Sermons ...: To which is Prefixed a Short Account of the Life and Character of the Author, Volume 2T. Cadell; F.C. & J Rivington [& others], 1822 - Presbyterian Church |
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... external fortune ; such a different turn it gives to our temper and affections , to our views and desires , that no man can foretell what his character would prove , should Provi- dence either raise or depress his circumstances in a ...
... external fortune ; such a different turn it gives to our temper and affections , to our views and desires , that no man can foretell what his character would prove , should Provi- dence either raise or depress his circumstances in a ...
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... external fortune , moulded and formed by the incidents of his life ? THE instance of Hazael's degeneracy leads us to reflect , in particular , on the dangers which arise from stations of power and greatness ; especially when the ...
... external fortune , moulded and formed by the incidents of his life ? THE instance of Hazael's degeneracy leads us to reflect , in particular , on the dangers which arise from stations of power and greatness ; especially when the ...
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... with the ut- most care to the choice which we make of our em- ployment and condition in life . It has been shown , that our external situation frequently operates pow- erfully on our E 2 SERM . XXVII . ON THE CHARACTER OF HAZAEL . 51.
... with the ut- most care to the choice which we make of our em- ployment and condition in life . It has been shown , that our external situation frequently operates pow- erfully on our E 2 SERM . XXVII . ON THE CHARACTER OF HAZAEL . 51.
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... external situation frequently operates pow- erfully on our moral character ; and by consequence that it is strictly connected , not only with our tem- poral welfare , but with our everlasting happiness or misery . He who might have ...
... external situation frequently operates pow- erfully on our moral character ; and by consequence that it is strictly connected , not only with our tem- poral welfare , but with our everlasting happiness or misery . He who might have ...
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... external condition is , but with what disposition of mind he bears it ; whether he be corrupted or improved by it ; whether he conducts himself so as to be acceptable to God , and approved of by good men . For these are the ...
... external condition is , but with what disposition of mind he bears it ; whether he be corrupted or improved by it ; whether he conducts himself so as to be acceptable to God , and approved of by good men . For these are the ...
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