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We acknowledge ourselves to be accountable one to another , according to the relations which we sustain in society . Laws are made to point out our duty , and men are chosen to enforce the observance of them . Now if there 1 SERMON I. .
We acknowledge ourselves to be accountable one to another , according to the relations which we sustain in society . Laws are made to point out our duty , and men are chosen to enforce the observance of them . Now if there 1 SERMON I. .
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If all men are under such an obligation , it is evident , that merit is out of the question ; for no one can do more than every one is bound in duty to do . Little as we know of other orders of beings , there can be no hazard in saying ...
If all men are under such an obligation , it is evident , that merit is out of the question ; for no one can do more than every one is bound in duty to do . Little as we know of other orders of beings , there can be no hazard in saying ...
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As we cannot read to any purpose , if we omit the duty of prayer , so we evidently neglect salvation , if we neglect to pray to God to teach us what it is . The following words of Christ are words of weight , and let them be so weighty ...
As we cannot read to any purpose , if we omit the duty of prayer , so we evidently neglect salvation , if we neglect to pray to God to teach us what it is . The following words of Christ are words of weight , and let them be so weighty ...
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... only to spend it in religious duties , but to form themselves into public and solemn assemblies for this purpose . ... has recorded his name , we may be together , and yet be very far from the duty which we are required to perform .
... only to spend it in religious duties , but to form themselves into public and solemn assemblies for this purpose . ... has recorded his name , we may be together , and yet be very far from the duty which we are required to perform .
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Some persons have thought , that nothing else was aimed at by the coming of Christ but to set the things of duty , and of a future state more clearly before mankind ; and to add to his doctrines , and precepts the weight of his own ...
Some persons have thought , that nothing else was aimed at by the coming of Christ but to set the things of duty , and of a future state more clearly before mankind ; and to add to his doctrines , and precepts the weight of his own ...
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| Title | Sermons, Upon Various Subjects and Occasions |
| Author | Jonathan Law Pomeroy |
| Publisher | Hiram Ferry, 1826 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 12 Jan 2009 |
| Length | 320 pages |
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