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... means of full instruction in the truth . The Angel accosts him with this salutation . Cornelius , Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God . It is to the conjunction of prayers and alms that I purpose now to ...
... means of full instruction in the truth . The Angel accosts him with this salutation . Cornelius , Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God . It is to the conjunction of prayers and alms that I purpose now to ...
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... mean time , persons of this character condemn themselves to live a most unquiet life . They pass their days in perpetual anxiety , listening to every motion ; startled by every alarm ; changing their measures on every new occurrence ...
... mean time , persons of this character condemn themselves to live a most unquiet life . They pass their days in perpetual anxiety , listening to every motion ; startled by every alarm ; changing their measures on every new occurrence ...
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... mean or trifling incidents which occasionally favoured their designs ; with what superior satisfaction does the servant of God remark the hand of that gracious Power which hath raised him up ; which hath happily conducted him through ...
... mean or trifling incidents which occasionally favoured their designs ; with what superior satisfaction does the servant of God remark the hand of that gracious Power which hath raised him up ; which hath happily conducted him through ...
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... means of purifying and perfecting the good . On the competition between time and eternity , de- pends the chief exercise of human virtue . The obscurity which at present hangs over eternal ob- jects , preserves the competition . Remove ...
... means of purifying and perfecting the good . On the competition between time and eternity , de- pends the chief exercise of human virtue . The obscurity which at present hangs over eternal ob- jects , preserves the competition . Remove ...
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... mean appear- ance . Through the cloud of his humiliation , his native lustre often broke forth ; but never did it shine so bright , as in this last , this trying hour . was indeed the hour of distress , and of blood . knew it to be such ...
... mean appear- ance . Through the cloud of his humiliation , his native lustre often broke forth ; but never did it shine so bright , as in this last , this trying hour . was indeed the hour of distress , and of blood . knew it to be such ...
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