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Page iv
... whole land . That this influence of Your MAJESTY'S virtues may long continue to be felt ; that while they alleviate the cares , and increase the comfort of our gracious Sovereign ; while they improve the minds , and contribute to the ...
... whole land . That this influence of Your MAJESTY'S virtues may long continue to be felt ; that while they alleviate the cares , and increase the comfort of our gracious Sovereign ; while they improve the minds , and contribute to the ...
Page 3
... whole earth . Explore the most remote quarters of the east or the west . You may discover tribes of men without policy , or laws , or cities , or any of the arts of life : But no where will you find them without some form of religion ...
... whole earth . Explore the most remote quarters of the east or the west . You may discover tribes of men without policy , or laws , or cities , or any of the arts of life : But no where will you find them without some form of religion ...
Page 8
... whole extent , they have often attempted to make a sort of composition with Heaven ; a composition which , though they dare not avow it in words , lurks in secret at the bottom of many a heart . If God will only dispense with some ...
... whole extent , they have often attempted to make a sort of composition with Heaven ; a composition which , though they dare not avow it in words , lurks in secret at the bottom of many a heart . If God will only dispense with some ...
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... , and the sceptres of the just . To this honour , to this blessedness , let out hearts continually aspire ; and throughout the whole of life , let those solemn and sacred words with which I con- 14 SERM . I. ON THE UNION OF.
... , and the sceptres of the just . To this honour , to this blessedness , let out hearts continually aspire ; and throughout the whole of life , let those solemn and sacred words with which I con- 14 SERM . I. ON THE UNION OF.
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... whole edifice of hope and comfort falls . Prostrate and forlorn , they are left on the ground , obliged to join with the man of Ephraim in his abject lamentation , They have taken away my gods which I have made , and what have I more ...
... whole edifice of hope and comfort falls . Prostrate and forlorn , they are left on the ground , obliged to join with the man of Ephraim in his abject lamentation , They have taken away my gods which I have made , and what have I more ...
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