Their exhortations are apt to sound in the ears of laymen abstract and remote from life.
Footnote: See the closing paragraph of the first of the three lengthy exhortations to Holy Communion, printed immediately after the "Prayer for the Church Militant" in the Prayer- book.
So I spoke to Mr Witherspoon concerning my fears, and by his exhortations the body was borne to the kirk-yard in a solemn and peaceable manner.
It was quite at variance with his habitual exhortations and commands for him calmly to inform the fanatics that, whoever does not wish to receive the Sacrament may leave it alone.
Such exhortations not to wage war against the Turks naturally tended to confuse the multitude to the last degree.
Exhortations such as these increased the unwillingness of his friends at Augsburg to reach any settlement by way of real concessions.
But Hector nothing needs To stand on exhortationsnow at home, he strives for deeds.
Then mutual exhortations flew, then, all with hands and eyes Advanc'd to, all the Gods, their plagues wrung from them open cries.
He was therefore all the more earnest in his exhortations to them, for he felt that all their prosperity, all their happiness, their very life itself, depended on their being faithful to their God.
The Senecas refused to supply them with corn, and the frequent exhortations of the Recollet father proved an insufficient substitute.
But reanimated by the clamorous exhortations of Dumas and De Ligneris, and observing that the regulars and militia still preserved a firm front, they returned once more to their posts and resumed the combat.
Their losses in money and horses were more than repaid, and they were encouraged by the exhortations as well as the actions of their politic commander to desire nothing so much as an opportunity of revenging themselves upon their enemies.
In every city and village they must occupy themselves with the diffusion of the divine exhortations and advices, guide the souls and promote the oneness of the world of humanity.
Your exhortations to remember my deeds and words and even writings are friendly and very pleasant; but you seem to have a different idea to mine as to honour and propriety in this business.
Do you maintain your exhortations and assist me with your reflections.
As for your exhortations to be of good courage, I wish you could find some reason why I should be so.
It is true, theirexhortations had done more towards it than Gwenwyn's followers had thought possible.
He gets wrought up so high in his prayers and exhortations that they are obliged to put bricks in his pockets to keep him down.
About this time Douglass became deeply awakened to religious things, by the prayers and exhortations of a pious old colored slave who was a drayman.
Neither exhortations to virtue nor the argument of approaching death should divert us from literature; for in a good mind it excites the love of virtue, and dissipates, or at least diminishes, the fear of death.
I did not negotiate the peace, though I ardently desired it; I was not deputed to bring it about, but only aided with exhortations and words of encouragement.
They are graven on my heart, and the letter which follows this[9] will show you how far I am from following your exhortations to idleness.
In this conjuncture,[264] the women that remained proved infinitely serviceable, bringing to the troops water from the river, and by prayers and exhortations encouraging them to the fight.
Footnote 116: Philo by his exhortations to seek the blessed life, has by no means broken with the intellectualism of the Greek philosophy, he has only gone beyond it.
On the other hand, after the Epistles to the Thessalonians, there were not wanting exhortations to continue sober and diligent.
Footnote 142: The hope of the approaching end of the world and the glorious kingdom of Christ still determined men's hearts; though exhortations against theoretical and practical scepticism became more and more necessary.
He understood very well the fears that prevailed over the mind of the notary, and his exhortations only served to confirm him in his purpose to escape; and to this end to act directly contrary to the advice given him.
After having reproached her for her wickedness, she passed to exhortations and advice, mingling also a few praises, to temper the bitter with the sweet, and obtain more certainly the effect she desired.
And they were brought about also by the same means, for they were made partly by the exhortations and sermons of monks, partly by the decrees of popes, partly by the edicts of popish kings, and partly by the determinations of popish councils.
By exhortations of this sort, reiterated for three centuries, it began at length to be expected of the people, that they would not give less than tenths of what they possessed.
The exhortations of Trumbull did not bear fruit till 1713.
The contempt with which she treated his exhortations drove him utterly mad, and it was then that he betook himself to reading all the literature he could find that bore upon the vices and frailties of women.
I found here exhortations pronounced in all the several capacities in which men are qualified to impede others with advice.
A great multitude of exhortations were proceeding here in every tone and cadence of sympathy.
The very frenzy and frequency of their exhortations are suspicious.
II): "Even the exhortations of inspired teachers have not feared to appeal to common repute, Philip, iv.
Even the Chapter of Upsala, which had up to this time clung to the hope of restoring Trolle to his post, began to yield to the oft-repeated exhortations of the regent, and prepared to nominate a new archbishop.
These exhortations proving futile, Margaret sent her agent to the spot to see what he could do.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "exhortations" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
