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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... present state of frailty , all is mixed and blended . The strongest contrarieties of piety and hypocrisy , of generosity and avarice , of truth and duplicity , often meet in one character . The purest human virtue is consistent with ...
... present state of frailty , all is mixed and blended . The strongest contrarieties of piety and hypocrisy , of generosity and avarice , of truth and duplicity , often meet in one character . The purest human virtue is consistent with ...
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... present situ- ation , that some of the good dispositions of human nature are apt to betray us into frailties and vices .. Thus , it often happens , that the laudable attachment which we contract to the country , or the church , to which ...
... present situ- ation , that some of the good dispositions of human nature are apt to betray us into frailties and vices .. Thus , it often happens , that the laudable attachment which we contract to the country , or the church , to which ...
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... present state . How much soever a person may suffer from injustice , he is always in hazard of suffering more from the prosecution of revenge . The violence of an enemy cannot inflict what is equal to the torment he creates to himself ...
... present state . How much soever a person may suffer from injustice , he is always in hazard of suffering more from the prosecution of revenge . The violence of an enemy cannot inflict what is equal to the torment he creates to himself ...
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... present life as part of a great plan which is carried on under the direction of Heaven . In this plan he views men as acting their several parts , and contributing to his good or evil . But their parts he considers as subor- dinate ones ...
... present life as part of a great plan which is carried on under the direction of Heaven . In this plan he views men as acting their several parts , and contributing to his good or evil . But their parts he considers as subor- dinate ones ...
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... present discourse ; and will lead us to such a view of human nature , as , it is hoped , may be of gene- ral use . I. Sentiments of abhorrence at guilt are natural to the human mind . Hazael's reply to the prophet , shews how strongly ...
... present discourse ; and will lead us to such a view of human nature , as , it is hoped , may be of gene- ral use . I. Sentiments of abhorrence at guilt are natural to the human mind . Hazael's reply to the prophet , shews how strongly ...
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