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... greater esteem of those who entertain the fame fentiments . A We fhall , no doubt , ourfelves be ranked with enthusiasts by those unbelievers ( and by far the greater part of them are of this clafs ) who have become fo without any juft ...
... greater esteem of those who entertain the fame fentiments . A We fhall , no doubt , ourfelves be ranked with enthusiasts by those unbelievers ( and by far the greater part of them are of this clafs ) who have become fo without any juft ...
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... greater moment to us than any thing else . You and I , Sir , are advancing to a period of life in which thefe views naturally open more and more upon us . We find this world receding , and another fast approaching , and we feel the ...
... greater moment to us than any thing else . You and I , Sir , are advancing to a period of life in which thefe views naturally open more and more upon us . We find this world receding , and another fast approaching , and we feel the ...
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... greater facrifice ftill , their charac- ters , to the public good ; and in public life this will often be , in a great measure , necef- fary . Let a man attain to eminence , of any kind , and by whatever means , even the most ho ...
... greater facrifice ftill , their charac- ters , to the public good ; and in public life this will often be , in a great measure , necef- fary . Let a man attain to eminence , of any kind , and by whatever means , even the most ho ...
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... greater abuse , it will tend to continual melioration . Still , how- ever , my utmost wish is to live as a stranger . among you , with liberty to attend without interruption to my favourite pursuits ; wifh- ing well to my native country ...
... greater abuse , it will tend to continual melioration . Still , how- ever , my utmost wish is to live as a stranger . among you , with liberty to attend without interruption to my favourite pursuits ; wifh- ing well to my native country ...
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... greater part of them have been frequently quoted , and their accuracy never difputed . I had little to do befides collecting , arranging , and applying them , in a manner somewhat more adapted to my present pur- pose . The greater part ...
... greater part of them have been frequently quoted , and their accuracy never difputed . I had little to do befides collecting , arranging , and applying them , in a manner somewhat more adapted to my present pur- pose . The greater part ...
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Page 95 - To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me ? saith the Lord: I am full of the burnt offerings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts ; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he goats.
Page 95 - Your new moons and your appointed feasts My soul hateth: they are a trouble unto Me; I am weary to bear them. And when ye spread forth your hands, I will hide Mine eyes from you: yea, when ye make many prayers, I will not hear: your hands are full of blood.
Page 200 - Ye men of Israel, hear these words, Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves also know...
Page 90 - LORD, thou hast searched me, and known me. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising, Thou understandest my thought afar off. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, And art acquainted with all my ways.
Page 96 - Wherewith shall I come before the Lord, and bow myself before the high God? shall I come before him with burnt offerings, with calves of a year old? Will the Lord be pleased with thousands of rams, or with ten thousands of rivers of oil ? shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul...
Page 214 - And they forsook the Lord GOD of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed" themselves unto them, and provoked the Lord to anger. And they forsook the Lord, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.
Page 261 - ... and Ahijah caught the new garment that was on him, and rent it in twelve pieces: and he said to Jeroboam, Take thee ten pieces: for thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, Behold, I will rend the kingdom out of the hand of Solomon, and will give ten tribes to thee...
Page 267 - LORD; bring forth your strong reasons, saith the King of Jacob. 22 Let them bring them forth, and shew us what shall happen: let them shew the former things, what they be, that we may consider them, and know the latter end of them; or declare us things for to come. 23 Shew the things that are to come hereafter, that we may know that ye are gods!
Page 48 - God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened, Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools. And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.
Page 90 - Lord, thou knowest it altogether. Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me ; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.