Sermons. ...: To which is Prefixed a Short Account of the Life and Character of the Author, Volume 1J. Walker & Company, 1824 - Sermons, English |
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... virtue can be inscribed to none more suitably than to One who , in the highest station of life , has ever supported the cause of religion by her conspicious regard * Dr. Blair's Sermons were originally published in Five Vo- lumes ; and ...
... virtue can be inscribed to none more suitably than to One who , in the highest station of life , has ever supported the cause of religion by her conspicious regard * Dr. Blair's Sermons were originally published in Five Vo- lumes ; and ...
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... virtue , by her distinguished example ; and who , by a happy union of the amiable with the estimable qualities , has ... virtues to shine with extensive lustre , and to diffuse their auspicious influence over a whole land . That this ...
... virtue , by her distinguished example ; and who , by a happy union of the amiable with the estimable qualities , has ... virtues to shine with extensive lustre , and to diffuse their auspicious influence over a whole land . That this ...
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... virtue is , or at least is pretended to be , a respectable and an honoured name , while piety sounds meanly in their ... virtues . But devout affections , and religious duties , they treat with contempt , as founded on shadowy ...
... virtue is , or at least is pretended to be , a respectable and an honoured name , while piety sounds meanly in their ... virtues . But devout affections , and religious duties , they treat with contempt , as founded on shadowy ...
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... virtue , and yet continue regardless of one of the first and chief dictates of human nature ? Where is thy sensibility to what is right and fit , if that loud voice which calls all nations throughout the earth to religious homage , has ...
... virtue , and yet continue regardless of one of the first and chief dictates of human nature ? Where is thy sensibility to what is right and fit , if that loud voice which calls all nations throughout the earth to religious homage , has ...
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... virtue . But besides this , I must contend , in the second place , that where religion is neglected , there can be no regular nor steady practice of the duties of mo- rality . The character will be often inconsistent ; and Virtue ...
... virtue . But besides this , I must contend , in the second place , that where religion is neglected , there can be no regular nor steady practice of the duties of mo- rality . The character will be often inconsistent ; and Virtue ...
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