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... given for the benefit of those who may hear opinions advanced upon eminently pious characters . A brief applica- tion of the history , and a promise given that it shall be concluded in the next chapter . CHAP . XXI . 233 - 248 Great ...
... given for the benefit of those who may hear opinions advanced upon eminently pious characters . A brief applica- tion of the history , and a promise given that it shall be concluded in the next chapter . CHAP . XXI . 233 - 248 Great ...
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... given you my opinion . I wished you to form your own unbiased and impartially . It is a favourite sentiment of mine , that no religious prejudices should be instilled into the youthful mind . On this complicated and intricate sub- ject ...
... given you my opinion . I wished you to form your own unbiased and impartially . It is a favourite sentiment of mine , that no religious prejudices should be instilled into the youthful mind . On this complicated and intricate sub- ject ...
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... given us this precious book , in which the way to heaven is clearly marked out , and all the snares and temptations we may meet with de- scribed , and direction given how we may avoid , or overcome them : He is also our Master , and has ...
... given us this precious book , in which the way to heaven is clearly marked out , and all the snares and temptations we may meet with de- scribed , and direction given how we may avoid , or overcome them : He is also our Master , and has ...
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... given the subject much thought as yet . Let me see , I think you are now about fifteen , for I remember you was born the day I planted that tall fir - tree . I shall never forget the day , and how I longed to see the son and heir of the ...
... given the subject much thought as yet . Let me see , I think you are now about fifteen , for I remember you was born the day I planted that tall fir - tree . I shall never forget the day , and how I longed to see the son and heir of the ...
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... communicate , though not to explain in all particulars . This was the ostensible reason given by Mr. D --- for his dis- belief of doctrines he had never candidly exa- mined , and it passed current with most of his 38 TALENTS IMPROVED .
... communicate , though not to explain in all particulars . This was the ostensible reason given by Mr. D --- for his dis- belief of doctrines he had never candidly exa- mined , and it passed current with most of his 38 TALENTS IMPROVED .
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Page 204 - LORD of all power and might, who art the author and giver of all good things ; Graft in our hearts the love of thy Name, increase in us true religion, nourish us with all goodness, and of thy great mercy keep us in the same ; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 133 - But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak : for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
Page 161 - O LORD, from whom all good things do come ; Grant to us thy humble servants, that by thy holy inspiration we may think those things that be good, and by thy merciful guiding may perform the same ; through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Page 211 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseased ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow ; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And, with some sweet, oblivious antidote, Cleanse the stuffed bosom of that perilous stuff, Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.
Page 253 - For he that soweth to the flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption, but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
Page 204 - Tyrius argues, agreeably to what was said above, that "if skill in the professions and sciences is insinuated into men's minds by a divine influence, we can much less imagine that a thing so much more excellent as virtue is, can be the work of any mortal art; for strange must be the notion that we have of God, to think that he is liberal and free in matters of less moment, and sparing in the greatest.
Page 42 - But I have understanding as well as you; I am not inferior to you: yea, who knoweth not such things as these?
Page 61 - So let our lips and lives express The holy gospel we profess; So let our works and virtues shine, To prove the doctrine all divine.
Page 220 - ... for the things done in the body, whether they have been good or evil.
Page 194 - Cursed is every one which continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them...