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... appear at all , it will only be in fits and starts . The authority of conscience may occasionally operate , when our situa- tion affords it room for exertion . But in other circumstances of equal importance , every moral sentiment will ...
... appear at all , it will only be in fits and starts . The authority of conscience may occasionally operate , when our situa- tion affords it room for exertion . But in other circumstances of equal importance , every moral sentiment will ...
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... appear to hold it in contempt , and squander it with incon- siderate profusion . While they complain that life is short , they are often wishing its different periods at an end . Covetous of every other possession , of time only they ...
... appear to hold it in contempt , and squander it with incon- siderate profusion . While they complain that life is short , they are often wishing its different periods at an end . Covetous of every other possession , of time only they ...
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... and private virtue . How humble soever these qualities may appear to some , they are , nevertheless , the basis on which liberty , independence , and true ho- nour J. nour , must rise . He who has the 14 On the Importance of.
... and private virtue . How humble soever these qualities may appear to some , they are , nevertheless , the basis on which liberty , independence , and true ho- nour J. nour , must rise . He who has the 14 On the Importance of.
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... appears with how much pro- priety the issues of life are said to be out of the heart . Here rise those great springs of human conduct whence the main currents flow of our virtue , or our vice ; of our happiness or our misery . Besides ...
... appears with how much pro- priety the issues of life are said to be out of the heart . Here rise those great springs of human conduct whence the main currents flow of our virtue , or our vice ; of our happiness or our misery . Besides ...
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... appears to them the native right and privilege of man . Had they to do with none but their fellow - creatures , such reasoning might be specious . But they ought to remember , that in the sight of the Supreme Being , thoughts bear the ...
... appears to them the native right and privilege of man . Had they to do with none but their fellow - creatures , such reasoning might be specious . But they ought to remember , that in the sight of the Supreme Being , thoughts bear the ...
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Page 188 - But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
Page 121 - Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need
Page vii - It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
Page 127 - Will the Lord cast off for ever? and will he be favourable no more ? Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore? Hath God forgotten to be gracious? hath he in anger shut up his tender mercies?
Page 105 - Hath he said, and shall he not do it ? Hath he spoken, and shall he not make it good...
Page 211 - I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave : I am deprived of the residue of my years. I said, I shall not see the LORD, Even the LORD, in the land of the living : I shall behold man no more With the inhabitants of the world.
Page 220 - I am the Resurrection, and the Life : he that believeth on Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live : and whosoever liveth and believeth in
Page vii - And Hazael said, Why weepeth my lord ? And he answered, Because I know the evil that thou wilt do unto the children of Israel: their strong holds wilt thou set on fire, and their young men wilt thou slay with the sword, and wilt dash their children, and rip up their women with child. And Hazael said, But what, is thy servant a dog, that he should do this great thing?
Page 295 - Now therefore be not grieved, nor angry with yourselves, that ye sold me hither: for God did send me before you to preserve life.
Page 381 - By the strength of my hand I have done it, and by my wisdom; for I am prudent...