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Page v
... allowed , in preparing some of those Discourses for the press , it might be in my power to be still of some use in the world . Encouraged by this idea , I went on to revise and correct one Sermon after another , often making alterations ...
... allowed , in preparing some of those Discourses for the press , it might be in my power to be still of some use in the world . Encouraged by this idea , I went on to revise and correct one Sermon after another , often making alterations ...
Page 35
... allowed the expression , to a good man only ; and that to every other person , it will prove , notwithstanding its fair appearance , a barren and joyless state . The Psalmist , in the text , by an image taken from one of the most ...
... allowed the expression , to a good man only ; and that to every other person , it will prove , notwithstanding its fair appearance , a barren and joyless state . The Psalmist , in the text , by an image taken from one of the most ...
Page 61
... allowed to occupy him . By these his powers are gradually unfolded ; and advantage is taken of his youthful pursuits to improve and strengthen his mind ; till , step by step , he is led on to higher prospects , and prepared for a larger ...
... allowed to occupy him . By these his powers are gradually unfolded ; and advantage is taken of his youthful pursuits to improve and strengthen his mind ; till , step by step , he is led on to higher prospects , and prepared for a larger ...
Page 66
... allowed us to know . He is wonderful in council , as he is excellent in work- ing . He is wise in heart , and his thoughts are deep . How unsearchable are the riches of the wisdom of the knowledge of God ! FROM the whole view which we ...
... allowed us to know . He is wonderful in council , as he is excellent in work- ing . He is wise in heart , and his thoughts are deep . How unsearchable are the riches of the wisdom of the knowledge of God ! FROM the whole view which we ...
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... allowed them to flow . But gentleness will , most of all , be promoted by frequent views of those great objects which our holy religion presents . Let the prospects of immor- tality fill your minds . Look upon this world as a minds ...
... allowed them to flow . But gentleness will , most of all , be promoted by frequent views of those great objects which our holy religion presents . Let the prospects of immor- tality fill your minds . Look upon this world as a minds ...
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