Christian Morals, Volume 2T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1813 - Christian ethics |
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Page 36
... keep his own hours , and , with little inter- miffion , purfue his own projects . He is lefs enflaved to the defpotifm of custom , lefs driven about by the abfurd fluctuations of fashion . His engagements and their execu tion depend ...
... keep his own hours , and , with little inter- miffion , purfue his own projects . He is lefs enflaved to the defpotifm of custom , lefs driven about by the abfurd fluctuations of fashion . His engagements and their execu tion depend ...
Page 54
... keeps their views · ow ; though it coits as much pams and precaution to keep up a high reputation on worldly grounds as it would to cultivate the principle itself , whofe refults would , in fome respects , be nearly the fame as what ...
... keeps their views · ow ; though it coits as much pams and precaution to keep up a high reputation on worldly grounds as it would to cultivate the principle itself , whofe refults would , in fome respects , be nearly the fame as what ...
Page 59
... keep them at a fort of determined distance from ferious piety , a not uncommon one is , their happening to hear of the injudicious exhibition of religion in one or more of its high but eccentric profeffors : these they affect to believe ...
... keep them at a fort of determined distance from ferious piety , a not uncommon one is , their happening to hear of the injudicious exhibition of religion in one or more of its high but eccentric profeffors : these they affect to believe ...
Page 63
... keeps down their growth of piety . They are converfant with various claffes of writ ers on different fubjects , who do not indeed go farther in their difregard of religion than to let it alone ; if they avowedly attacked it , the ...
... keeps down their growth of piety . They are converfant with various claffes of writ ers on different fubjects , who do not indeed go farther in their difregard of religion than to let it alone ; if they avowedly attacked it , the ...
Page 94
... keep out of fight the spring from which it must flow - to expect they will renounce fin if they do not renounce felf to fend them vagrant in search of fome ftray virtue , without fhewing them where to apply for direction to find it ...
... keep out of fight the spring from which it must flow - to expect they will renounce fin if they do not renounce felf to fend them vagrant in search of fome ftray virtue , without fhewing them where to apply for direction to find it ...
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affured againſt almoſt alſo anſwer attained becauſe beſt bleffing buſineſs cafe Candidus cauſe character Chriſtian clafs confcience confider confiftency corruptions courſe defign defire divine doctrine duty eſcape eſpecially eſtabliſhed eternal exerciſe exiſtence fafe faith falſe falvation fame fatisfied fecurity feek feel feem felf felves fenfe ferves fhall fhew fhould fincere firſt fociety fome fomething fometimes fpirit freſh ftate ftill fuch fure furniſh goodneſs Goſpel grace habits happineſs heart heaven higheſt himſelf holy inftances inſtead intereſt itſelf kindneſs lefs leſs ligion meaſure ment mind miſtakes moft moſt muſt nature neceffity never obferved object occafions oppofition ourſelves paffions perfons piety pleaſe pleaſure poffefs practice preſent principle profeffion promiſed purpoſe purſuits racter reaſon refpect religion retirement ſcene ſcheme Scripture ſee ſenſe ſet ſhall ſome ſtandard ſtate ſtill ſtudy taſte thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion truth underſtanding uſe virtue whofe whoſe worfe worſe
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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.