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... thing strange , that the intention of the Gospel is dif- ferent from its effects . It is , in a certain degree , the case with all things which belong to us . It is more particularly true , as it was more particularly to be expected of ...
... thing strange , that the intention of the Gospel is dif- ferent from its effects . It is , in a certain degree , the case with all things which belong to us . It is more particularly true , as it was more particularly to be expected of ...
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... thing , men love darkness rather than light ; error without examination , rather than truth with it . For what shall we gain by examination ? Only more and more insight into the deep and numerous corruptions of our hearts , our lives ...
... thing , men love darkness rather than light ; error without examination , rather than truth with it . For what shall we gain by examination ? Only more and more insight into the deep and numerous corruptions of our hearts , our lives ...
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... things at all . But when pleasures fail , when pain and misery come in their place , when employ- ment fails , when we ... thing which puts him in mind of the uncertainty of his life , or gives him reason to expect that it will be short ...
... things at all . But when pleasures fail , when pain and misery come in their place , when employ- ment fails , when we ... thing which puts him in mind of the uncertainty of his life , or gives him reason to expect that it will be short ...
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... thing coming to pass , must rouse , one would suppose , every fear in his nature ; must put him upon considering betimes , how he may secure himself against it ; and when he finds , which he soon will do , that his only security is ...
... thing coming to pass , must rouse , one would suppose , every fear in his nature ; must put him upon considering betimes , how he may secure himself against it ; and when he finds , which he soon will do , that his only security is ...
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... thing to be got by the action ; that was all he considered about it ; its being right and its being wrong formed no part of his deliberation , nor was he put upon asking this question by any thing which he felt within him . This state ...
... thing to be got by the action ; that was all he considered about it ; its being right and its being wrong formed no part of his deliberation , nor was he put upon asking this question by any thing which he felt within him . This state ...
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