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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... render every thing level to our capacity ; but in the midst of high design and order , to allow certain objects to appear , which contradict the ideas we have formed , and mock our vain researches . Now , if we are obliged to admit that ...
... render every thing level to our capacity ; but in the midst of high design and order , to allow certain objects to appear , which contradict the ideas we have formed , and mock our vain researches . Now , if we are obliged to admit that ...
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... render others necessary , to which , against his inclination , he must submit ; and thereby strengthen the command- ing power of iniquity within him . The immoderate love of pleasure , for instance , leads him into expense beyond his ...
... render others necessary , to which , against his inclination , he must submit ; and thereby strengthen the command- ing power of iniquity within him . The immoderate love of pleasure , for instance , leads him into expense beyond his ...
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... render him an absolute dependant on the world , and the world's favour ; on the uncertain goods of fortune , and the fickle humours of men . For it is by these he subsists , and among these his happiness is sought ; according as his ...
... render him an absolute dependant on the world , and the world's favour ; on the uncertain goods of fortune , and the fickle humours of men . For it is by these he subsists , and among these his happiness is sought ; according as his ...
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... rendered the appendage of external things , and the sport of fortune ? Is that man free , let his outward condition be ever so splendid , whom his imperious passions detain at their call , whom they send forth at their pleasure to ...
... rendered the appendage of external things , and the sport of fortune ? Is that man free , let his outward condition be ever so splendid , whom his imperious passions detain at their call , whom they send forth at their pleasure to ...
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... rendered the receptacle of many repugnant and jarring dispositions ; and resembles some barbarous country , cantoned out into different principalities , who are continually waging war on one another . Such is the state into which ...
... rendered the receptacle of many repugnant and jarring dispositions ; and resembles some barbarous country , cantoned out into different principalities , who are continually waging war on one another . Such is the state into which ...
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