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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... dangers of a foreign land . If we bring him not back with us , we shall bring down the grey hairs of thy ser- vant , our father , with sorrow , to the grave . I pray thee , therefore , let thy servant abide instead of the young man , a ...
... dangers of a foreign land . If we bring him not back with us , we shall bring down the grey hairs of thy ser- vant , our father , with sorrow , to the grave . I pray thee , therefore , let thy servant abide instead of the young man , a ...
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... dangers . For , merely through unguarded conduct , and from the want of this pru- dent suspicion of their own weakness , how many , after the most promising beginnings , have gradually apostatized from every principle of virtue ; until ...
... dangers . For , merely through unguarded conduct , and from the want of this pru- dent suspicion of their own weakness , how many , after the most promising beginnings , have gradually apostatized from every principle of virtue ; until ...
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... baseness and infamy . FROM this view which has been exhibited of the progress of corruption , and of the danger to which we are exposed , of falling from principles which once 12 4.4 ON THE CHARACTER OF HAZAEL . SERM . XXVII .
... baseness and infamy . FROM this view which has been exhibited of the progress of corruption , and of the danger to which we are exposed , of falling from principles which once 12 4.4 ON THE CHARACTER OF HAZAEL . SERM . XXVII .
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... dangers which arise from stations of power and greatness ; especially when the elevation of men to these has been rapid and sudden . Few have the strength of mind which is requisite for bearing such a change with tem- perance and self ...
... dangers which arise from stations of power and greatness ; especially when the elevation of men to these has been rapid and sudden . Few have the strength of mind which is requisite for bearing such a change with tem- perance and self ...
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... of those extremes of fortune , which , though it want not also its own dangers , yet is , on the whole , the state most VOL . II . E favourable both to virtue and to happiness . For there SERM . XXVII . ON THE CHARACTER OF HAZAEL . 49.
... of those extremes of fortune , which , though it want not also its own dangers , yet is , on the whole , the state most VOL . II . E favourable both to virtue and to happiness . For there SERM . XXVII . ON THE CHARACTER OF HAZAEL . 49.
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