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... corruption . Ne- cessity first betrays them into mean com- pliances ; next , impels them to open crimes ; and , beginning with ostentation and extra- vagance , they end in infamy and guilt . Such are the consequences of neglecting order ...
... corruption . Ne- cessity first betrays them into mean com- pliances ; next , impels them to open crimes ; and , beginning with ostentation and extra- vagance , they end in infamy and guilt . Such are the consequences of neglecting order ...
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... corruption gives it a perpetual tendency downwards into vice and disorder . To direct and impel it upwards , requires a constant effort . Experience may convince VOL . II . D you , SERMON you , that almost every desire has a pro- of the ...
... corruption gives it a perpetual tendency downwards into vice and disorder . To direct and impel it upwards , requires a constant effort . Experience may convince VOL . II . D you , SERMON you , that almost every desire has a pro- of the ...
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... restrain our passions from breaking forth into open dis- orders , while we abandon our imagination in secret to corruption , we show that virtue rests and SERMON rests with us upon regard to men ; 36 On the Government.
... restrain our passions from breaking forth into open dis- orders , while we abandon our imagination in secret to corruption , we show that virtue rests and SERMON rests with us upon regard to men ; 36 On the Government.
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... corruption and abuses of thought as I have mentioned , it may be profitable to attend to the following rules : IN the first place , study to acquire the habit of attention to thought . No study is more important , for in proportion to ...
... corruption and abuses of thought as I have mentioned , it may be profitable to attend to the following rules : IN the first place , study to acquire the habit of attention to thought . No study is more important , for in proportion to ...
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... corrupt fancy , but infuse into your spirits that solemn composure which is the parent of meditation and wis- dom . Let them not only expel what is evil , but introduce in its stead what is pure and holy ; elevating your thoughts to ...
... corrupt fancy , but infuse into your spirits that solemn composure which is the parent of meditation and wis- dom . Let them not only expel what is evil , but introduce in its stead what is pure and holy ; elevating your thoughts to ...
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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...