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... behold also his blood is required . Page 224 SERMON XIV . On the Mixture of Joy and Fear in Religion . PSALM ii . 11. Rejoice with trembling . SERMON XV . On the Motives to Constancy in Virtue . 246 GAL . vi . 9. And let us not be weary ...
... behold also his blood is required . Page 224 SERMON XIV . On the Mixture of Joy and Fear in Religion . PSALM ii . 11. Rejoice with trembling . SERMON XV . On the Motives to Constancy in Virtue . 246 GAL . vi . 9. And let us not be weary ...
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... without some form of religion . In every religion you behold the prostrate worshipper , the temple , the altar , and the offering . Wherever men have existed , they have been sensible that some B 2 SERM . T. PIETY AND MORALITY .
... without some form of religion . In every religion you behold the prostrate worshipper , the temple , the altar , and the offering . Wherever men have existed , they have been sensible that some B 2 SERM . T. PIETY AND MORALITY .
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... behold them liable no less than others . The defence which religion provides , is altogether of an internal kind . It is the heart , not the outward state , which it professes to guard . When the time of trouble comes , as come it must ...
... behold them liable no less than others . The defence which religion provides , is altogether of an internal kind . It is the heart , not the outward state , which it professes to guard . When the time of trouble comes , as come it must ...
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... behold there , not a Protector to whom they can fly , but a Judge whom they dread ; and in those moments when they need his friendship the most , they are reduced to deprecate his wrath . If he once called when they refused , and ...
... behold there , not a Protector to whom they can fly , but a Judge whom they dread ; and in those moments when they need his friendship the most , they are reduced to deprecate his wrath . If he once called when they refused , and ...
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... behold only the terres- trial side of things ; who raise their views to no higher objects than the succession of human con- tingencies , and the weak efforts of human ability ; who have no protector or patron in the heavens , to enliven ...
... behold only the terres- trial side of things ; who raise their views to no higher objects than the succession of human con- tingencies , and the weak efforts of human ability ; who have no protector or patron in the heavens , to enliven ...
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