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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... pleasure . Whereas the suspicious man , having his imagination filled with all the shocking forms of human falsehood , deceit , and treachery , resembles the traveller in the wilderness , who discerns no ob- jects around him but what ...
... pleasure . Whereas the suspicious man , having his imagination filled with all the shocking forms of human falsehood , deceit , and treachery , resembles the traveller in the wilderness , who discerns no ob- jects around him but what ...
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... pleasure , are perilous circumstances to virtue . When men live among their equals , and are accustomed to encounter the hardships of life , they are of course reminded of their mutual dependence on each other , and of the dependence of ...
... pleasure , are perilous circumstances to virtue . When men live among their equals , and are accustomed to encounter the hardships of life , they are of course reminded of their mutual dependence on each other , and of the dependence of ...
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... pleasure rightly understood . Among the variety of dispositions which are to be found in the world , some indeed require less of this discipline than others . There are persons whose tender and delicate sensibility , either derived from ...
... pleasure rightly understood . Among the variety of dispositions which are to be found in the world , some indeed require less of this discipline than others . There are persons whose tender and delicate sensibility , either derived from ...
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... pleasure . Worldly and sensual men often remark , not till it be too late , that by the studied efforts of constant repetition , all their pleasures fail . They draw them off so close to the dregs , that they become insipid and nauseous ...
... pleasure . Worldly and sensual men often remark , not till it be too late , that by the studied efforts of constant repetition , all their pleasures fail . They draw them off so close to the dregs , that they become insipid and nauseous ...
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... pleasure . Having premised these observations , I proceed to point out the direct effects of a proper attention to the distresses of life upon our moral and religious character . In the first place , The house of mourning is cal ...
... pleasure . Having premised these observations , I proceed to point out the direct effects of a proper attention to the distresses of life upon our moral and religious character . In the first place , The house of mourning is cal ...
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