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... virtue thus disparaged , are deterred from pursuing it : this topic enlarged on : 2. hence detraction is very ... virtue : 4. the detractor abuses those into whose ears he instils his poisonous suggestions , engaging them to partici ...
... virtue thus disparaged , are deterred from pursuing it : this topic enlarged on : 2. hence detraction is very ... virtue : 4. the detractor abuses those into whose ears he instils his poisonous suggestions , engaging them to partici ...
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... virtue and vice do so nearly border in signification , that it is easy to transfer them from one to another , and to ... virtues and good qualities , but carefully to expose , and fully to aggravate or amplify any defects or failings in ...
... virtue and vice do so nearly border in signification , that it is easy to transfer them from one to another , and to ... virtues and good qualities , but carefully to expose , and fully to aggravate or amplify any defects or failings in ...
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... virtue ; his eye is evil and sore , therefore would be quench , or cloud the light that dazzleth it . 4. Malicious revenge and spite : his neighbor's good practice condemneth his bad life ; his neighbor's worth disparageth his ...
... virtue ; his eye is evil and sore , therefore would be quench , or cloud the light that dazzleth it . 4. Malicious revenge and spite : his neighbor's good practice condemneth his bad life ; his neighbor's worth disparageth his ...
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... virtue , because they resemble what he discerneth in himself ; so evil men hate them , because they do not find themselves masters of them ; they are like the fox , who said the grapes were sour , because he could not reach them ; and ...
... virtue , because they resemble what he discerneth in himself ; so evil men hate them , because they do not find themselves masters of them ; they are like the fox , who said the grapes were sour , because he could not reach them ; and ...
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... virtue ; than to rob him of the best reward of his pains and cares , which is a fair reputation ; ( I speak of rewards which lie in the reach of men . ) No man prizes any thing comparably to his honesty and honor ; who therefore by any ...
... virtue ; than to rob him of the best reward of his pains and cares , which is a fair reputation ; ( I speak of rewards which lie in the reach of men . ) No man prizes any thing comparably to his honesty and honor ; who therefore by any ...
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Page 416 - Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children ; and walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given Himself for us, an Offering and a Sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling savour.
Page 72 - And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst.
Page 343 - And when he looked on him, he was afraid, and said, What is it, Lord ? And he said unto him, Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.
Page 392 - They answered and said unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up unto thee.
Page 31 - What man is he that desireth life, and loveth many days, that he may see good ? Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile. Depart from evil, and do good, seek peace, and pursue it.
Page 360 - He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dung-hill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord's, and he hath set the world upon them.
Page 289 - Then had the churches rest throughout all Judea and Galilee and Samaria, and were edified ; and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the comfort of the Holy Ghost, were multiplied.
Page 451 - And we desire that every one of you do show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end : that ye be not slothful, but followers of them who through faith and patience inherit the promises.
Page 445 - LORD of all power and might, who art the author and giver of all good things ; Graft in our hearts the love of thy Name, increase in us true religion, nourish us with all goodness, and of thy great mercy keep us in the same ; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 87 - But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men's matters. Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify GOD on this behalf.