Christian Morals, Volume 2T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1813 - Christian ethics |
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... true his innocent occupations will divert ambition , but it re- quires a more powerful operation to cure it . Ambition is an intermittent : it may , indeed , be cooled , but without piety it will be cooled as the patient in an ague is ...
... true his innocent occupations will divert ambition , but it re- quires a more powerful operation to cure it . Ambition is an intermittent : it may , indeed , be cooled , but without piety it will be cooled as the patient in an ague is ...
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... true enjoyment of both , by contriving that neither town nor country fhall preserve any diftin & t character of its own . To fome , indeed , the fplendid in- heritance is confidered as little more than a commodious inn in which to ...
... true enjoyment of both , by contriving that neither town nor country fhall preserve any diftin & t character of its own . To fome , indeed , the fplendid in- heritance is confidered as little more than a commodious inn in which to ...
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... true enjoyment is alone compounded , or without propofing to de- dicate our retirement to the obtaining them , we are almost in a more hopeless condition than C 3 than when we lived without reflection in the world . ( 29 ) CHAP XV ...
... true enjoyment is alone compounded , or without propofing to de- dicate our retirement to the obtaining them , we are almost in a more hopeless condition than C 3 than when we lived without reflection in the world . ( 29 ) CHAP XV ...
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... true legitimate felf - love , as the multi- plying of indulgences is the furest way to mortification . Those to whom change is remedy , and novelty gratification ... True True quiet is only to be found in the extir 40 ON RETIREMENT .
... true legitimate felf - love , as the multi- plying of indulgences is the furest way to mortification . Those to whom change is remedy , and novelty gratification ... True True quiet is only to be found in the extir 40 ON RETIREMENT .
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Hannah More. True quiet is only to be found in the extir pation of evil tempers , in the victory over unruly appetites ; it is found , not merely in the absence of temptation , but in the do minion of religion . It arifes from the culti ...
Hannah More. True quiet is only to be found in the extir pation of evil tempers , in the victory over unruly appetites ; it is found , not merely in the absence of temptation , but in the do minion of religion . It arifes from the culti ...
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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.