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... peace . His Country was proud of ❝his merits , and at different times conferred on him , through " the hands of the Sovereign , the most honourable and sub- " stantial proofs of her approbation : foreign lands learned " from him the ...
... peace . His Country was proud of ❝his merits , and at different times conferred on him , through " the hands of the Sovereign , the most honourable and sub- " stantial proofs of her approbation : foreign lands learned " from him the ...
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... peace , gentleness , goodness , meekness , and temperance , are not only the injunctions of his law , but the native fruits of his spirit . * If therefore , while piety seems ardent , morality shall decline , you have full reason to ...
... peace , gentleness , goodness , meekness , and temperance , are not only the injunctions of his law , but the native fruits of his spirit . * If therefore , while piety seems ardent , morality shall decline , you have full reason to ...
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... peace with the Ruler of the world . But , backward at the same time to resign the gains of dishonesty , or the pleasures of vice ; averse from submission to that sacred law , which enjoins righteousness in its whole extent , they have ...
... peace with the Ruler of the world . But , backward at the same time to resign the gains of dishonesty , or the pleasures of vice ; averse from submission to that sacred law , which enjoins righteousness in its whole extent , they have ...
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... peace ? Will the God of order and justice accept such poor compensation for his violated laws ? Will the God of love regard the services of one who is an enemy to his creatures ? Shall a corrupter of the society of men aspire to the ...
... peace ? Will the God of order and justice accept such poor compensation for his violated laws ? Will the God of love regard the services of one who is an enemy to his creatures ? Shall a corrupter of the society of men aspire to the ...
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... peace- ful and happy . He who fails materially either in piety or in virtue , is always obnoxious to the anguish of remorse . His partial goodness may flatter him in the day of superficial observation ; but when solitude or distress ...
... peace- ful and happy . He who fails materially either in piety or in virtue , is always obnoxious to the anguish of remorse . His partial goodness may flatter him in the day of superficial observation ; but when solitude or distress ...
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