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... wherein they should by nature have stood towards all the creatures . It is impossible to conceive how great a change a slight action may produce . It is but pressing the wick a little with one's finger , and a lamp is extinguished , and ...
... wherein they should by nature have stood towards all the creatures . It is impossible to conceive how great a change a slight action may produce . It is but pressing the wick a little with one's finger , and a lamp is extinguished , and ...
Page 144
... wherein we are illuminated by the Holy Ghost , and offer up the sweet perfumes of our thanksgivings and praises , being admitted to feed upon the heavenly feast , represented by the shewbread table . Without repentance , we are never ...
... wherein we are illuminated by the Holy Ghost , and offer up the sweet perfumes of our thanksgivings and praises , being admitted to feed upon the heavenly feast , represented by the shewbread table . Without repentance , we are never ...
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... wherein it can be done is eternally near , nay , and within Him in the remotest part of His omnipresence . ' Tis dilated in a moment , and fills the immensity of God with its nature . According to its kind , it affecteth all His essence ...
... wherein it can be done is eternally near , nay , and within Him in the remotest part of His omnipresence . ' Tis dilated in a moment , and fills the immensity of God with its nature . According to its kind , it affecteth all His essence ...
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