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Page viii
... become candidates for her licence to preach the Gospel . During this important period , he was distinguished among his companions both for diligence and proficiency ; and obtained from the Professors under whom he studied , repeated ...
... become candidates for her licence to preach the Gospel . During this important period , he was distinguished among his companions both for diligence and proficiency ; and obtained from the Professors under whom he studied , repeated ...
Page xiv
... become Mode- rator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland . But his influence among his brethren was extensive : his opinion , guided by that sound uprightness of judgment which formed the predominant feature of his ...
... become Mode- rator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland . But his influence among his brethren was extensive : his opinion , guided by that sound uprightness of judgment which formed the predominant feature of his ...
Page xv
... become for the moment the object of his attention . This habit of mind , tempered with the most unsuspecting sim- plicity , and united to eminent talents and inflexible integrity , while it secured to the last his own relish of life ...
... become for the moment the object of his attention . This habit of mind , tempered with the most unsuspecting sim- plicity , and united to eminent talents and inflexible integrity , while it secured to the last his own relish of life ...
Page xvi
... become a Christian pastor . The lamentation for his death was universal and deep through the city which he had so long instructed and adorned . Its Magistrates , participating in the general grief , appointed his church to be put in ...
... become a Christian pastor . The lamentation for his death was universal and deep through the city which he had so long instructed and adorned . Its Magistrates , participating in the general grief , appointed his church to be put in ...
Page 22
... becomes dreadful . It exhibits to him a life thrown away on vanities and follies , or consumed in flagitiousness and sin ; no sta- tion properly supported ; no material duties fulfilled . Crimes which once had been easily palliated ...
... becomes dreadful . It exhibits to him a life thrown away on vanities and follies , or consumed in flagitiousness and sin ; no sta- tion properly supported ; no material duties fulfilled . Crimes which once had been easily palliated ...
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