Sermons, Volume 5T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1814 - Presbyterian Church |
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Page 10
... favours received are very generally felt ; and when no strong passion counteracts those sensations , that grateful returns are gene- rally intended , and often are actually made . But then , our expectations of proper returns must be ...
... favours received are very generally felt ; and when no strong passion counteracts those sensations , that grateful returns are gene- rally intended , and often are actually made . But then , our expectations of proper returns must be ...
Page 20
... , the more will the favour of those who surround him grow ; and the prospect is before him of having his hoary head crowned with honour . and THUS , I. THUS , in several instances , I have briefly 20 On Hopes and Disappointments .
... , the more will the favour of those who surround him grow ; and the prospect is before him of having his hoary head crowned with honour . and THUS , I. THUS , in several instances , I have briefly 20 On Hopes and Disappointments .
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... favour your success ? But an exhortation to gratitude , you perhaps consider as coming unseasonably in your present ... favours of Heaven are past , ought they to be gone from your remembrance ? Are there not still some others remaining ...
... favour your success ? But an exhortation to gratitude , you perhaps consider as coming unseasonably in your present ... favours of Heaven are past , ought they to be gone from your remembrance ? Are there not still some others remaining ...
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... favours only , and none to those that are past , is not true gratitude , but the symptom of a selfish and mercenary spirit . If you be disposed to . thank God only when he is giving you all the desires of your hearts , what praise have ...
... favours only , and none to those that are past , is not true gratitude , but the symptom of a selfish and mercenary spirit . If you be disposed to . thank God only when he is giving you all the desires of your hearts , what praise have ...
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... great and the powerful . We see him sometimes in poverty and obscurity , contemned and per- secuted . We see him at other times ele- III . SERMON vated into public favour , followed by vated On the Moral Character of Christ . 47 .
... great and the powerful . We see him sometimes in poverty and obscurity , contemned and per- secuted . We see him at other times ele- III . SERMON vated into public favour , followed by vated On the Moral Character of Christ . 47 .
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