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... less than in the words of God , the intention is not always the same with the effect , but often of a nature entirely contrary . Who can doubt but that the intention of our Maker , in giving us the faculty of speech , was mutual utility ...
... less than in the words of God , the intention is not always the same with the effect , but often of a nature entirely contrary . Who can doubt but that the intention of our Maker , in giving us the faculty of speech , was mutual utility ...
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... less , than to break up my plan of happiness , my pleasures , my enjoyments , and my profits . The two first are not such , as I can pretend to say are reconcileable to purity and holiness ; the last carries . me occasionally to things ...
... less , than to break up my plan of happiness , my pleasures , my enjoyments , and my profits . The two first are not such , as I can pretend to say are reconcileable to purity and holiness ; the last carries . me occasionally to things ...
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... less frequent or powerful . It surely may be all these , and in very different degrees in different times , and in differ- ent men . Nor yet , if we refer to the natural influence of what is usually called principle , have we any rule ...
... less frequent or powerful . It surely may be all these , and in very different degrees in different times , and in differ- ent men . Nor yet , if we refer to the natural influence of what is usually called principle , have we any rule ...
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... less ; but the temptation which first seduces them into vice is usually strong . There is a conscience at first repelling , remonstrating , rebuking ; but then there is a violent temptation to be opposed . Conscience is overcome . It ...
... less ; but the temptation which first seduces them into vice is usually strong . There is a conscience at first repelling , remonstrating , rebuking ; but then there is a violent temptation to be opposed . Conscience is overcome . It ...
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... less and fewer , or is it not that we care less about them ? We do not choose to review or contemplate them at all . When we find ourselves in danger , we wish to become insensible of it . We have it in our power to turn away our ...
... less and fewer , or is it not that we care less about them ? We do not choose to review or contemplate them at all . When we find ourselves in danger , we wish to become insensible of it . We have it in our power to turn away our ...
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