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Page 11
... suffered more in the esteem of mankind , than by open profligacy . The unbeliever will scoff at your piety , when he sees you negligent of moral duties . The bigot will decry all morality , when he sees you pretending to be a follower ...
... suffered more in the esteem of mankind , than by open profligacy . The unbeliever will scoff at your piety , when he sees you negligent of moral duties . The bigot will decry all morality , when he sees you pretending to be a follower ...
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... suffering the misfortunes of life ; and then make such improvement as the subject will na- turally suggest . I. RELIGION prepares the mind for encountering , with fortitude , the most severe shocks of adversity ; whereas vice , by its ...
... suffering the misfortunes of life ; and then make such improvement as the subject will na- turally suggest . I. RELIGION prepares the mind for encountering , with fortitude , the most severe shocks of adversity ; whereas vice , by its ...
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... suffer ? but , How does he bear it ? Has he a quiet mind ? or , Does he appear to be un- happy within ? If we judge him to be composed and firm , resigned to Providence , and supported by conscious integrity , his character rises , and ...
... suffer ? but , How does he bear it ? Has he a quiet mind ? or , Does he appear to be un- happy within ? If we judge him to be composed and firm , resigned to Providence , and supported by conscious integrity , his character rises , and ...
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... suffers with a patience more than human , when he believes himself countenanced by the Al- mighty . Injured or oppressed by the world , he looks f Psalm ix . 8 .. cii . 17. — cxlvi . 7. — lxviii . 5. — cxlvii . 3 . up to a Judge who ...
... suffers with a patience more than human , when he believes himself countenanced by the Al- mighty . Injured or oppressed by the world , he looks f Psalm ix . 8 .. cii . 17. — cxlvi . 7. — lxviii . 5. — cxlvii . 3 . up to a Judge who ...
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... suffer through the whole course of life ; and it is not so much what they are at pre- sent , as what they hope to be in some after - time , that enlivens their motions , fixes attention , and stimulates industry . Now , if , in the ...
... suffer through the whole course of life ; and it is not so much what they are at pre- sent , as what they hope to be in some after - time , that enlivens their motions , fixes attention , and stimulates industry . Now , if , in the ...
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