Essays on the Distinguishing Traits of Christian CharacterDodge & Sayre, 1813 - 230 pages |
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... principles of the Gos- pel , nor practise the duties of piety . He may be invincibly averse to every species of immo- rality on the one hand ; but he is equally so to the exactness and spirituality of religion on the other . The ...
... principles of the Gos- pel , nor practise the duties of piety . He may be invincibly averse to every species of immo- rality on the one hand ; but he is equally so to the exactness and spirituality of religion on the other . The ...
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... principles , and the duties which re- sult from that relation , form no part of his mo- rality . He contents himself ... principle . The spirit of piety not only lives in the heart , but flows forth in the life . A good tree cannot bring ...
... principles , and the duties which re- sult from that relation , form no part of his mo- rality . He contents himself ... principle . The spirit of piety not only lives in the heart , but flows forth in the life . A good tree cannot bring ...
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... principles . The Gospel of Jesus Christ requires men to be honest , sober , industrious , and munifi- cent ; but it requires them to be honest , sober , in- dustrious , and munificent , from evangelical mo- tives . As a man thinketh in ...
... principles . The Gospel of Jesus Christ requires men to be honest , sober , industrious , and munifi- cent ; but it requires them to be honest , sober , in- dustrious , and munificent , from evangelical mo- tives . As a man thinketh in ...
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... principles of his word . Moral virtues spring from selfish motives . They have no regard for the glory of God and the interests of his kingdom . They go just so far as self - interest leads the way , and there they stop . Such are the ...
... principles of his word . Moral virtues spring from selfish motives . They have no regard for the glory of God and the interests of his kingdom . They go just so far as self - interest leads the way , and there they stop . Such are the ...
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... principle in the human breast , which is capable of discerning the immutable difference between right and wrong ; of giving men a sense of moral obligation ; and of approving what is right and condemning what is wrong in their moral ...
... principle in the human breast , which is capable of discerning the immutable difference between right and wrong ; of giving men a sense of moral obligation ; and of approving what is right and condemning what is wrong in their moral ...
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