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The power which created the heavens and the earth , and all the host of them , might ' undoubtedly , had it pleased him , have created the whole human race at once , as easily as he formed the first of men , Adam , and as easily as he ...
The power which created the heavens and the earth , and all the host of them , might ' undoubtedly , had it pleased him , have created the whole human race at once , as easily as he formed the first of men , Adam , and as easily as he ...
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But to speak thus of men who were long ago mouldered into dust , of whom nothing remained among men but their names , con veys an idea of human existence , before which the life of a Methuselah dwindles into nothing , an idea which ...
But to speak thus of men who were long ago mouldered into dust , of whom nothing remained among men but their names , con veys an idea of human existence , before which the life of a Methuselah dwindles into nothing , an idea which ...
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... divine friendship : and death which , to human apprehension , separates every connexion , and indeed tears asunder every mortal tie , only brought him into a clearer light , and to intercourse and intimacy , which can never expire .
... divine friendship : and death which , to human apprehension , separates every connexion , and indeed tears asunder every mortal tie , only brought him into a clearer light , and to intercourse and intimacy , which can never expire .
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... wishes and desires of the human heart are warranted , encouraged and supported by the revelation of God : that the life and immortality which we naturally pant after , are brought to light by the gospel . It is pleasant to find wise ...
... wishes and desires of the human heart are warranted , encouraged and supported by the revelation of God : that the life and immortality which we naturally pant after , are brought to light by the gospel . It is pleasant to find wise ...
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C THE history of mankind contains many a lamentable detail of the sad reverses to which human affairs are liable ; of the affluent , by unforeseen , unavoidable calamity , tumbled into indigence ; of greatness in eclipse ; of the mighty ...
C THE history of mankind contains many a lamentable detail of the sad reverses to which human affairs are liable ; of the affluent , by unforeseen , unavoidable calamity , tumbled into indigence ; of greatness in eclipse ; of the mighty ...
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