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Page 13
... enjoyment of heaven . In every state of our existence , they form the chief ingredients of felicity . Hence , they are the great marks of Christian regeneration . They are the signature of that Holy Spirit , by which good men are said ...
... enjoyment of heaven . In every state of our existence , they form the chief ingredients of felicity . Hence , they are the great marks of Christian regeneration . They are the signature of that Holy Spirit , by which good men are said ...
Page 20
... enjoyment of what he loved : And therefore he is not overcome by disappointment , when that which is mortal , dies ; when that which is mutable , begins to change ; and when that which he knew to be transient , passes away . All the ...
... enjoyment of what he loved : And therefore he is not overcome by disappointment , when that which is mortal , dies ; when that which is mutable , begins to change ; and when that which he knew to be transient , passes away . All the ...
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... enjoyment ; they are sheltered by that crowd of trifles which surrounds them from serious thought . But conscience is too great a power , to remain always suppressed . There is in every man's life , a period when he shall be made to ...
... enjoyment ; they are sheltered by that crowd of trifles which surrounds them from serious thought . But conscience is too great a power , to remain always suppressed . There is in every man's life , a period when he shall be made to ...
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... enjoyment is not inferior to the first . It arrives at a more critical and needful time . It affords him the high satisfac- tion of having extracted lasting pleasure from that which is short , and of having fixed that which by its ...
... enjoyment is not inferior to the first . It arrives at a more critical and needful time . It affords him the high satisfac- tion of having extracted lasting pleasure from that which is short , and of having fixed that which by its ...
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... enjoyment of prosperity , than to the comfort of adversity : That prosperity is prosperous , if we may be allowed the expression , to a good man only ; and that to every other person , it will prove , notwithstanding its fair appearance ...
... enjoyment of prosperity , than to the comfort of adversity : That prosperity is prosperous , if we may be allowed the expression , to a good man only ; and that to every other person , it will prove , notwithstanding its fair appearance ...
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