A Plea for Religion and the Sacred Writings: Addressed to the Disciples of Thomas Paine, and Wavering Christians of Every Persuasion: with an Appendix, Containing the Author's Determination to Have Relinquished His Charge in the Established Church ... To which is Added, a Discourse on State Entertainments, and on Dreams and Night-visions ... With Numerous Additional Notes |
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Page xxvi
... , in the course of these strictures , he is heartily sorry for it , and wishes it unsaid . Let him not , however , accept any man's person , neither let him give flat- tering titles unto man ; for he knows not to xxvi ADVERTISEMENT .
... , in the course of these strictures , he is heartily sorry for it , and wishes it unsaid . Let him not , however , accept any man's person , neither let him give flat- tering titles unto man ; for he knows not to xxvi ADVERTISEMENT .
Page xxvii
... unto man ; for he knows not to give flat- tering titles : in so doing his Maker would soon take him away . It has been , therefore , his desire to speak the plain honest truth , as it appears to him , without courting any man's favour ...
... unto man ; for he knows not to give flat- tering titles : in so doing his Maker would soon take him away . It has been , therefore , his desire to speak the plain honest truth , as it appears to him , without courting any man's favour ...
Page xxviii
... unto life , and few there be that find it . The latter say , " Wide is the gate , and broad is the way , that leadeth unto life , and many there be which go in thereat . ” Persons of this character are usually secure and confident ...
... unto life , and few there be that find it . The latter say , " Wide is the gate , and broad is the way , that leadeth unto life , and many there be which go in thereat . ” Persons of this character are usually secure and confident ...
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... unto others as he would have them do unto him , is the great law of his life , in all his dealings between man and man ; and whereinsoever he falls short of a full compliance with his royal statute , he laments and bewails his folly ...
... unto others as he would have them do unto him , is the great law of his life , in all his dealings between man and man ; and whereinsoever he falls short of a full compliance with his royal statute , he laments and bewails his folly ...
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... unto Go- VERNORS , as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil doers , and for the praise of them that do well . He pays all due respect unto men of every rank and degree . He loves with peculiar af- fection the whole ...
... unto Go- VERNORS , as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evil doers , and for the praise of them that do well . He pays all due respect unto men of every rank and degree . He loves with peculiar af- fection the whole ...
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