Sermons ...: To which is Prefixed a Short Account of the Life and Character of the Author, Volume 2T. Cadell; F.C. & J Rivington [& others], 1822 - Presbyterian Church |
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... appear in an excusable light ; nay , perhaps , under a commendable form . The motives of the actor may have been entirely different from those which you ascribe to him ; and , where you sup- pose him impelled by bad design , he may have ...
... appear in an excusable light ; nay , perhaps , under a commendable form . The motives of the actor may have been entirely different from those which you ascribe to him ; and , where you sup- pose him impelled by bad design , he may have ...
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... appear by considering , IN the third place , What the sources are of those severe and uncharitable opinions which we are so ready to form . Were the mind altogether free from prepossession and bias , it might avail itself to more ad ...
... appear by considering , IN the third place , What the sources are of those severe and uncharitable opinions which we are so ready to form . Were the mind altogether free from prepossession and bias , it might avail itself to more ad ...
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... appear- ance of one , as a satisfying proof . When rivalry and competition concur with pride , our desire to espy defects increases , and , by consequence , the grounds of censure multiply . Where no opposition of interest takes place ...
... appear- ance of one , as a satisfying proof . When rivalry and competition concur with pride , our desire to espy defects increases , and , by consequence , the grounds of censure multiply . Where no opposition of interest takes place ...
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... appears that no part of the government of temper deserves attention more , than to keep our minds pure from uncharitable prejudices , and open to candour and humanity ยท in judging of others . The worst consequences , 18 SERM . XXV . ON ...
... appears that no part of the government of temper deserves attention more , than to keep our minds pure from uncharitable prejudices , and open to candour and humanity ยท in judging of others . The worst consequences , 18 SERM . XXV . ON ...
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... appears to them to be a continued scene of disasters and injuries , of confused events , and of unreasonable men . Whereas , to the pious man , the contemplation of the universe exhibits a very differ- ent spectacle . In the midst of ...
... appears to them to be a continued scene of disasters and injuries , of confused events , and of unreasonable men . Whereas , to the pious man , the contemplation of the universe exhibits a very differ- ent spectacle . In the midst of ...
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