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... Passions . ESTHER , V. 13 . Yet all this availeth me nothing , so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the King's gate . SERMON VIII . On our Ignorance of Good and Evil in this Life . ECCLESIASTES , vi . 12 . 104 Who knoweth what ...
... Passions . ESTHER , V. 13 . Yet all this availeth me nothing , so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the King's gate . SERMON VIII . On our Ignorance of Good and Evil in this Life . ECCLESIASTES , vi . 12 . 104 Who knoweth what ...
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... passion . In the tranquil seasons of life , these natural principles may , perhaps , 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 ...
... passion . In the tranquil seasons of life , these natural principles may , perhaps , 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 ...
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... passions . But when beneficence and devotion are united , they pour upon the man in whom they meet , the full pleasures of a good and pure heart . His alms con- nected him with men , his prayers with God . He looks without dismay on ...
... passions . But when beneficence and devotion are united , they pour upon the man in whom they meet , the full pleasures of a good and pure heart . His alms con- nected him with men , his prayers with God . He looks without dismay on ...
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... are the causes to which we must as- cribe the broken spirits , the peevish temper , and im- * Judges , xviii . 24 . patient passions , that so often attend the declining age C 2 SERM . II . 19 RELIGION UPON ADVERSITY .
... are the causes to which we must as- cribe the broken spirits , the peevish temper , and im- * Judges , xviii . 24 . patient passions , that so often attend the declining age C 2 SERM . II . 19 RELIGION UPON ADVERSITY .
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Hugh Blair, James Finlayson. patient passions , that so often attend the declining age , or fallen fortunes , of vicious men . But how different is the condition of a truly good man in those trying situations of life ! Religion had ...
Hugh Blair, James Finlayson. patient passions , that so often attend the declining age , or fallen fortunes , of vicious men . But how different is the condition of a truly good man in those trying situations of life ! Religion had ...
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