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Page ix
... remain long in this rural retreat . vacancy in the second charge of the Canongate of Edinburgh furnished to his friends an opportunity of recalling him to a A station more suited to his talents . And though one DR . HUGH BLAIR . ix.
... remain long in this rural retreat . vacancy in the second charge of the Canongate of Edinburgh furnished to his friends an opportunity of recalling him to a A station more suited to his talents . And though one DR . HUGH BLAIR . ix.
Page xiii
... remain durable monuments of the piety , the genius , and sound judgment of their author . But they formed only a small part of the discourses he prepared for the pulpit . The re- mainder , modesty led him to think unfit for the press ...
... remain durable monuments of the piety , the genius , and sound judgment of their author . But they formed only a small part of the discourses he prepared for the pulpit . The re- mainder , modesty led him to think unfit for the press ...
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... remain united , that they can come up as a grateful memorial before God . I shall first endeavour to shew you , That alms without prayers , or prayers without alms , morality without devotion , or devotion . without morality , are ...
... remain united , that they can come up as a grateful memorial before God . I shall first endeavour to shew you , That alms without prayers , or prayers without alms , morality without devotion , or devotion . without morality , are ...
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... remains cold and insensible , where it ought to be affected most warmly . Surely , such a degree of depravity must be lodged there , as is sufficient to taint all the other springs of pretended virtue . The BUT besides this , I must ...
... remains cold and insensible , where it ought to be affected most warmly . Surely , such a degree of depravity must be lodged there , as is sufficient to taint all the other springs of pretended virtue . The BUT besides this , I must ...
Page 12
... remains a stranger to the pleasures of beneficence , but must often undergo the pain arising from bad passions . But when beneficence and devotion are united , they pour upon the man in whom they meet , the full pleasures of a good and ...
... remains a stranger to the pleasures of beneficence , but must often undergo the pain arising from bad passions . But when beneficence and devotion are united , they pour upon the man in whom they meet , the full pleasures of a good and ...
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