A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Higher and Middle Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real ChristianityB. Dugdale, 1797 - 354 pages |
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... purfuit alone to expect knowledge without in- quiry , and fuccefs without endeavour ? The whole analogy of nature inculcates on us a dif ... ferent leffon , and our own judgments in matters of temporal interests and worldly policy ...
... purfuit alone to expect knowledge without in- quiry , and fuccefs without endeavour ? The whole analogy of nature inculcates on us a dif ... ferent leffon , and our own judgments in matters of temporal interests and worldly policy ...
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... purfuit ? CHAPTER II . CORRUPTION OF HUMAN NATURE . SECT . I. Inadequate Conceptions of the Corruption of Human Nature . AFTER confidering the defective notions of the importance of Chriftianity in general , which prevail among the ...
... purfuit ? CHAPTER II . CORRUPTION OF HUMAN NATURE . SECT . I. Inadequate Conceptions of the Corruption of Human Nature . AFTER confidering the defective notions of the importance of Chriftianity in general , which prevail among the ...
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... purfuit ; whe- ther fenfual , or intellectual , of science , of taste , of fancy , or of feeling , it must now poffefs but a fecondary place ; or rather ( to fpeak more cor- rectly ) it niuft exift only at the pleafure , and be put ...
... purfuit ; whe- ther fenfual , or intellectual , of science , of taste , of fancy , or of feeling , it must now poffefs but a fecondary place ; or rather ( to fpeak more cor- rectly ) it niuft exift only at the pleafure , and be put ...
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... purfuit , for this very reason , because " where our treafure is , there will our hearts be al- " fo . " It is on this principle that in speaking of particular vices , fuch phrafes are often ufed in Scripture , as fuggeft that their ...
... purfuit , for this very reason , because " where our treafure is , there will our hearts be al- " fo . " It is on this principle that in speaking of particular vices , fuch phrafes are often ufed in Scripture , as fuggeft that their ...
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... purfuit must acknowledge its prefence ; and whatever does not , or will not , or cannot re- ceive its facred stamp , is to be condemned as in- herently defective , and is to be at once abftained from or abandoned . It is like the ...
... purfuit must acknowledge its prefence ; and whatever does not , or will not , or cannot re- ceive its facred stamp , is to be condemned as in- herently defective , and is to be at once abftained from or abandoned . It is like the ...
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affections againſt alfo almoſt alſo becauſe beft beſt cafe caufe cauſe character Chrift cife circumftances confefs confequences confider confideration confifts courfe courſe defire diffipation difpofed difpofition diftinction Divine Divine Grace doctrines duty eftimation endeavour eſtabliſhed eſtimation exiſtence falfe fame favour fcarcely feem felves fenfe ferve fervice fhall fhort fhould fociety fome fometimes fource fpeak ftandard ftate ftill ftrength fubject fuccefs fuch fuffered fufficient fuggefted fuperficial fuperior furely fyftem glory happineſs heart himſelf Holy Holy Spirit human impreffion inftance interefts itſelf Jefus juft leaſt lefs meaſure mind moft moral moſt muft muſt nature neceffary nefs obfervation object occafion oppofite ourſelves paffion peculiar perfons perhaps pleaſure poffefs pofition practical prefent principle profeffed progrefs purfuit purpoſe queftion racter reafon refpect Religion religious Scripture ſpeak Spirit ſtate ſtill temper thefe themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe tion true Chriftian truth univerfal uſe vice whofe worldly