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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... scenes of nature on which the eye rests with pleasure . Whereas the suspicious man , having his imagination filled with all the shocking forms o human falsehood , deceit , and treachery , resembles the traveller in the wilderness , who ...
... scenes of nature on which the eye rests with pleasure . Whereas the suspicious man , having his imagination filled with all the shocking forms o human falsehood , deceit , and treachery , resembles the traveller in the wilderness , who ...
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... scene of disasters and injuries , of confused events , and of unreasonable men . Whereas to the pious man , the contemplation of the universe exhibits a very dif- ferent spectacle . In the midst of seeming confusion he traces a ...
... scene of disasters and injuries , of confused events , and of unreasonable men . Whereas to the pious man , the contemplation of the universe exhibits a very dif- ferent spectacle . In the midst of seeming confusion he traces a ...
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... , we shall find at the conclusion of the whole scene , that to fear God and keep his command- ments is the whole duty of man . SERMON XXVIII . THE BENEFITS TO BE DERIVED FROM THE SERM . 27. The Character of Hazael . 55.
... , we shall find at the conclusion of the whole scene , that to fear God and keep his command- ments is the whole duty of man . SERMON XXVIII . THE BENEFITS TO BE DERIVED FROM THE SERM . 27. The Character of Hazael . 55.
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... sought in vain to obtain . They are the conclusions of a great and prosperous prince , who had once given full scope to his desires ; who was thoroughly acquainted with life in its most flat- tering scenes ; and who now , reviewing all ...
... sought in vain to obtain . They are the conclusions of a great and prosperous prince , who had once given full scope to his desires ; who was thoroughly acquainted with life in its most flat- tering scenes ; and who now , reviewing all ...
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... scenes ; and who now , reviewing all that he had enjoyed , delivers to us the result of long expe- rience and tried wisdom . None of his principles seem , at first view , more dubious and exceptionable than those which the text presents ...
... scenes ; and who now , reviewing all that he had enjoyed , delivers to us the result of long expe- rience and tried wisdom . None of his principles seem , at first view , more dubious and exceptionable than those which the text presents ...
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