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... Religion was to him rather a principle than a fentiment ; and he was more folicitous to deduce from it a rule of life , enforced by its peculiar fanc- tions , than to elevate it into a fource of fublime feeling . Defpifing fuperstition ...
... Religion was to him rather a principle than a fentiment ; and he was more folicitous to deduce from it a rule of life , enforced by its peculiar fanc- tions , than to elevate it into a fource of fublime feeling . Defpifing fuperstition ...
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... religious establishment of his country with a wifh that no infuperable barrier fhould exift to the exclufion of thofe who , without vio- lating the abfolute dictates of confcience , might defire to join it . Inclined by tem- per and ...
... religious establishment of his country with a wifh that no infuperable barrier fhould exift to the exclufion of thofe who , without vio- lating the abfolute dictates of confcience , might defire to join it . Inclined by tem- per and ...
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... Lord thy God , he is God , the FAITHFUL God Characters of the Works of God . REVELATION XV . 3 . 21 Great and marvellous are thy works , Lord God Almighty ! 41 The The Chriftian Religion , a valuable Treasure . MATTHEW Xiii.
... Lord thy God , he is God , the FAITHFUL God Characters of the Works of God . REVELATION XV . 3 . 21 Great and marvellous are thy works , Lord God Almighty ! 41 The The Chriftian Religion , a valuable Treasure . MATTHEW Xiii.
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William Enfield, John Aikin. The Chriftian Religion , a valuable Treasure . MATTHEW Xiii . 44 . The kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field ; which , when a man hath found , he hideth , and for joy thereof , goeth and ...
William Enfield, John Aikin. The Chriftian Religion , a valuable Treasure . MATTHEW Xiii . 44 . The kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field ; which , when a man hath found , he hideth , and for joy thereof , goeth and ...
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... religion appear , when confidered as immediately addressed to that glorious Being who is alike present in every place ! What can be more natural and fit , than that we should affemble to offer up our praises and prayers to the Great ...
... religion appear , when confidered as immediately addressed to that glorious Being who is alike present in every place ! What can be more natural and fit , than that we should affemble to offer up our praises and prayers to the Great ...
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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...