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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... all men . SERMON LXXXVII . 381 On Religious Joy , as giving Strength and Support to Virtue . NEHEMIAH , viii . 10 . The joy of the Lord is your SERMON LXXXVIII . On the Folly of the Wisdom of strength . 898 - CONTENTS . vii.
... all men . SERMON LXXXVII . 381 On Religious Joy , as giving Strength and Support to Virtue . NEHEMIAH , viii . 10 . The joy of the Lord is your SERMON LXXXVIII . On the Folly of the Wisdom of strength . 898 - CONTENTS . vii.
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... 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 of human things is ...
... 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 of human things is ...
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... virtue . Ignorance of the events that are ordained to befal us , ignorance of the plans and decrees of heaven , enter necessarily into a state of trial . In order to exercise both our intellectual and moral powers , and to carry them ...
... virtue . Ignorance of the events that are ordained to befal us , ignorance of the plans and decrees of heaven , enter necessarily into a state of trial . In order to exercise both our intellectual and moral powers , and to carry them ...
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... virtue address themselves to reason . They call us to look round on every side ; to think well of the consequences of our actions ; and , before we take any step of importance , to compare the good with the evil that may ensue from it ...
... virtue address themselves to reason . They call us to look round on every side ; to think well of the consequences of our actions ; and , before we take any step of importance , to compare the good with the evil that may ensue from it ...
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... virtue , on the other hand , confer on the mind principles of noble independence . The upright man is satisfied from himself . He despises not the advantages of fortune ; but he centers not his happiness in them . With a moderate share ...
... virtue , on the other hand , confer on the mind principles of noble independence . The upright man is satisfied from himself . He despises not the advantages of fortune ; but he centers not his happiness in them . With a moderate share ...
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