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Page ix
... proper place every important fact that should occur . The scheme devised by this young student for his own private use was afterwards improved , filled up , and given to the Public by his learned friend Dr. John Blair , Prebendary of ...
... proper place every important fact that should occur . The scheme devised by this young student for his own private use was afterwards improved , filled up , and given to the Public by his learned friend Dr. John Blair , Prebendary of ...
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... proper sense of God and religion . Ex- amples of this are not uncommon in the world . With many , virtue is , or at least is pretended to be , a respectable and an honoured name , while piety sounds meanly in their ears . They are men ...
... proper sense of God and religion . Ex- amples of this are not uncommon in the world . With many , virtue is , or at least is pretended to be , a respectable and an honoured name , while piety sounds meanly in their ears . They are men ...
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... without religion is inadequate to the government of life . It is destitute of its proper guard , of its firmest support , of its chief encourage- V ment . It will sink under the weight of misfortune Б 3 SERM . I. 5 PIETY AND MORALITY .
... without religion is inadequate to the government of life . It is destitute of its proper guard , of its firmest support , of its chief encourage- V ment . It will sink under the weight of misfortune Б 3 SERM . I. 5 PIETY AND MORALITY .
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... proper sense of his dependent state , and acquire those pious and virtuous dispositions in which his highest improve- ment consists . Of all the principles in religion , one should take this to be the most evident ; and yet frequent ...
... proper sense of his dependent state , and acquire those pious and virtuous dispositions in which his highest improve- ment consists . Of all the principles in religion , one should take this to be the most evident ; and yet frequent ...
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... proper temper for the enjoyment of prosperity . A little reflection may satisfy us , that mere possession , even granting it to be secure , does not constitute enjoy- ment . Give a man all that is in the power of the world to bestow ...
... proper temper for the enjoyment of prosperity . A little reflection may satisfy us , that mere possession , even granting it to be secure , does not constitute enjoy- ment . Give a man all that is in the power of the world to bestow ...
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