Sermons, Volume 5T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1814 - Presbyterian Church |
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Page 10
... 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 kept within moderate bounds . We must not carry them so far as ...
... 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 kept within moderate bounds . We must not carry them so far as ...
Page 27
... passion , it commonly imports some simi- larity of nature , and some degree of fond and intimate attachment ; all which it were highly improper in us to affect towards the Supreme Being , whose ways are not as our ways , nor his ...
... passion , it commonly imports some simi- larity of nature , and some degree of fond and intimate attachment ; all which it were highly improper in us to affect towards the Supreme Being , whose ways are not as our ways , nor his ...
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... passion will frequently rise against the restraints imposed on us by his laws , and the severities inflicted by his Pro- vidence . But in the heart of a pious man all such opposition is checked and borne down , by a steady faith that ...
... passion will frequently rise against the restraints imposed on us by his laws , and the severities inflicted by his Pro- vidence . But in the heart of a pious man all such opposition is checked and borne down , by a steady faith that ...
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... passion or im- patience , training them up by degrees to the events that were to happen after his decease , and to the high part they were destined then to act in the world . How happy would it be for mankind , if more attention were ...
... passion or im- patience , training them up by degrees to the events that were to happen after his decease , and to the high part they were destined then to act in the world . How happy would it be for mankind , if more attention were ...
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... passion on every trifling provocation , and fiercely demand- ing reparation for the smallest injury ; we who , from the remembrance of our own failings , have so many motives for mutual forbearance and forgiveness ; while He , on the ...
... passion on every trifling provocation , and fiercely demand- ing reparation for the smallest injury ; we who , from the remembrance of our own failings , have so many motives for mutual forbearance and forgiveness ; while He , on the ...
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