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... vanity , and by setting. knowledge of that God whom he sought to honour , he was favoured with a supernatural message from heaven . While the princes of the earth were left to act by the coun- sels of their own wisdom ; while , without ...
... vanity , and by setting. knowledge of that God whom he sought to honour , he was favoured with a supernatural message from heaven . While the princes of the earth were left to act by the coun- sels of their own wisdom ; while , without ...
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... vanity , their adver- sity is to the last degree disconsolate . Health and happiness were the two pillars on which they rested . Shake either of them and their whole edi- fice of hope and comfort falls . Pros- trate and forlorn , they ...
... vanity , their adver- sity is to the last degree disconsolate . Health and happiness were the two pillars on which they rested . Shake either of them and their whole edi- fice of hope and comfort falls . Pros- trate and forlorn , they ...
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... vanities and follies , or consumed in flagitiousness and sin ; no station properly supported ; no material duties fulfilled . Crimes which once had been easily palliated , mity . The sense of guilt mixes itself with all that has ...
... vanities and follies , or consumed in flagitiousness and sin ; no station properly supported ; no material duties fulfilled . Crimes which once had been easily palliated , mity . The sense of guilt mixes itself with all that has ...
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... vanities of life , works a greater effect on the sincere illiterate Christian , than all the refinements of philoso- fidel . These may gratify the mind that is at ease ; may soothe the heart when slightly discomposed ; but when it is ...
... vanities of life , works a greater effect on the sincere illiterate Christian , than all the refinements of philoso- fidel . These may gratify the mind that is at ease ; may soothe the heart when slightly discomposed ; but when it is ...
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... vanity and sadness remain . The foresight of the hour of death would continually interrupt the course of human affairs , and the overwhelm- ing prospect of the future , instead of exciting men to proper activity , would render them ...
... vanity and sadness remain . The foresight of the hour of death would continually interrupt the course of human affairs , and the overwhelm- ing prospect of the future , instead of exciting men to proper activity , would render them ...
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