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Page xiii
... appear . And it may gratify his readers to know that the last of them which he composed , though not the last in the order adopted for publication , was the Sermon on A Life of Dissipation and Pleasure a sermon written with great ...
... appear . And it may gratify his readers to know that the last of them which he composed , though not the last in the order adopted for publication , was the Sermon on A Life of Dissipation and Pleasure a sermon written with great ...
Page xvii
... appear at a period " when the literature of his country was just beginning to " receive polish and an useful direction ; and when it was ā¯¯emulously cultivated by a bright constellation of young men " who are destined to carry it to ...
... appear at a period " when the literature of his country was just beginning to " receive polish and an useful direction ; and when it was ā¯¯emulously cultivated by a bright constellation of young men " who are destined to carry it to ...
Page 7
... appear to be zealous for God , you are false or unjust to men ; if you are hard or contracted in heart , severe in your censures , and oppressive in your conduct ; then conclude with certainty , that what you had termed piety was no ...
... appear to be zealous for God , you are false or unjust to men ; if you are hard or contracted in heart , severe in your censures , and oppressive in your conduct ; then conclude with certainty , that what you had termed piety was no ...
Page 8
... appear , that religious worship , disjoined from justice and virtue , can upon no account whatever find acceptance with the Supreme Being . To what pur- pose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me ? saith the Lord . Bring no more ...
... appear , that religious worship , disjoined from justice and virtue , can upon no account whatever find acceptance with the Supreme Being . To what pur- pose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me ? saith the Lord . Bring no more ...
Page 16
... appear more important , than how to be suitably prepared for the misfortunes of life ; so as to contemplate them in prospect without dismay , and , if they must befal , to bear them without dejection . Throughout every * Eccles . xi . 8 ...
... appear more important , than how to be suitably prepared for the misfortunes of life ; so as to contemplate them in prospect without dismay , and , if they must befal , to bear them without dejection . Throughout every * Eccles . xi . 8 ...
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