Lacon; Or, Many Things in a Few Words: Addressed to Those who Think. From the 8th London EdLongman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1823 - 267 pages |
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... christians do the best , and will take nothing for it . He falls down and worships the god of this world , but will have neither its pomps , its vanities , nor its pleasures , for his trouble . He begins to accumulate treasure as a mean ...
... christians do the best , and will take nothing for it . He falls down and worships the god of this world , but will have neither its pomps , its vanities , nor its pleasures , for his trouble . He begins to accumulate treasure as a mean ...
Page 28
... christians alone to argue upon it aright ; and if those good things to come , which the scripture promises the faith- ful , were not joined to the desire of virtue , that , and inno- cency of life , might be placed in the number of ...
... christians alone to argue upon it aright ; and if those good things to come , which the scripture promises the faith- ful , were not joined to the desire of virtue , that , and inno- cency of life , might be placed in the number of ...
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... will keep you down . " LXIV . IN pulpit eloquence , the grand difficulty lies here ; to give the subject all the dignity it so fully deserves , with out attaching any importance to ourselves . The Christian messenger IN FEW WORDS . 45.
... will keep you down . " LXIV . IN pulpit eloquence , the grand difficulty lies here ; to give the subject all the dignity it so fully deserves , with out attaching any importance to ourselves . The Christian messenger IN FEW WORDS . 45.
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... Christian messenger cannot think too highly of his prince , nor too humbly of himself . This is that secret art which captivates and improves an audience , and which all who see , will fancy they could imitate , while most who try ...
... Christian messenger cannot think too highly of his prince , nor too humbly of himself . This is that secret art which captivates and improves an audience , and which all who see , will fancy they could imitate , while most who try ...
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... Christian does not pray to be delivered from glory , but from vain - glory . He also is ambitious of glory , and a candidate for honour ; but glory , in whose estimation ? honour , in whose judgment ? Not of those , whose censures can ...
... Christian does not pray to be delivered from glory , but from vain - glory . He also is ambitious of glory , and a candidate for honour ; but glory , in whose estimation ? honour , in whose judgment ? Not of those , whose censures can ...
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