Sermons. ...: To which is Prefixed a Short Account of the Life and Character of the Author, Volume 2J. Walker & Company, 1824 |
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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 servant our father with sorrow to the grave . I pray thee , therefore , let thy servant abide instead of the young man , a bondman ...
... dangers of a foreign land . If we bring him not back with us , we shall bring down the grey hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to the grave . I pray thee , therefore , let thy servant abide instead of the young man , a bondman ...
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... dangers . For , merely through unguarded con- duct , and from the want of this prudent suspicion of their own weakness , how many , after the most pro- mising beginnings , have gradually apostatized from every principle of virtue ...
... dangers . For , merely through unguarded con- duct , and from the want of this prudent suspicion of their own weakness , how many , after the most pro- mising beginnings , have gradually apostatized from every principle of virtue ...
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... danger to which we are exposed , of falling from principles which once appeared firmly established , let us receive useful ad- monition for our own conduct . Let not him that girdeth on his harness , boast like him that putteth it off ...
... danger to which we are exposed , of falling from principles which once appeared firmly established , let us receive useful ad- monition for our own conduct . Let not him that girdeth on his harness , boast like him that putteth it off ...
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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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... dangers , yet is , on the whole , the state most favourable both to virtue and to happiness . For there , luxury and pride on the one hand , have not opportunity to enervate or intoxicate the mind , nor want and dependence on the other ...
... dangers , yet is , on the whole , the state most favourable both to virtue and to happiness . For there , luxury and pride on the one hand , have not opportunity to enervate or intoxicate the mind , nor want and dependence on the other ...
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