Sermons to Country Congregations: By the Late Rev. Greo. Haggitt, ...F. and C. Rivington, 1797 |
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... nature with himself ; and if he act uniformly in consequence , his riches will in- deed be blessings ; he may then indeed turn them to advantage , and not only enjoy all the happiness which this world is capable of afford- affording ...
... nature with himself ; and if he act uniformly in consequence , his riches will in- deed be blessings ; he may then indeed turn them to advantage , and not only enjoy all the happiness which this world is capable of afford- affording ...
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... nature and of fortune to the best advantage , that we acquire habits of holiness and benevolence , which may fit us for that blessed society , to which on our so doing we may hope to be preferred . The dangers which arise to us from ...
... nature and of fortune to the best advantage , that we acquire habits of holiness and benevolence , which may fit us for that blessed society , to which on our so doing we may hope to be preferred . The dangers which arise to us from ...
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... nature is frail , our passions are violent , and the temptations with which we are surrounded very alluring ; so that notwithstanding all our care and all our firmness , the best of us are frequently drawn aside from our duty : an ...
... nature is frail , our passions are violent , and the temptations with which we are surrounded very alluring ; so that notwithstanding all our care and all our firmness , the best of us are frequently drawn aside from our duty : an ...
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... natural descent of negligent despair from crime to crime ; our first wish would be to withdraw our thoughts from our Crea- tor , and our first happiness to stifle all re- flection whatever . But far otherwise is the case : not only he ...
... natural descent of negligent despair from crime to crime ; our first wish would be to withdraw our thoughts from our Crea- tor , and our first happiness to stifle all re- flection whatever . But far otherwise is the case : not only he ...
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... nature , the third is the much celebrated one of the prodigal son ; the design of them all is to set forth the value of repentance . The first of them runs thus : " What man of you , having " an hundred sheep , if he lose one of them ...
... nature , the third is the much celebrated one of the prodigal son ; the design of them all is to set forth the value of repentance . The first of them runs thus : " What man of you , having " an hundred sheep , if he lose one of them ...
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