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William Paley. II . FEAR A RELIGIOUS PRINCIPLE . PROVERBS XIV . 16 . A wise man feareth , and departeth from evil . THE beginning of religion in the heart is a subject of curious inquiry ; it is also more than curious , it is of great ...
William Paley. II . FEAR A RELIGIOUS PRINCIPLE . PROVERBS XIV . 16 . A wise man feareth , and departeth from evil . THE beginning of religion in the heart is a subject of curious inquiry ; it is also more than curious , it is of great ...
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... religion may spring from the sense and weight of this burden . trate . Again : It is in misery and distress , though not the misery and distress brought on by our sins , but unconnected with them , that religion sometimes has its origin ...
... religion may spring from the sense and weight of this burden . trate . Again : It is in misery and distress , though not the misery and distress brought on by our sins , but unconnected with them , that religion sometimes has its origin ...
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... religion begins in the heart , and begins too with an operation which is finally success- ful . Above all things we must avoid the following thought , that it is to no purpose to begin to be religious now . From religion having hitherto ...
... religion begins in the heart , and begins too with an operation which is finally success- ful . Above all things we must avoid the following thought , that it is to no purpose to begin to be religious now . From religion having hitherto ...
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... religion in the heart , when there has been no religion in that place before . We must not there- fore speak of the extremity of a death bed ; but of some serious case short of that , which is , when men are reminded by their bodily ...
... religion in the heart , when there has been no religion in that place before . We must not there- fore speak of the extremity of a death bed ; but of some serious case short of that , which is , when men are reminded by their bodily ...
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... religion in the heart ; it may be said , that if the principles of men are no better than those , they are principles lodged in the very lowest part of our nature , and have nothing in them of dignity or virtue . Religious obedience ...
... religion in the heart ; it may be said , that if the principles of men are no better than those , they are principles lodged in the very lowest part of our nature , and have nothing in them of dignity or virtue . Religious obedience ...
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