Sermons on Various Subjects, Volume 2Rivington, 1825 |
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... mean time -- in an interval , as it should seem , of comparative repose - he fails not to point out to the Ephesian bishop , beside the extraordinary or cri- tical exertions to which he might be called by the demands of his station ...
... mean time -- in an interval , as it should seem , of comparative repose - he fails not to point out to the Ephesian bishop , beside the extraordinary or cri- tical exertions to which he might be called by the demands of his station ...
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... mean by the term . We have stated one , indeed the first requisite , of a life of satisfaction to be , the application of our faculties to some in- teresting pursuit . To bring study within this de- scription , it must be such as is ...
... mean by the term . We have stated one , indeed the first requisite , of a life of satisfaction to be , the application of our faculties to some in- teresting pursuit . To bring study within this de- scription , it must be such as is ...
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... mean : nay , its tendency is rather to dissipate than to fix attention , to dissolve than to call forth the intellectual functions , to destroy that patience of thought upon which all progression of science depends . But every argument ...
... mean : nay , its tendency is rather to dissipate than to fix attention , to dissolve than to call forth the intellectual functions , to destroy that patience of thought upon which all progression of science depends . But every argument ...
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... means of acquiring it . It is with Christianity as with other subjects of importance , multitudes may be benefited by the knowledge of a few . And as the clergy are called upon by the duties , and by one at least of the confessed ...
... means of acquiring it . It is with Christianity as with other subjects of importance , multitudes may be benefited by the knowledge of a few . And as the clergy are called upon by the duties , and by one at least of the confessed ...
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... mean with respect to the person's own comfort and satisfaction --it is the having too much time at liberty , and too little engagement for it . I have known deplorable examples of the spirits sinking under this vacuity ; oftener ...
... mean with respect to the person's own comfort and satisfaction --it is the having too much time at liberty , and too little engagement for it . I have known deplorable examples of the spirits sinking under this vacuity ; oftener ...
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