NOT KEPT."
- "YET NO MAN REMEMBERED THAT SAME POOR MAN."
- "GAD, A TROOP SHALL OVERCOME HIM, BUT HE SHALL OVERCOME AT THE LAST."
- "ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE FIRST MONTH —SET IN ORDER THE THINGS THAT ARE TO BE SET IN ORDER."
- "FOR LO! THE WINTER IS PAST, THE RAIN IS OVER AND GONE, THE FLOWERS APPEAR ON THE EARTH, THE TIME OF THE SING|ING OF BIRDS IS COME, AND THE VOICE OF THE TURTLE IS HEARD IN OUR LAND."
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"AND SHE MADE HASTE, AND LET DOWN
FROM HER SHOULDER. AND , AND I WILL GIVE THY ." - "WATCHMAN, WHAT OF THE NIGHT?"
- "BETTER IS THE END OF A THING, THAN THE BEGINNING THEREOF."
- "QUENCH NOT THE SPIRIT."
- "I HEAR THAT THERE BE DIVISIONS AMONG YOU, AND I PARTLY BELIEVE IT."
- "WINE AND NEW WINE TAKE AWAY THE HEART."
- "ONE THING IS NEEDFUL."
- "GREAT IS DIANA OF THE EPHESIANS."
- "YET DID NOT THE CHIEF BUTLER REMEM|BER JOSEPH BUT FORGAT HIM."