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Page iii
... produced several eminent mi- nisters of the Church of Scotland , as well as many private individuals of distinguished piety . His grandfather , the Rev. Thomas Black , was esteemed one of the most judicious , learned , and worthy ...
... produced several eminent mi- nisters of the Church of Scotland , as well as many private individuals of distinguished piety . His grandfather , the Rev. Thomas Black , was esteemed one of the most judicious , learned , and worthy ...
Page xxii
... produced by dis- content or vanity . Modest and unassum- ing , he discovered none of that self - conceit and arrogance , which mark , with awful in- consistency , the character of some pretend- ers to religion . His humility shed a ...
... produced by dis- content or vanity . Modest and unassum- ing , he discovered none of that self - conceit and arrogance , which mark , with awful in- consistency , the character of some pretend- ers to religion . His humility shed a ...
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David Black. was the insensibility , and self - ignorance which sin had produced , that he perceived not the application of the parable to him- self , till the prophet declared , Thou art the man . From this and similar instances , we ...
David Black. was the insensibility , and self - ignorance which sin had produced , that he perceived not the application of the parable to him- self , till the prophet declared , Thou art the man . From this and similar instances , we ...
Page 7
... produces ig- norance of ourselves ; it keeps men stran- gers to their own character ; and makes them fatally presume that they are in friend- ship with God , while they are enemies to him in their minds and by wicked works . II . The ...
... produces ig- norance of ourselves ; it keeps men stran- gers to their own character ; and makes them fatally presume that they are in friend- ship with God , while they are enemies to him in their minds and by wicked works . II . The ...
Page 31
... produced ! How is the gold become dim , and the most fine gold chan- ged ! Instead of that perfect order , and de- lightful harmony which once prevailed , the soul of man is become the seat of various contending passions . His ...
... produced ! How is the gold become dim , and the most fine gold chan- ged ! Instead of that perfect order , and de- lightful harmony which once prevailed , the soul of man is become the seat of various contending passions . His ...
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