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... needs be difficult to reconcile thofe minds which are alienated by prejudice and difguft . - This I was tempted to obferve , as the cafe appears directly the reverfe of your Grace's ex- ample ; wherein we find , eininently dif played ...
... needs be difficult to reconcile thofe minds which are alienated by prejudice and difguft . - This I was tempted to obferve , as the cafe appears directly the reverfe of your Grace's ex- ample ; wherein we find , eininently dif played ...
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... needs be doubled . The ftream of our natural inclinations is hereby fwelled , and made more rapid ; and , by con- sequence , less capable of being either opposed , or diverted . The mighty power of finful habits is elegantly reprefented ...
... needs be doubled . The ftream of our natural inclinations is hereby fwelled , and made more rapid ; and , by con- sequence , less capable of being either opposed , or diverted . The mighty power of finful habits is elegantly reprefented ...
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... needs make a delight- ful appearance in the eye of the poffeffor . The nobleft views , and fineft profpects upon the face of the earth , cannot equal the charms of this moral landskip . - A corrupt and vicious heart may be compared to a ...
... needs make a delight- ful appearance in the eye of the poffeffor . The nobleft views , and fineft profpects upon the face of the earth , cannot equal the charms of this moral landskip . - A corrupt and vicious heart may be compared to a ...
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... needs fall out with him , in order to reduce him ? Will our treat- ing him angrily or scornfully , make him more attentive to inftruction , or more open to con- viction ? Will he not rather be apt to con- clude that our paffions and ...
... needs fall out with him , in order to reduce him ? Will our treat- ing him angrily or scornfully , make him more attentive to inftruction , or more open to con- viction ? Will he not rather be apt to con- clude that our paffions and ...
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... need to be . We fet our hearts on many things , and are paffionately fond of them , though they gratify no one natural defire , but in- tirely owe their value to our imaginations : and the want of these is frequently our capital ...
... need to be . We fet our hearts on many things , and are paffionately fond of them , though they gratify no one natural defire , but in- tirely owe their value to our imaginations : and the want of these is frequently our capital ...
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abfurd againſt anſwer becauſe beſt bleffings cafe caufe cauſe chriftians confequence confider confideration confifts corrupt courſe darkneſs defires difpofition diftinction diſcover divine doctrine duty enjoyments evil faculties fafe fame fatisfaction fecure feem feldom felves fenfe ferve fervice fhall fhew fhort fhould fince fincere firft firſt folly fome foon foul fpirit fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuppofe fure future ftate glory God's goodneſs goſpel greateſt happineſs hearts heaven higheſt himſelf honour human impoffible inftruction inſtead intereft itſelf juft juſt leaſt lefs mankind meaſure men's ment mind moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary never nobleft obferve object occafions oppofition ourſelves paffions perfect pleaſes pleaſure poffible praiſe precept prefent profperity propofed purpoſe purſuits reafon refpect religion ſenſe ſet ſhall ſhort ſpeaking ſtate ſtill ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion truth underſtandings univerfal uſe virtue wiſdom wiſh worfe worſhip
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Page 179 - Her ways. are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
Page 263 - As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
Page 167 - The way of a fool is right in his own eyes; but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
Page 236 - That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven : for he maketh his fun to rife on the evil and on the good, and fendeth rain on the juft and on the unjuft.
Page 21 - Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourfelves fervants to obey, his fervants ye are to whom ye obey ; whether of fin unto death, or of obedience unto righteoufnefs...
Page 285 - As well, nay better, and more easily, might he suppose that an earthquake might happen to build towns and cities ; or the materials carried down by a flood fit themselves up, without hands, to a regular fleet. For what are towns, cities, or fleets, in comparison of the vast and amazing fabric of...
Page 280 - Verily I say unto you, in as much as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
Page 323 - For Thou haft made him a little lower than the angels, and haft crowned him with glory and honour. Thou madeft him to have dominion over the works of Thy hands ; Thou haft put all things under his feet...
Page 164 - Contentment is a pearl of great price, and whoever procures it at the expense of ten thousand desires makes a wise and a happy purchase.
Page 284 - THE meanest insect we can see, the minutest and most contemptible weed we can tread upon, is really sufficient to confound atheism, and baffle all its pretensions. How much more that astonishing variety and multiplicity of God's works, with which we are continually surrounded ! Let any man survey the face of the earth, or lift up his eyes to the firmament ; let him consider the nature and instincts of...