Sermons ...: To which is Prefixed a Short Account of the Life and Character of the Author, Volume 3T. Cadell; F.C. & J Rivington [& others], 1822 - Presbyterian Church |
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... favour and reward virtue . Conscience is endowed with signal authority to check vice . It brings home uneasiness and remorse to the bad ; and it soothes and supports the righteous with self - approbation and peace . The ordinary course ...
... favour and reward virtue . Conscience is endowed with signal authority to check vice . It brings home uneasiness and remorse to the bad ; and it soothes and supports the righteous with self - approbation and peace . The ordinary course ...
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... favour by dishonourable means . But the sinner has forfeited every privilege of this nature . His passions and habits render him an absolute dependant on the world , and the world's favour ; on the uncertain goods of fortune , and the ...
... favour by dishonourable means . But the sinner has forfeited every privilege of this nature . His passions and habits render him an absolute dependant on the world , and the world's favour ; on the uncertain goods of fortune , and the ...
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... favour of " the greatest man , by this or that low art . It " shall not be said or thought of me , that I did " what was base , in order to make my fortune . " Let others stoop so low , who cannot be without the favours of the world ...
... favour of " the greatest man , by this or that low art . It " shall not be said or thought of me , that I did " what was base , in order to make my fortune . " Let others stoop so low , who cannot be without the favours of the world ...
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... favours they had it not in their power to repay ; and did they , on that account , feel themselves set loose from every obligation to acknowledge , and to praise their benefactor ? On the contrary , the more disinterested his ...
... favours they had it not in their power to repay ; and did they , on that account , feel themselves set loose from every obligation to acknowledge , and to praise their benefactor ? On the contrary , the more disinterested his ...
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... favour of the Almighty . Great and flourishing as thou may- est think thyself , know that thou standest as much in need of that protection , as the meanest of the crowd whom thou beholdest worshipping , with lowly reverence , the God of ...
... favour of the Almighty . Great and flourishing as thou may- est think thyself , know that thou standest as much in need of that protection , as the meanest of the crowd whom thou beholdest worshipping , with lowly reverence , the God of ...
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