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... merit ? -Let this important truth then , fo frequently employ our meditations , as to become to us a conftant and powerful spring of action , that under its influence VOL . I. C we we may abstain from every vice and cul- tivate every On ...
... merit ? -Let this important truth then , fo frequently employ our meditations , as to become to us a conftant and powerful spring of action , that under its influence VOL . I. C we we may abstain from every vice and cul- tivate every On ...
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... merit no milder appellation than murder : and the cir- cumftance of the duellift's expofing his own life , instead of diminishing , aggra- vates the guilt ; for wantonly to hazard life , is at once an act of injuftice to fo- ciety , and ...
... merit no milder appellation than murder : and the cir- cumftance of the duellift's expofing his own life , instead of diminishing , aggra- vates the guilt ; for wantonly to hazard life , is at once an act of injuftice to fo- ciety , and ...
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... merit contempt and cenfure ! A youth , for ex- ample , who merely from the want of fufficient vigour of intellect , or through a culpable habit of indolence , has never formed any steady principles or regular plan of life , and who ...
... merit contempt and cenfure ! A youth , for ex- ample , who merely from the want of fufficient vigour of intellect , or through a culpable habit of indolence , has never formed any steady principles or regular plan of life , and who ...
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... merit is in a moment annihilated , by branding it with the in- famous appellations of pufillanimity and cowardice . - To redeem the honour of human nature , does an exalted character fometimes fometimes arife , like a new ftar in the ...
... merit is in a moment annihilated , by branding it with the in- famous appellations of pufillanimity and cowardice . - To redeem the honour of human nature , does an exalted character fometimes fometimes arife , like a new ftar in the ...
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... merit fometimes extorts from re- luctant lips , he with a greedy ear devours up the overflowings of other people's ill- nature and pride . With refpect to him- felf , he has no restraint upon the rigour of his ftrictures and the ...
... merit fometimes extorts from re- luctant lips , he with a greedy ear devours up the overflowings of other people's ill- nature and pride . With refpect to him- felf , he has no restraint upon the rigour of his ftrictures and the ...
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Page 19 - Behold, I go forward, but he is not there; And backward, but I cannot perceive him: On the left hand, where he doth work, but I cannot behold him: He hideth himself on the right hand, that I cannot see him: But he knoweth the way that I take: When he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Page xlvii - For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think ; but to think soberly, according as God- hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
Page 241 - I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding ; and, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
Page 252 - Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
Page 32 - He will not only pardon, but pardon abundantly: for his thoughts are not as our thoughts, nor his ways as our ways.
Page 40 - Lie not one to another, seeing that ye have put off the old man with his deeds ; and have put on the new man, which is renewed in knowledge after the image of Him that created him...
Page 6 - Whither shall I go from Thy Spirit? or whither shall I flee from Thy presence ? If I ascend up into heaven, Thou art there ; if I make my bed in the grave, behold, Thou art there.
Page 53 - With whose beauty if they being delighted took them to be gods; let them know how much better the Lord of them is: for the first author of beauty hath created them.
Page 346 - ... hath made of one blood all nations of men to dwell on all the face of the earth...
Page 31 - Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations...