Lectures, Delivered at Bowdoin College: And Occasional SermonsJoseph Griffin, 1822 - 411 pages |
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... rendered fruitless by the want of system . He knew the advantages of method , and he conscientiously availed himself of them . There was an order , a regularity in his various pursuits , that beautiful- ly corresponded with the ...
... rendered fruitless by the want of system . He knew the advantages of method , and he conscientiously availed himself of them . There was an order , a regularity in his various pursuits , that beautiful- ly corresponded with the ...
Page xv
... rendered to His name . " His benevolence was not confined within narrow limits . He loved his country ; and his species . He earnestly desired the universal diffusion of christian truth and virtue . Whatever me- naced evil to the church ...
... rendered to His name . " His benevolence was not confined within narrow limits . He loved his country ; and his species . He earnestly desired the universal diffusion of christian truth and virtue . Whatever me- naced evil to the church ...
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... render necessary any light , in addition to that , which is reflected by the works and providence of God . We are indeed extremely unqualified to determine a priori , what measures would , under given circumstances , comport with divine ...
... render necessary any light , in addition to that , which is reflected by the works and providence of God . We are indeed extremely unqualified to determine a priori , what measures would , under given circumstances , comport with divine ...
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... rendered acceptable to the true God , unless it were pure and rational ; unless it proceeded from upright dispositions , and tended to increase them . The worship , and even the contemplation of such a being , would necessarily , to ...
... rendered acceptable to the true God , unless it were pure and rational ; unless it proceeded from upright dispositions , and tended to increase them . The worship , and even the contemplation of such a being , would necessarily , to ...
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... render- ed . Not only the souls of the dead , but the persons of the liv- ing , were treated as divine . This was so common among the Romans , that to swear by the genius of Cæsar , and to worship him by burning incense on his altar ...
... render- ed . Not only the souls of the dead , but the persons of the liv- ing , were treated as divine . This was so common among the Romans , that to swear by the genius of Cæsar , and to worship him by burning incense on his altar ...
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