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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... Pleasure . PROVERBS , xiv . 13. Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful ; and the end of that mirth is heaviness . SERMON LXXXIV . On the Conscience void of Offence . 338 ACTS , xxiv . 16. Herein do I exercise myself , to have always a ...
... Pleasure . PROVERBS , xiv . 13. Even in laughter the heart is sorrowful ; and the end of that mirth is heaviness . SERMON LXXXIV . On the Conscience void of Offence . 338 ACTS , xxiv . 16. Herein do I exercise myself , to have always a ...
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... pleasurable enjoyment of life ; where , having surmounted the prejudices of education , and the timorous scruples of conscience , men can think and act at pleasure , and give full scope to every wish of the heart . But what if those ...
... pleasurable enjoyment of life ; where , having surmounted the prejudices of education , and the timorous scruples of conscience , men can think and act at pleasure , and give full scope to every wish of the heart . But what if those ...
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... pleasures that are injurious to his neighbour . Even our own nature limits our pleasures within certain bounds . All our desires cannot be gratified together . They frequently interfere , and require him who would indulge one favourite ...
... pleasures that are injurious to his neighbour . Even our own nature limits our pleasures within certain bounds . All our desires cannot be gratified together . They frequently interfere , and require him who would indulge one favourite ...
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... pleasure ; or dazzles us by the glare of riches . The sinner yields to the impulse , merely because he cannot resist it . Reason remon- strates ; conscience endeavours to check him ; but all in vain . Having once allowed some strong ...
... pleasure ; or dazzles us by the glare of riches . The sinner yields to the impulse , merely because he cannot resist it . Reason remon- strates ; conscience endeavours to check him ; but all in vain . Having once allowed some strong ...
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... pleasure , merely through the influence of customs , which they had allowed to become so inveterate that it was not in their power to alter them ? Are they not often reduced to a condition so wretched , that when their licentious pleasures ...
... pleasure , merely through the influence of customs , which they had allowed to become so inveterate that it was not in their power to alter them ? Are they not often reduced to a condition so wretched , that when their licentious pleasures ...
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