Sermons, Volume 5T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1814 - Presbyterian Church |
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... suffered to arise with groundless precipitancy , and to acquire an undue ascendant , it is evi- dent that they will produce much delusion in conduct , and often will engender much vice and guilt . As there is a hope of the Righteous ...
... suffered to arise with groundless precipitancy , and to acquire an undue ascendant , it is evi- dent that they will produce much delusion in conduct , and often will engender much vice and guilt . As there is a hope of the Righteous ...
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... suffers the fewest troubles . To look for entire exemption from them , is to court disappointment . At the same time , I do not mean to hold it forth as any precept of religion or wis- dom , that we ought always to sadden the present ...
... suffers the fewest troubles . To look for entire exemption from them , is to court disappointment . At the same time , I do not mean to hold it forth as any precept of religion or wis- dom , that we ought always to sadden the present ...
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... suffers by himself , exhibits only an imperfect view of his condition . In the present state of human affairs , we are all so closely interwoven with one another , that a very material part . of our happiness or misery arises from the ...
... suffers by himself , exhibits only an imperfect view of his condition . In the present state of human affairs , we are all so closely interwoven with one another , that a very material part . of our happiness or misery arises from the ...
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... suffer . Hence the spleen and resentment which is so often breaking forth , disturbing the peace of society , and involving it in crimes and miseries . Were expectations more mo- derate , they would be more favourably received . Did we ...
... suffer . Hence the spleen and resentment which is so often breaking forth , disturbing the peace of society , and involving it in crimes and miseries . Were expectations more mo- derate , they would be more favourably received . Did we ...
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... suffered from the want of it . Assuredly , the peace of an approving conscience is one of the chief ingredients of human happiness ; one of the most grateful of all sensations to the heart of man provided always that this self ...
... suffered from the want of it . Assuredly , the peace of an approving conscience is one of the chief ingredients of human happiness ; one of the most grateful of all sensations to the heart of man provided always that this self ...
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