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... less about the whole . A few directions exactly followed , are more conducive to our improvement , than a much greater num → ber little minded . But to return from this , which will possibly be looked on as a digression ; the first ...
... less about the whole . A few directions exactly followed , are more conducive to our improvement , than a much greater num → ber little minded . But to return from this , which will possibly be looked on as a digression ; the first ...
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... less a man is so , he is the better subject of the state . The apostle's aim is to crush strife as early as possible , and to prevent an ill effect , though not the worst effect , of pri- vate differences ; to wit , public contention in ...
... less a man is so , he is the better subject of the state . The apostle's aim is to crush strife as early as possible , and to prevent an ill effect , though not the worst effect , of pri- vate differences ; to wit , public contention in ...
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... less manifestly the bless- ed ends to which their labour of love contributed . But might it not be urged , on the other hand , that this work would infallibly prove an avocation from the spiritual and more important duties of their ...
... less manifestly the bless- ed ends to which their labour of love contributed . But might it not be urged , on the other hand , that this work would infallibly prove an avocation from the spiritual and more important duties of their ...
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... , " casteth out fear . " It is no less true in the converse . " Perfect fear casteth out love . " The great engine of the magistrate is terror ; of the pastor , love . The advancement of the one is the destruction 38 LECTURES ON.
... , " casteth out fear . " It is no less true in the converse . " Perfect fear casteth out love . " The great engine of the magistrate is terror ; of the pastor , love . The advancement of the one is the destruction 38 LECTURES ON.
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... less productive of feuds and ani mosities than in the secular ? In almost all cases wherein a particular mode of religion has obtained , in a country , a legal establishment , in preference to every other mode , there has been a strong ...
... less productive of feuds and ani mosities than in the secular ? In almost all cases wherein a particular mode of religion has obtained , in a country , a legal establishment , in preference to every other mode , there has been a strong ...
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