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Hugh Blair, James Finlayson. SERMON I On the Union of PIETY and MORALITY . ACTS , x . 4 . Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God . THE High and Lofty One , who inhabiteth eternity , dwelleth also with him that ...
Hugh Blair, James Finlayson. SERMON I On the Union of PIETY and MORALITY . ACTS , x . 4 . Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God . THE High and Lofty One , who inhabiteth eternity , dwelleth also with him that ...
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... morality without devotion , or devotion . without morality , are extremely defective ; and then shall point out the happy effects of their mutual union . LET us begin with considering the case of alms . without prayers ; that is , of ...
... morality without devotion , or devotion . without morality , are extremely defective ; and then shall point out the happy effects of their mutual union . LET us begin with considering the case of alms . without prayers ; that is , of ...
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... morality . FIRST , it argues internal depravity ; for it dis- covers a cold and a hard heart . If there be any im- pression which man is formed by nature to receive , it is a sense of religion . As soon as his mind opens to observation ...
... morality . FIRST , it argues internal depravity ; for it dis- covers a cold and a hard heart . If there be any im- pression which man is formed by nature to receive , it is a sense of religion . As soon as his mind opens to observation ...
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... religion is inadequate to the government of life . It is destitute of its proper guard , of its firmest support , of its chief encourage- V ment . It will sink under the weight of misfortune Б 3 SERM . I. 5 PIETY AND MORALITY .
... religion is inadequate to the government of life . It is destitute of its proper guard , of its firmest support , of its chief encourage- V ment . It will sink under the weight of misfortune Б 3 SERM . I. 5 PIETY AND MORALITY .
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... morality . In every heart you weaken the influence of virtue : And among the multitude , the bulk of mankind , you overthrow its power . you HAVING thus shown that morality without devo- tion is both defective and unstable , I proceed ...
... morality . In every heart you weaken the influence of virtue : And among the multitude , the bulk of mankind , you overthrow its power . you HAVING thus shown that morality without devo- tion is both defective and unstable , I proceed ...
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