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... follow the patriarchs and saints of former ages , who , through faith and pa- tience , inherit the promises , the preacher thus proceeded : " In this competition for virtuous attainment , it may be often useful to bring down your eye ...
... follow the patriarchs and saints of former ages , who , through faith and pa- tience , inherit the promises , the preacher thus proceeded : " In this competition for virtuous attainment , it may be often useful to bring down your eye ...
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... follow me all the days of my life ; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever . What a purified , sentimental enjoy- ment of prosperity is here exhibited ! How different from that gross relish of worldly pleasures , which ...
... follow me all the days of my life ; and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever . What a purified , sentimental enjoy- ment of prosperity is here exhibited ! How different from that gross relish of worldly pleasures , which ...
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... follow , if man thus beheld his present and his future existence at once before him ! He would then become worthy of his rank in the creation . Instead of be- ing the sport , as now , of degrading passions and childish attachments , he ...
... follow , if man thus beheld his present and his future existence at once before him ! He would then become worthy of his rank in the creation . Instead of be- ing the sport , as now , of degrading passions and childish attachments , he ...
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... follow , deserves not much regard . - For what though the present arrangement of human affairs were entirely changed , by a clearer view and a stronger impression of our future state ? Would not such a change prove the highest blessing ...
... follow , deserves not much regard . - For what though the present arrangement of human affairs were entirely changed , by a clearer view and a stronger impression of our future state ? Would not such a change prove the highest blessing ...
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... follow from too bright and full a discovery of the glory of that state ; and in shewing this , I have justified the de- cree of Providence , which permits no such discovery . But as our nature is at present constituted , attached by so ...
... follow from too bright and full a discovery of the glory of that state ; and in shewing this , I have justified the de- cree of Providence , which permits no such discovery . But as our nature is at present constituted , attached by so ...
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