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Page xvii
... carry it to high perfection . In concert " with them he applied himself with diligence and assiduity " to all those branches of study which could contribute to " form him for the eloquence of the pulpit . This was the " department in ...
... carry it to high perfection . In concert " with them he applied himself with diligence and assiduity " to all those branches of study which could contribute to " form him for the eloquence of the pulpit . This was the " department in ...
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... carry on the ordinary course of social duties with some regularity . But wait until some trying emer- gence come . Let the conflict of passions arise . Let the heart be either wounded by sore distress , or agitated by violent emotions ...
... carry on the ordinary course of social duties with some regularity . But wait until some trying emer- gence come . Let the conflict of passions arise . Let the heart be either wounded by sore distress , or agitated by violent emotions ...
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... carry them all away . II . THE distresses of life are alleviated to good men by reflections on their past conduct ... Carried round in the world of affairs and pleasures ; intent on contrivance or eager in pursuit ; amused by hope , or ...
... carry them all away . II . THE distresses of life are alleviated to good men by reflections on their past conduct ... Carried round in the world of affairs and pleasures ; intent on contrivance or eager in pursuit ; amused by hope , or ...
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... carry no such fatal auxiliaries in their train ; they may ruffle the surface of his soul ; but there is a strength within , which resists their farther impression . The constitution of his mind is sound . The world can inflict upon it ...
... carry no such fatal auxiliaries in their train ; they may ruffle the surface of his soul ; but there is a strength within , which resists their farther impression . The constitution of his mind is sound . The world can inflict upon it ...
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... carry it to its highest point . For it is the direct scope of that revelation , to accommodate itself to the circumstances of man , under two main views ; as guilty in the sight of God , and as struggling with the evils of the world ...
... carry it to its highest point . For it is the direct scope of that revelation , to accommodate itself to the circumstances of man , under two main views ; as guilty in the sight of God , and as struggling with the evils of the world ...
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