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Page 73
... ligion , spring up at particular times in our breast ; we cry , Lord , Lord ! ' with rapture ; the promises , the views , the con- solations of Christianity , fill our hearts ; we rejoice , as St Paul , who felt much of this animation ...
... ligion , spring up at particular times in our breast ; we cry , Lord , Lord ! ' with rapture ; the promises , the views , the con- solations of Christianity , fill our hearts ; we rejoice , as St Paul , who felt much of this animation ...
Page 128
... ligion . Affliction and calamity , considered in the view under which Christianity exhibits them , are either subservient to the exercise and improvement of our virtue , or swallowed up in the expectation of immortality and heaven ...
... ligion . Affliction and calamity , considered in the view under which Christianity exhibits them , are either subservient to the exercise and improvement of our virtue , or swallowed up in the expectation of immortality and heaven ...
Page 148
... ligion not having so firm a hold on our minds as to guide and direct our conduct uniformly . We may infer the weakness of a man's principles and resolution , or we may infer the violence of his passions , and the mastery they have ...
... ligion not having so firm a hold on our minds as to guide and direct our conduct uniformly . We may infer the weakness of a man's principles and resolution , or we may infer the violence of his passions , and the mastery they have ...
Page 191
... ligion beyond comparison the greatest , according to true great- ness , the wisest , according to true wisdom , and , in every sense , the best of men . However , our Lord's proper office in the world was that of a public teacher . In ...
... ligion beyond comparison the greatest , according to true great- ness , the wisest , according to true wisdom , and , in every sense , the best of men . However , our Lord's proper office in the world was that of a public teacher . In ...
Page 217
... scriptures , thy re- ligion ; by sincere , though interrupted , it is to be feared , and imperfect , yet by sincere endeavours to obey thy universal will ! XXXIX . EASTER DAY . ACTS XIII . 29 , 28 THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST . 217.
... scriptures , thy re- ligion ; by sincere , though interrupted , it is to be feared , and imperfect , yet by sincere endeavours to obey thy universal will ! XXXIX . EASTER DAY . ACTS XIII . 29 , 28 THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST . 217.
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