A sermon preached in the cathedral church of st. Paul, London: June the 12th, 1783. To which is annexed, An account of the Society for promoting Christian knowledge |
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... fame men , though they may want to be informed but once , may want often to be reminded . Good impreffions , we know , are impaired in much less time than that of a year , by the cares and pleasures of life , and need therefore to be ...
... fame men , though they may want to be informed but once , may want often to be reminded . Good impreffions , we know , are impaired in much less time than that of a year , by the cares and pleasures of life , and need therefore to be ...
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... fame religion in fum and substance , as it was republished in writing by Mofes . " God established a teftimony , he ap- ( c pointed a law , which he commanded our fa- " thers that they should make known to their chil- " dren , that the ...
... fame religion in fum and substance , as it was republished in writing by Mofes . " God established a teftimony , he ap- ( c pointed a law , which he commanded our fa- " thers that they should make known to their chil- " dren , that the ...
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... who are in general very ignorant , are ripe for every crime . Had the fame degree of knowlege , " of which fome complain as improper for the " commonalty , " commonalty , been imparted to them , there is 10 A SERMON PREACHED.
... who are in general very ignorant , are ripe for every crime . Had the fame degree of knowlege , " of which fome complain as improper for the " commonalty , " commonalty , been imparted to them , there is 10 A SERMON PREACHED.
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... fame with thofe of the rich ; they have equally fouls to be faved , and stand therefore equally in need of the knowlege requifite to fave them . This being perfectly known to the God of the fpirits of all flesh , he has not been ...
... fame with thofe of the rich ; they have equally fouls to be faved , and stand therefore equally in need of the knowlege requifite to fave them . This being perfectly known to the God of the fpirits of all flesh , he has not been ...
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... fame time in- telligible and agreeable , they are delivered in the pleafing form of history , and illuftrated by com- parifons and fimilitudes taken from the most fami- C liar liar objects in the natural world , and the concerns at ST ...
... fame time in- telligible and agreeable , they are delivered in the pleafing form of history , and illuftrated by com- parifons and fimilitudes taken from the most fami- C liar liar objects in the natural world , and the concerns at ST ...
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Page 8 - For he established a testimony in Jacob, and appointed a law in Israel, which he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children : that the generation to come might know them, even the children which should be born ; who should arise and declare them to their children, that they might set their hope in God, and not forget the works of God, but keep his commandments.