Sermons, Tom 1T. Cadell; F.C. & J Rivington [& others], 1822 - 475 |
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Strona xix
... mind , " fortified by religious habits , and buoyed up by his native 66 tendency to contentment , sustained itself on God , and " enabled him to persevere to the end in the active and " cheerful discharge of the duties of his station ...
... mind , " fortified by religious habits , and buoyed up by his native 66 tendency to contentment , sustained itself on God , and " enabled him to persevere to the end in the active and " cheerful discharge of the duties of his station ...
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... minds . Now , in opposition to such persons , I contend , that this neglect of piety argues depravity of heart ; and ... mind opens to observation and reflection , he discerns innumerable marks of his dependent state . He finds himself ...
... minds . Now , in opposition to such persons , I contend , that this neglect of piety argues depravity of heart ; and ... mind opens to observation and reflection , he discerns innumerable marks of his dependent state . He finds himself ...
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... mind with which it endows them , it sets them up upon a rock , against which the tempest may violently beat , but which it cannot shake . How far the comforts proceeding from religion merit those high titles under which they are here ...
... mind with which it endows them , it sets them up upon a rock , against which the tempest may violently beat , but which it cannot shake . How far the comforts proceeding from religion merit those high titles under which they are here ...
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... mind which enables a wise man to accommodate himself to his situation . Long fed with false hopes , they are exasperated and stung by every disappointment . Luxurious and effeminate , they can bear no uneasiness . Proud and presump ...
... mind which enables a wise man to accommodate himself to his situation . Long fed with false hopes , they are exasperated and stung by every disappointment . Luxurious and effeminate , they can bear no uneasiness . Proud and presump ...
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... mind for all the events of this It had instructed him in the na- inconstant state . ture of true happiness . It had early weaned him from the undue love of the world , by discovering to him its vanity , and by setting higher prospects ...
... mind for all the events of this It had instructed him in the na- inconstant state . ture of true happiness . It had early weaned him from the undue love of the world , by discovering to him its vanity , and by setting higher prospects ...
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