Sermons, Volume 2T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1812 - Presbyterian Church |
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... his life , who allots not a due share of his time to retirement and reflection . He can neither prudently arrange his temporal VOL . II . affairs , C I. SERMON affairs , nor properly attend to his spiritual · 17 Order in Conduct .
... his life , who allots not a due share of his time to retirement and reflection . He can neither prudently arrange his temporal VOL . II . affairs , C I. SERMON affairs , nor properly attend to his spiritual · 17 Order in Conduct .
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... reflection would produce ! —Were we to use equal dili- gence in preventing the entrance of vicious suggestions , or in expelling them when enter- ed , why should we not be equally successful in a much better cause ? As soon as you are ...
... reflection would produce ! —Were we to use equal dili- gence in preventing the entrance of vicious suggestions , or in expelling them when enter- ed , why should we not be equally successful in a much better cause ? As soon as you are ...
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... reflection , that know- ledge which experience often purchases at too dear a price . Inure yourselves to fre- quent consideration of the emptiness of those pleasures which excite so much strife and Think SERMON and commotion among ...
... reflection , that know- ledge which experience often purchases at too dear a price . Inure yourselves to fre- quent consideration of the emptiness of those pleasures which excite so much strife and Think SERMON and commotion among ...
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... reflections allay the heat of passion . Let them reduce all human things to their proper standard . From frivolous pursuits let them recall our attention to objects of real importance ; to the proper business of man ; to the improvement ...
... reflections allay the heat of passion . Let them reduce all human things to their proper standard . From frivolous pursuits let them recall our attention to objects of real importance ; to the proper business of man ; to the improvement ...
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... reflection , that to this unchangeable God we are permitted to look up , through a gra- cious Mediator , who , though possessed of divine perfection , is not unconscious of human distress and frailty . SERMON V. On the COMPASSION of ...
... reflection , that to this unchangeable God we are permitted to look up , through a gra- cious Mediator , who , though possessed of divine perfection , is not unconscious of human distress and frailty . SERMON V. On the COMPASSION of ...
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