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Page 144
We say , the greater part of the miseries of the present state , originate with
ourselves . I suppose all we mean by this is , that if we were wise and good , we
should be happy . But why are we not wise and good ? why are we not meek and
...
We say , the greater part of the miseries of the present state , originate with
ourselves . I suppose all we mean by this is , that if we were wise and good , we
should be happy . But why are we not wise and good ? why are we not meek and
...
Page 148
Nay , I think I should be much more inconsistent if I felicitated myself in the
expectation of peace or happiness in this present world . It appears to me it would
be quite as rational to expect a believer in , and a preacher of the gospel , to be ...
Nay , I think I should be much more inconsistent if I felicitated myself in the
expectation of peace or happiness in this present world . It appears to me it would
be quite as rational to expect a believer in , and a preacher of the gospel , to be ...
Page 151
Yet , from all terrestrial objects , I am prepared for disappointments ; nothing at
present surrcunds me , but scenes of melancholy , gloomy troubles of mind , body
, and estate , present evils , and dread of future ; and although I may stand ...
Yet , from all terrestrial objects , I am prepared for disappointments ; nothing at
present surrcunds me , but scenes of melancholy , gloomy troubles of mind , body
, and estate , present evils , and dread of future ; and although I may stand ...
Page 226
End with our present mode of existence did I say ? Should it accompany us to the
end of our journey , it will be so far from ending then , that it will only be beginning
to begin . This state , as Doctor Young very justly observes , is but the dim ...
End with our present mode of existence did I say ? Should it accompany us to the
end of our journey , it will be so far from ending then , that it will only be beginning
to begin . This state , as Doctor Young very justly observes , is but the dim ...
Page 382
As many as are slain by the killing letter , in the present world , in like manner as
the Apostle Paul was slain by the come mandment , are made alive in the present
world , and having past the first judgment , the second death can have no ...
As many as are slain by the killing letter , in the present world , in like manner as
the Apostle Paul was slain by the come mandment , are made alive in the present
world , and having past the first judgment , the second death can have no ...
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