Sermons, Volume 2T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1812 - Presbyterian Church |
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... action , there are two extremes equally dangerous to vir- tue ; the multiplicity of affairs , and the total want of them . The man of order stands in the middle between these two extremes , and suffers from neither . He is occupied ...
... action , there are two extremes equally dangerous to vir- tue ; the multiplicity of affairs , and the total want of them . The man of order stands in the middle between these two extremes , and suffers from neither . He is occupied ...
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... actions , but to our thoughts and desires ; and to keep the heart with all diligence , that is , with sedulous and unre- mitting care ; for which he assigns this reason , that out of the heart are the issues of life . In discoursing on ...
... actions , but to our thoughts and desires ; and to keep the heart with all diligence , that is , with sedulous and unre- mitting care ; for which he assigns this reason , that out of the heart are the issues of life . In discoursing on ...
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... action that the importance of the heart to our moral character arises . Inde- pendent of all action , it is , in truth , the state of the heart itself which forms our character in the sight of God . With our fellow - creatures , actions ...
... action that the importance of the heart to our moral character arises . Inde- pendent of all action , it is , in truth , the state of the heart itself which forms our character in the sight of God . With our fellow - creatures , actions ...
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... actions ; and it is not so much what we perform , as the motive which moves us to perform- ance , that constitutes us good or evil in his sight . Even among men , the mora- lity of actions is estimated by the principle from which they ...
... actions ; and it is not so much what we perform , as the motive which moves us to perform- ance , that constitutes us good or evil in his sight . Even among men , the mora- lity of actions is estimated by the principle from which they ...
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... action , is the primary object of religious discipline ; and , in proportion as this is more or less advanced , we are more or less religious . Accordingly , the rege- neration of the heart is every where repre- sented in the Gospel as ...
... action , is the primary object of religious discipline ; and , in proportion as this is more or less advanced , we are more or less religious . Accordingly , the rege- neration of the heart is every where repre- sented in the Gospel as ...
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