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Page xxiv
... Vanity of vanities , saith the Preacher , all is vanity . 392 SERMON XXIII . On Death . PSALM Xxiii . 4. Yea , though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death , I will fear no evil ; for thou art with me ; thy rod and thy staff ...
... Vanity of vanities , saith the Preacher , all is vanity . 392 SERMON XXIII . On Death . PSALM Xxiii . 4. Yea , though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death , I will fear no evil ; for thou art with me ; thy rod and thy staff ...
Page 19
... vanity , their adversity is to the last degree disconsolate . Health and opu- lence were the two pillars on which they rested . Shake either of them , and their whole edifice of hope and comfort falls . Prostrate and forlorn , they are ...
... vanity , their adversity is to the last degree disconsolate . Health and opu- lence were the two pillars on which they rested . Shake either of them , and their whole edifice of hope and comfort falls . Prostrate and forlorn , they are ...
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... vanity , and by setting higher prospects in his view . Afflictions do not attack him by surprise , and therefore do not overwhelm him . He was equipped for the storm , as well as the calm , in this dubious navigation of life . Under ...
... vanity , and by setting higher prospects in his view . Afflictions do not attack him by surprise , and therefore do not overwhelm him . He was equipped for the storm , as well as the calm , in this dubious navigation of life . Under ...
Page 22
... vanities and follies , or consumed in flagitiousness and sin ; no sta- tion properly supported ; no material duties fulfilled . Crimes which once had been easily palliated , rise before him in their native deformity . The sense of guilt ...
... vanities and follies , or consumed in flagitiousness and sin ; no sta- tion properly supported ; no material duties fulfilled . Crimes which once had been easily palliated , rise before him in their native deformity . The sense of guilt ...
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... vanities of life , works a greater effect on the sincere illiterate Christian , than all the refinements of philosophy can work on the most learned Infidel , These may gratify the mind that is at ease ; may soothe the heart when ...
... vanities of life , works a greater effect on the sincere illiterate Christian , than all the refinements of philosophy can work on the most learned Infidel , These may gratify the mind that is at ease ; may soothe the heart when ...
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