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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... virtue highly im portant to us , both as Christians and as members of society . I shall endeavour , first , to explain the temper here pointed out , by shewing what this description of charity imports , that it thinketh no evil ; and ...
... virtue highly im portant to us , both as Christians and as members of society . I shall endeavour , first , to explain the temper here pointed out , by shewing what this description of charity imports , that it thinketh no evil ; and ...
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... virtue which he means to inculcate , is that which is known by the name of candour ; a virtue , which , as soon as it is mentioned , every one will acknowledge to be essential to the character of a worthy man ; a virtue which we seldom ...
... virtue which he means to inculcate , is that which is known by the name of candour ; a virtue , which , as soon as it is mentioned , every one will acknowledge to be essential to the character of a worthy man ; a virtue which we seldom ...
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... virtue is consistent with some vice ; and in the midst of much vice and disorder , amiable , nay re- spectable qualities may be found . There are few cases in which we have ground to conclude that all goodness is lost . At the bottom of ...
... virtue is consistent with some vice ; and in the midst of much vice and disorder , amiable , nay re- spectable qualities may be found . There are few cases in which we have ground to conclude that all goodness is lost . At the bottom of ...
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... virtue so very limited in its nature , as to be confined to such alone as see every thing with our eyes , and follow exactly the train of our ideas ? Was there ever any great community so corrupt as not to in- clude within it ...
... virtue so very limited in its nature , as to be confined to such alone as see every thing with our eyes , and follow exactly the train of our ideas ? Was there ever any great community so corrupt as not to in- clude within it ...
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... virtue and good affection . Darkened as the Divine image now is among mankind , it is not wholly effaced . Much piety and goodness may lie hidden in hearts that are unknown to us . Vice is glaring and loud . The crimes of the wicked ...
... virtue and good affection . Darkened as the Divine image now is among mankind , it is not wholly effaced . Much piety and goodness may lie hidden in hearts that are unknown to us . Vice is glaring and loud . The crimes of the wicked ...
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