Sermons on Various Subjects, Volume 2Rivington, 1825 |
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... virtue , as the present is for trial and improve- ment ; when he reflects how entirely this change su- persedes all others , how fast it approaches , and how soon it will take place - in what a state of inferiority , I had almost said ...
... virtue , as the present is for trial and improve- ment ; when he reflects how entirely this change su- persedes all others , how fast it approaches , and how soon it will take place - in what a state of inferiority , I had almost said ...
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... virtue , that was consistent with his situation ; and that too , in the highest degree of excellence , to which virtue is capable of being exalted . We may in particular fix upon the following points of his character ; namely , his zeal ...
... virtue , that was consistent with his situation ; and that too , in the highest degree of excellence , to which virtue is capable of being exalted . We may in particular fix upon the following points of his character ; namely , his zeal ...
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... virtue , as were never before found united ; and we may venture to say , never will be again united in any human being . audiri od Our Lord's history is given us in the Gospels in a very plain , unornamented manner , and so much the ...
... virtue , as were never before found united ; and we may venture to say , never will be again united in any human being . audiri od Our Lord's history is given us in the Gospels in a very plain , unornamented manner , and so much the ...
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... virtue . Almost every man can be sorry for his sins : every man can deplore and forsake them . Most men , in- deed , make some short - lived efforts to become vir- tuous ; but perseverance is what they want , and fail in . Yet in one ...
... virtue . Almost every man can be sorry for his sins : every man can deplore and forsake them . Most men , in- deed , make some short - lived efforts to become vir- tuous ; but perseverance is what they want , and fail in . Yet in one ...
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... virtues are become impossible . The shortness of their time , the distress of their situation , the feebleness of their constitutions , the narrowness and reduction of their circumstances , leave little power of active virtue , and of ...
... virtues are become impossible . The shortness of their time , the distress of their situation , the feebleness of their constitutions , the narrowness and reduction of their circumstances , leave little power of active virtue , and of ...
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