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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... station acquiring , by his virtue and wisdom , favour with God and man . When overseer of Potiphar's house , his fidelity was proved by strong temptations , which he honourably resisted . When thrown into prison by the artifice of a ...
... station acquiring , by his virtue and wisdom , favour with God and man . When overseer of Potiphar's house , his fidelity was proved by strong temptations , which he honourably resisted . When thrown into prison by the artifice of a ...
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... station is so high , no power so great , no character so unble- mished , as to exempt us from them . In the world , ungrateful men , false friends , and violent enemies , abound . Every wise man ought to prepare himself for what he is ...
... station is so high , no power so great , no character so unble- mished , as to exempt us from them . In the world , ungrateful men , false friends , and violent enemies , abound . Every wise man ought to prepare himself for what he is ...
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... station ; but remorse , in the end , would have stung his soul . Cruelty would have rendered him unhappy within himself , as well as odious to others ; and his name would have perished among the crowd of those contemptible statesmen ...
... station ; but remorse , in the end , would have stung his soul . Cruelty would have rendered him unhappy within himself , as well as odious to others ; and his name would have perished among the crowd of those contemptible statesmen ...
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... station of life would discover itself to be cowardice and baseness of mind , passes in another for prudent circumspection . What in the fulness of power would prove to be cruelty and oppression , is reputed , in a subordinate rank , no ...
... station of life would discover itself to be cowardice and baseness of mind , passes in another for prudent circumspection . What in the fulness of power would prove to be cruelty and oppression , is reputed , in a subordinate rank , no ...
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... stations and periods of life ! When they are setting out in the world , before their minds have been greatly misled or debased , they glow with generous emotions , and look with con- tempt on what is sordid and guilty . But advancing ...
... stations and periods of life ! When they are setting out in the world , before their minds have been greatly misled or debased , they glow with generous emotions , and look with con- tempt on what is sordid and guilty . But advancing ...
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