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... thou art with me ; thy rod and thy staff , they comfort me . SERMON XXIV . On the Happiness of a Future State . 414 [ Preached at the Celebration of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper . ] REVELAT . vii . 9. After this I beheld , and ...
... thou art with me ; thy rod and thy staff , they comfort me . SERMON XXIV . On the Happiness of a Future State . 414 [ Preached at the Celebration of the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper . ] REVELAT . vii . 9. After this I beheld , and ...
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... thou stifled those natural senti- ments which it tends to awaken ? Calling thyself a son , a citizen , a friend ; claiming to be faithful and affectionate in these relations ; hast thou no sense of what thou owest to thy first Parent ...
... thou stifled those natural senti- ments which it tends to awaken ? Calling thyself a son , a citizen , a friend ; claiming to be faithful and affectionate in these relations ; hast thou no sense of what thou owest to thy first Parent ...
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... thou think , upon his account that thou mightest bring an increase to his glory and felicity by thy weak and insignificant praises ? Sooner mightest thou increase the splendour of the sun by a lighted taper , or add to the thunder by ...
... thou think , upon his account that thou mightest bring an increase to his glory and felicity by thy weak and insignificant praises ? Sooner mightest thou increase the splendour of the sun by a lighted taper , or add to the thunder by ...
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... thou , who hast been sacrificing unsuspicious innocence to thy loose pleasures ; thou , who hast been disturbing the repose of society by thine ambition or craft ; thou who , to increase thy treasures , hast been making the widow and ...
... thou , who hast been sacrificing unsuspicious innocence to thy loose pleasures ; thou , who hast been disturbing the repose of society by thine ambition or craft ; thou who , to increase thy treasures , hast been making the widow and ...
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... Thou art weighed in the balance , and art found want- ing . * Whereas he who holds both faith and a good conscience , who attends equally to the discharge of his duty towards God and towards man , enjoys , as far as human imperfection ...
... Thou art weighed in the balance , and art found want- ing . * Whereas he who holds both faith and a good conscience , who attends equally to the discharge of his duty towards God and towards man , enjoys , as far as human imperfection ...
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