Letters to a Young Lady: In which the Duties and Character of Women are Considered, Chiefly with a Reference to Prevailing Opinions, Volume 2 |
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... wrong ? or how are we responsible for the misuse of a talent that we never pof- feffed ? Surely the perverseness of human nature cannot be more ftrongly fhewn , than than by thus turning the omnipotence of God into a 24.
... wrong ? or how are we responsible for the misuse of a talent that we never pof- feffed ? Surely the perverseness of human nature cannot be more ftrongly fhewn , than than by thus turning the omnipotence of God into a 24.
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... Surely , when we praise the liberality of our own motions , we discover too much vanity to bring the fentiments of our adverfaries into difcredit with any intelligent reader . for anfwer , " This is what our Lord commanded ; " and if we ...
... Surely , when we praise the liberality of our own motions , we discover too much vanity to bring the fentiments of our adverfaries into difcredit with any intelligent reader . for anfwer , " This is what our Lord commanded ; " and if we ...
Page 226
... Surely the wit of this abfurd comparison is too ftrained to pafs , even in a careless auditory , as an excufe for its falfehood and irreverence . A thorough A thorough acquaintance with holy writ will inspire fuch habitual 226 attefted ...
... Surely the wit of this abfurd comparison is too ftrained to pafs , even in a careless auditory , as an excufe for its falfehood and irreverence . A thorough A thorough acquaintance with holy writ will inspire fuch habitual 226 attefted ...
Page 226
... Surely the wit of this abfurd comparison is too ftrained to pass , even in a careless auditory , as an excufe for its falfehood and irreverence . " A thorough A thorough acquaintance with holy writ will infpire fuch habitual 226 ...
... Surely the wit of this abfurd comparison is too ftrained to pass , even in a careless auditory , as an excufe for its falfehood and irreverence . " A thorough A thorough acquaintance with holy writ will infpire fuch habitual 226 ...
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... Surely , to do fo is as indecorous as to tear the decaying body from the concealing grave , and to exhibit its humiliating corruption . Let those whofe eager curiofity is gratified by these perufals , put themselves in the place of the ...
... Surely , to do fo is as indecorous as to tear the decaying body from the concealing grave , and to exhibit its humiliating corruption . Let those whofe eager curiofity is gratified by these perufals , put themselves in the place of the ...
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Page 248 - The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure word of God is preached, and the sacraments duly administered, according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same.
Page 131 - THE grace of our Lord Jefus Chrift, and the love of God, and the fellowfhip of the Holy Ghoft, be, with us all evermore.
Page 145 - I know there is no other name under heaven by which men can be saved.
Page 243 - Whofo eateth my flefh, and drinketh my blood, . hath eternal life, and I will raife him up at the laft day.
Page 303 - that *' there is a time to weep as well as a " time to laugh, a time to dance, and a *
Page 242 - ... 64 But there are fome of you that believe not. For Jefus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who fhould betray him.
Page 182 - ... which eye hath not feen, ear hath not heard, neither hath it entered into the heart of man to conceive.
Page 81 - fhall the know-*' ledge >of the Lord cover the earth as
Page 351 - Arabs, like other Orientals, hold that, in such matters, man is saved, not by faith, but by want of faith. They have also a saying not unlike ours— " She partly is to blame who has been tried, He comes too near who comes to be denied.
Page 271 - if any provide not for his own, <£ and efpecially for thofe of his own " houfe, he hath denied the faith, and is