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Page 30
... thought that in- numerable multitudes around him are blest and happy . When he sees the labours of men appearing to prosper , and views a country flourishing in wealth and industry ; when he beholds the spring coming forth in its beauty ...
... thought that in- numerable multitudes around him are blest and happy . When he sees the labours of men appearing to prosper , and views a country flourishing in wealth and industry ; when he beholds the spring coming forth in its beauty ...
Page 46
... thought were to last for ever , and on which we considered our whole happi- ness or misery as suspended ? We look back upon them now , as upon a dream which has passed away . None of those mighty consequences have followed which we had ...
... thought were to last for ever , and on which we considered our whole happi- ness or misery as suspended ? We look back upon them now , as upon a dream which has passed away . None of those mighty consequences have followed which we had ...
Page 53
... thought . Ask yourselves , about what are you now busied ? What is the ultimate scope of your present pursuits and cares ? Can you justify them to yourselves ? Are they likely to produce any thing that will survive the moment , and ...
... thought . Ask yourselves , about what are you now busied ? What is the ultimate scope of your present pursuits and cares ? Can you justify them to yourselves ? Are they likely to produce any thing that will survive the moment , and ...
Page 59
... thoughts . This indeed is the refuge of too many ; but it is the refuge of fools , who aggravate thereby the terrors they must encounter . For he that cometh , shall come , and will not tarry . To his coming , let us look with a steady ...
... thoughts . This indeed is the refuge of too many ; but it is the refuge of fools , who aggravate thereby the terrors they must encounter . For he that cometh , shall come , and will not tarry . To his coming , let us look with a steady ...
Page 73
... will at last appear base and wretched . Let not the affairs of the world entirely ingross his time and thoughts . From that contagious air which he breathes in the SERMON midst of it , let him sometimes retreat into midst to Middle Age .
... will at last appear base and wretched . Let not the affairs of the world entirely ingross his time and thoughts . From that contagious air which he breathes in the SERMON midst of it , let him sometimes retreat into midst to Middle Age .
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