Christian Morals, Volume 2T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1813 - Christian ethics |
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... formed for active and useful pur- pofes . Thefe , though of a calmer kind , may be ftill purfued in retirement under the influence of the only principle powerful enough to fill the heart which fancies itself emptied of the world ...
... formed for active and useful pur- pofes . Thefe , though of a calmer kind , may be ftill purfued in retirement under the influence of the only principle powerful enough to fill the heart which fancies itself emptied of the world ...
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... formed by a concatenation of those actions , fo they may be weakened by fre- quent and allowed interruptions ; and if many contiguous links are wilfully broken , the habits themselves are in danger of being totally demolished . If we ...
... formed by a concatenation of those actions , fo they may be weakened by fre- quent and allowed interruptions ; and if many contiguous links are wilfully broken , the habits themselves are in danger of being totally demolished . If we ...
Page 121
... formed by vehement incidental efforts on a few great occafions , as by a calm and steady perseve- rance in the ordinary courfe of duty . If this were uniformly followed up , we should be fpared that occafional violence to our feelings ...
... formed by vehement incidental efforts on a few great occafions , as by a calm and steady perseve- rance in the ordinary courfe of duty . If this were uniformly followed up , we should be fpared that occafional violence to our feelings ...
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... formation , that they did not poffefs that peace and confolation which religion pro- mifes ; not fufpecting , that their long adher- ence to wrong habits may naturally darken their views and cloud their enjoyments . Surely the man whofe ...
... formation , that they did not poffefs that peace and confolation which religion pro- mifes ; not fufpecting , that their long adher- ence to wrong habits may naturally darken their views and cloud their enjoyments . Surely the man whofe ...
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... formed -- could you be made sensible , at a less costly price than your own experience , that though , through the mercy of God , the long - erring heart may hereafter be brought to abhor its own fin , yet the once initiated mind can ...
... formed -- could you be made sensible , at a less costly price than your own experience , that though , through the mercy of God , the long - erring heart may hereafter be brought to abhor its own fin , yet the once initiated mind can ...
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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.