The Works of the Rev. John Witherspoon ...: To which is Prefixed an Account of the Author's Life, in a Sermon Occasioned by His Death, Volume 4William W. Woodward, 1801 - Presbyterian Church |
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... because he ought not to be charged either with the inaccuracy of composi- tions which he did not design for the press , or with finally de- termining to publish what he might have written with that in- tention , but afterwards resolved ...
... because he ought not to be charged either with the inaccuracy of composi- tions which he did not design for the press , or with finally de- termining to publish what he might have written with that in- tention , but afterwards resolved ...
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... because you have not all that clearness and fatisfaction concerning your own ftate , that you fhould both defire , and endeavour to attain . There is hardly any principle fo good , or any fo clear , but it is within the reach of ...
... because you have not all that clearness and fatisfaction concerning your own ftate , that you fhould both defire , and endeavour to attain . There is hardly any principle fo good , or any fo clear , but it is within the reach of ...
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... because thine heart was tender , " & c . it fignifies a heart eafily fufceptible of conviction , and obe- dient to reproof . When this is applied to the carriage of one devoted to the fervice of the ministry , I think it im- plies , 1 ...
... because thine heart was tender , " & c . it fignifies a heart eafily fufceptible of conviction , and obe- dient to reproof . When this is applied to the carriage of one devoted to the fervice of the ministry , I think it im- plies , 1 ...
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... because his time is confumed by the particularities , and his mind narrowed by attend- ing to one particular art . He is likewife apt to elleem his favourite ftudy fo much , as to confine all excellence , and even all capacity to it . A ...
... because his time is confumed by the particularities , and his mind narrowed by attend- ing to one particular art . He is likewife apt to elleem his favourite ftudy fo much , as to confine all excellence , and even all capacity to it . A ...
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... because he has generally fomething to communicate that is worth hearing . But I obferve that the most rea- fonable pedants , and the least to be blamed , are those , whose whole hearts are fet upon what is their business for life ...
... because he has generally fomething to communicate that is worth hearing . But I obferve that the most rea- fonable pedants , and the least to be blamed , are those , whose whole hearts are fet upon what is their business for life ...
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