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... Fear in Religion 126 ....... ...... SERMON XV . On the Motives to Constancy in Virtue .... 133 SERMON XVI . - On the Importance of Order in Conduct SERMON XVII . - On the Government of the Heart 150 ...... 142 SERMON XVIII . - The same ...
... Fear in Religion 126 ....... ...... SERMON XV . On the Motives to Constancy in Virtue .... 133 SERMON XVI . - On the Importance of Order in Conduct SERMON XVII . - On the Government of the Heart 150 ...... 142 SERMON XVIII . - The same ...
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... fear him ? Has he reared up any bulwarks , impregnable by misfortune , in order to separate the pious and virtuous from the rest of mankind , and to screen them from the common disasters of life ? No ; to those disasters we behold them ...
... fear him ? Has he reared up any bulwarks , impregnable by misfortune , in order to separate the pious and virtuous from the rest of mankind , and to screen them from the common disasters of life ? No ; to those disasters we behold them ...
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... fear that he will leave them now to eat the fruit of their own ways , and to be filled with their own devices ; that he will laugh at their calamity , and mock when their fear cometh ? But of all the thoughts which can enter into the ...
... fear that he will leave them now to eat the fruit of their own ways , and to be filled with their own devices ; that he will laugh at their calamity , and mock when their fear cometh ? But of all the thoughts which can enter into the ...
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... fear ! -You must first apply to it as the guide of life , before you can have recourse to it as the refuge of sorrow . You must submit to its legislative authority , and experience its renewing influence , be- fore you can look for its ...
... fear ! -You must first apply to it as the guide of life , before you can have recourse to it as the refuge of sorrow . You must submit to its legislative authority , and experience its renewing influence , be- fore you can look for its ...
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... fear no danger from cultivating intercourse with the latter as much as possible . On the contrary , from that intercourse the chief security of our virtue is to be sought . The bias of our nature leans so much towards sense , that from ...
... fear no danger from cultivating intercourse with the latter as much as possible . On the contrary , from that intercourse the chief security of our virtue is to be sought . The bias of our nature leans so much towards sense , that from ...
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