Christian Morals, Volume 2T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1813 - Christian ethics |
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... ideas of repofe , elegance , and li- terature . It is , indeed , an honourable state of enjoyment . It has been fung by the poet , and extolled by the philofopher . Its delights have been echoed by those who feek ' it , and by those ...
... ideas of repofe , elegance , and li- terature . It is , indeed , an honourable state of enjoyment . It has been fung by the poet , and extolled by the philofopher . Its delights have been echoed by those who feek ' it , and by those ...
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... idea of its being better than it is . Let us not boast that we are making a facrifice to duty , when we are confulting , however innocently , our own ease or convenience . In retreating into the country for peace of mind , the temper ...
... idea of its being better than it is . Let us not boast that we are making a facrifice to duty , when we are confulting , however innocently , our own ease or convenience . In retreating into the country for peace of mind , the temper ...
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... idea of any thing perfonal , hazard the observation , that it is poffible to be made the inftrument , not only of temporal , but eternal , good to others , without reaping our- felves any advantage from the good we com- municate ? It It ...
... idea of any thing perfonal , hazard the observation , that it is poffible to be made the inftrument , not only of temporal , but eternal , good to others , without reaping our- felves any advantage from the good we com- municate ? It It ...
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... address themselves to the fenfes , and thus , not only lower the taste , but nearly efface the very idea of spiritual things . They gradually perfuade perfuade their votaries , that nothing but what they receive 24 ON RETIREMENT .
... address themselves to the fenfes , and thus , not only lower the taste , but nearly efface the very idea of spiritual things . They gradually perfuade perfuade their votaries , that nothing but what they receive 24 ON RETIREMENT .
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... idea of fomething young and original , and uncontaminate ; fomething that might ex- cite the notion , not of a new found , but new created world , fresh and fair and faultlefs . But even the disjunction of continents , which was then ...
... idea of fomething young and original , and uncontaminate ; fomething that might ex- cite the notion , not of a new found , but new created world , fresh and fair and faultlefs . But even the disjunction of continents , which was then ...
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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.