Elements of Moral Philosophy and of Christian Ethics, Volume 1J. Duncan, 1826 |
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... never able to come to the know- ledge of the truth . Secondly , to Christians generally , I hope , this work may be useful ; by enforcing the obligation of practising the things that are true , and just and honourable , and lovely , and ...
... never able to come to the know- ledge of the truth . Secondly , to Christians generally , I hope , this work may be useful ; by enforcing the obligation of practising the things that are true , and just and honourable , and lovely , and ...
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... never read any of our modish French authors , or those of our own country who are the imi- tators and the admirers of that trifling nation , without being for some time out of humour with myself , and at every thing about me . Their ...
... never read any of our modish French authors , or those of our own country who are the imi- tators and the admirers of that trifling nation , without being for some time out of humour with myself , and at every thing about me . Their ...
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... never contemplate this lovely dis- play of tenderness and affection , without marking in it the hand of that Heavenly Parent who has called us into being , and who has made provision for the happiness of the unnumbered millions who are ...
... never contemplate this lovely dis- play of tenderness and affection , without marking in it the hand of that Heavenly Parent who has called us into being , and who has made provision for the happiness of the unnumbered millions who are ...
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... never reach great excellency , nor rise above the un- steady and borrowed light of others . He has not only imposed on himself , but unhappily the delusion is of such a nature , as to give it a permanent influence over his thoughts ...
... never reach great excellency , nor rise above the un- steady and borrowed light of others . He has not only imposed on himself , but unhappily the delusion is of such a nature , as to give it a permanent influence over his thoughts ...
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... never be more nobly employed , nor exercised more agreeably to the ends for which it has been given , than when contemplating with profound reverence the counsels and the works of Him whose judgment is unsearchable , and whose ways are ...
... never be more nobly employed , nor exercised more agreeably to the ends for which it has been given , than when contemplating with profound reverence the counsels and the works of Him whose judgment is unsearchable , and whose ways are ...
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