Christian Morals, Volume 2T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1813 - Christian ethics |
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... shall get rid of his own evil tempers , folitude is the worst choice he could make . It may , indeed , through the grace of God , be made eventually beneficial : for though his interior burthen , fo far from being lightened , will be ...
... shall get rid of his own evil tempers , folitude is the worst choice he could make . It may , indeed , through the grace of God , be made eventually beneficial : for though his interior burthen , fo far from being lightened , will be ...
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... shall receive the homage , not as a debt of grati tude or a bait for bounty , but as a tribute to excellence . From being accustomed to flattery , we shall exact it as a right ; from not being oppofed , we fhall learn not to en dure ...
... shall receive the homage , not as a debt of grati tude or a bait for bounty , but as a tribute to excellence . From being accustomed to flattery , we shall exact it as a right ; from not being oppofed , we fhall learn not to en dure ...
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... of happiness , it is not be- cause happiness is not the proper ftate of mortal man , nor the prohibited condition of his being , but because we have erred in our purfuit , purfuit , and shall still find it in the scheme 46 ON RETIREMENT .
... of happiness , it is not be- cause happiness is not the proper ftate of mortal man , nor the prohibited condition of his being , but because we have erred in our purfuit , purfuit , and shall still find it in the scheme 46 ON RETIREMENT .
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Hannah More. purfuit , and shall still find it in the scheme we are next about to adopt . A bad judgment contributes to our infe licity almost as much as bad difpofitions . It is by these false estimates of life , that life is made ...
Hannah More. purfuit , and shall still find it in the scheme we are next about to adopt . A bad judgment contributes to our infe licity almost as much as bad difpofitions . It is by these false estimates of life , that life is made ...
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... shall attain to heaven ; that taking up the cross is an indispensable qualification for the fol- lowers of him who fuffered on it , with a endless multitude of fimilar paffages . Now the truth is , there is not the slightest ...
... shall attain to heaven ; that taking up the cross is an indispensable qualification for the fol- lowers of him who fuffered on it , with a endless multitude of fimilar paffages . Now the truth is , there is not the slightest ...
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Page 276 - God, the strength of all them that put their trust in thee, mercifully accept our prayers ; and because through the weakness of our mortal nature we can do no good thing without thee, grant us the help of thy grace...
Page 276 - GRANT to us, Lord, we beseech thee, the spirit to think and do always such things as be rightful; that we, who cannot do any thing that is good without thee, may by thee be enabled to live . according to thy will ; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 211 - Preacher himself had sometimes forgotten, that the whole duty of man is to fear God, and keep his commandments...
Page 56 - talk of the words" which were commanded under that dispensation, •wken they sit in their house, and •when they walk by the way, and when they lie down, and when they rise up.