Paul, Philemon, and Onesimus, or Christian brotherhood; a practical exposition of st. Paul's Epistle to Philemon: in a discourse

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Stran 30 - If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled ; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
Stran 13 - Wherefore, though I might be much bold in Christ to enjoin thee that which is convenient, yet for love's sake I rather beseech thee, being such an one as Paul the aged, and now also a prisoner of Jesus Christ. I beseech thee for my son Onesimus, whom I have begotten in my bonds...
Stran 13 - I have sent again : thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels : whom I would have retained with me, that in thy stead he might have ministered unto me in the bonds of the gospel : but without thy mind would I do nothing ; that thy benefit should not be as it were of necessity, but willingly.
Stran 51 - Had the beautiful arrangements of nature not been disturbed, the relative affections which she herself has implanted would have been found strong enough, as in other countries, to have secured, through the means of a domestic economy alone, a provision both for young and old, in far greater unison with both the comfort and the virtue of families. The corrupt and demoralizing system of England might well serve as a lesson to philanthropists and statesmen, of the...
Stran 30 - My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.
Stran 4 - God would be pleased to direct and prosper all their consultations to the advancement of His glory, the good of His church, the safety, honour, and welfare of our Sovereign and her dominions...
Stran 18 - Let the brother of low degree rejoice in that he is exalted ; but the rich in that he is made low; because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.
Stran 25 - Having confidence in thy obedience I wrote unto thee, knowing that thou wilt also do more than I say.
Stran 7 - Not now as a servant, but above a servant, a brother beloved, specially to me, but how much more unto thee, both in the flesh, and in the Lord ? 17 If thou count me therefore a partner, receive him as myself.

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