Sermons to Country Congregations: By the Late Rev. Greo. Haggitt, ...F. and C. Rivington, 1797 |
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... tion from experience . The eminence to which the rich man is exalted above his fellows , the obsequiousness and flattery which greatness procures , and the appa- rent state of independance , which it creates , are dangerous adversaries ...
... tion from experience . The eminence to which the rich man is exalted above his fellows , the obsequiousness and flattery which greatness procures , and the appa- rent state of independance , which it creates , are dangerous adversaries ...
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... tion overbalance them . Human happiness is in general merely comparative , and it is not so much from the evils which themselves feel , that the poor complain of their lot , as from their conceiving that those whom fortune has more ...
... tion overbalance them . Human happiness is in general merely comparative , and it is not so much from the evils which themselves feel , that the poor complain of their lot , as from their conceiving that those whom fortune has more ...
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... tion , that God is not an unconcerned or helpless spectator of human actions , but highly interested in them , and fully able to reward or punish them . He has strictly forbidden a wicked life , and solemnly sworn that he will severely ...
... tion , that God is not an unconcerned or helpless spectator of human actions , but highly interested in them , and fully able to reward or punish them . He has strictly forbidden a wicked life , and solemnly sworn that he will severely ...
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... tion , you see , of relinquishing their profes- sions , which there certainly would have been had it been necessary ; for John was sent for the express purpose of preparing the way for the preaching of the gospel . Nor is the counsel of ...
... tion , you see , of relinquishing their profes- sions , which there certainly would have been had it been necessary ; for John was sent for the express purpose of preparing the way for the preaching of the gospel . Nor is the counsel of ...
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... tion ; it is there only that our talents can be applied to the greatest advantage , and our virtues exercised with the most diffu- sivé utility . It is not meant by this , that he VI . he who finds himself placed in a private 90 On the ...
... tion ; it is there only that our talents can be applied to the greatest advantage , and our virtues exercised with the most diffu- sivé utility . It is not meant by this , that he VI . he who finds himself placed in a private 90 On the ...
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