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Page vii
... rise , being now , by the in- firmity of very advancedage , laid aside from all the labours of the pulpit ; and possessing , of course , more retirement and leisure than formerly , it occurred to me , sometimes , to look back into ...
... rise , being now , by the in- firmity of very advancedage , laid aside from all the labours of the pulpit ; and possessing , of course , more retirement and leisure than formerly , it occurred to me , sometimes , to look back into ...
Page xi
... rise to the present volume , are sufficiently ex- plained by himself in his Address to the reader . The sermons which it contains were composed at very different periods of bis life ; but they were all written out anew in his own hand ...
... rise to the present volume , are sufficiently ex- plained by himself in his Address to the reader . The sermons which it contains were composed at very different periods of bis life ; but they were all written out anew in his own hand ...
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... in sickness , as in health ; in po- verty , as in the midst of riches ; in his dark and solitary hours , no less than when surrounded with friends and gay society . From the glare of pros- | rise 11. ] 25 RELIGION UPON ADVERSITY .
... in sickness , as in health ; in po- verty , as in the midst of riches ; in his dark and solitary hours , no less than when surrounded with friends and gay society . From the glare of pros- | rise 11. ] 25 RELIGION UPON ADVERSITY .
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... rise , and still waters flow around his people . The improvement to be made of these truths is as obvious as it is im- portant . Let us study so to conduct our lives , that we may be qualified for deriving such consolations from ...
... rise , and still waters flow around his people . The improvement to be made of these truths is as obvious as it is im- portant . Let us study so to conduct our lives , that we may be qualified for deriving such consolations from ...
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... rise to a near and transporting view of immortal glory . But such efforts of the mind are rare , and cannot be long supported . When the spirit of meditation subsides , this lively sense of a future state decays ; and though the general ...
... rise to a near and transporting view of immortal glory . But such efforts of the mind are rare , and cannot be long supported . When the spirit of meditation subsides , this lively sense of a future state decays ; and though the general ...
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