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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... worldly disasters occasion . The irritation of passion and resentment will always bear proportion to the agitation which we suffer from the changes of fortune . One who 34 . ON THE CHARACTER OF JOSEPH . SERM . XXVI .
... worldly disasters occasion . The irritation of passion and resentment will always bear proportion to the agitation which we suffer from the changes of fortune . One who 34 . ON THE CHARACTER OF JOSEPH . SERM . XXVI .
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... fortune . One who connects himself with nothing but second causes , partakes of the violence and irregularity of all the inferiour movements belonging to this great machine . He who refers all to God , dwells , if we may speak so , in ...
... fortune . One who connects himself with nothing but second causes , partakes of the violence and irregularity of all the inferiour movements belonging to this great machine . He who refers all to God , dwells , if we may speak so , in ...
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... fortune ; each of them would testify as much surprise and abhorrence as Hazael did , upon hearing the predictions of the Prophet . Sincere they might very possibly be in their expres- sions of indignation : for hypocrisy is not always ...
... fortune ; each of them would testify as much surprise and abhorrence as Hazael did , upon hearing the predictions of the Prophet . Sincere they might very possibly be in their expres- sions of indignation : for hypocrisy is not always ...
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... fortune ; such a different turn it gives to our temper and affections , to our views and desires , that no man can foretell what his character would prove , should Provi- dence either raise or depress his circumstances in a remarkable ...
... fortune ; such a different turn it gives to our temper and affections , to our views and desires , that no man can foretell what his character would prove , should Provi- dence either raise or depress his circumstances in a remarkable ...
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... fortune on his character , who having once imbibed worthy sentiments , and established proper principles of action , continues constant to these , whatever his circumstances be ; maintains , throughout all the changes of his life , one ...
... fortune on his character , who having once imbibed worthy sentiments , and established proper principles of action , continues constant to these , whatever his circumstances be ; maintains , throughout all the changes of his life , one ...
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