Sermons on Various Subjects |
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The following Sermons , now published for the first time in the third edition of the
Author ' s collected Works , are given also in this detached form for the
accommodation of the purchasers of former editions , who will of course accept
this ...
The following Sermons , now published for the first time in the third edition of the
Author ' s collected Works , are given also in this detached form for the
accommodation of the purchasers of former editions , who will of course accept
this ...
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... of the works and operations of grace , distinguished indeed from the course of
nature , but proceeding from the same cause ; and more particularly true of those
things which were meant and intended to be , not only benefits , but trials .
... of the works and operations of grace , distinguished indeed from the course of
nature , but proceeding from the same cause ; and more particularly true of those
things which were meant and intended to be , not only benefits , but trials .
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We know but too well that they do not always answer their purpose ; because we
know , that when the frights or pains are over , men go back to their old courses .
This may be a frequent , but it is a deplorable case FEAR A RELIGIOUS ...
We know but too well that they do not always answer their purpose ; because we
know , that when the frights or pains are over , men go back to their old courses .
This may be a frequent , but it is a deplorable case FEAR A RELIGIOUS ...
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The common course of human mortality , though it ought to be the most affecting
consideration in the world , does not much affect us ; it has lost its force by its
familiarity ; but particular admonitions have with most men , their influence .
The common course of human mortality , though it ought to be the most affecting
consideration in the world , does not much affect us ; it has lost its force by its
familiarity ; but particular admonitions have with most men , their influence .
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Almost any course of sin will do it , as to that sin . Men always enter upon sinful
courses under strong temptation ; they may go on in them afterwards under less ;
but the temptation which first seduces them into vice is usually strong . There is a
...
Almost any course of sin will do it , as to that sin . Men always enter upon sinful
courses under strong temptation ; they may go on in them afterwards under less ;
but the temptation which first seduces them into vice is usually strong . There is a
...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Sermons on Various Subjects |
| Author | William Paley |
| Publisher | Hilliard, Gray, Little and Wilkins, 1827 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 10 Feb 2009 |
| Length | 438 pages |
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