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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... mind with evil thoughts of others . Whence should a man so readily draw his opinion of men as from that character with which he is best acquainted , because it is his own ? A person of low and base mind naturally imputes to others the ...
... mind with evil thoughts of others . Whence should a man so readily draw his opinion of men as from that character with which he is best acquainted , because it is his own ? A person of low and base mind naturally imputes to others the ...
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... mind , than it perverts his understanding , and taints all his faculties . Haunting him by night and by day , bring- ing perpetually before him the odious and disquieting forms which it has raised up , it blackens every ap- pearance to ...
... mind , than it perverts his understanding , and taints all his faculties . Haunting him by night and by day , bring- ing perpetually before him the odious and disquieting forms which it has raised up , it blackens every ap- pearance to ...
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... mind . So numerous and great are the evils arising from a suspicious disposition , that of the two extremes it is more eligible to expose ourselves to occasional disadvange from thinking too well of others , than to suffer continual ...
... mind . So numerous and great are the evils arising from a suspicious disposition , that of the two extremes it is more eligible to expose ourselves to occasional disadvange from thinking too well of others , than to suffer continual ...
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... mind of Joseph rejected such unworthy sentiments . Contemplating the hand of God in all that had befallen him , he effaced the remembrance of those evil deeds which had pro- duced his adversity ; and for his prosperity he affected no ...
... mind of Joseph rejected such unworthy sentiments . Contemplating the hand of God in all that had befallen him , he effaced the remembrance of those evil deeds which had pro- duced his adversity ; and for his prosperity he affected no ...
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... mind . As soon as their temper is ruffled , the world 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 ...
... mind . As soon as their temper is ruffled , the world 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 ...
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