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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... than as their actions speak their hearts ; and the encourages us to direct our attention to our own lives as well well as principles . She requires great modesty of judgment them from all her members; fhe has ap- ...
... than as their actions speak their hearts ; and the encourages us to direct our attention to our own lives as well well as principles . She requires great modesty of judgment them from all her members; fhe has ap- ...
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... attention , is too obvious to be denied ; and when fuch a compofition as our liturgy , for fenfe , copioufnefs , fublimity , and piety , folicits our preference , a compofition compiled from the best devotional tracts of the an- cient ...
... attention , is too obvious to be denied ; and when fuch a compofition as our liturgy , for fenfe , copioufnefs , fublimity , and piety , folicits our preference , a compofition compiled from the best devotional tracts of the an- cient ...
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... attention to things of this world , the majority of her profeffors are too indifferent to that which is to come . That the divine Power , who enables us both to will and to do " what is good , may ever preferve you in the happy medium ...
... attention to things of this world , the majority of her profeffors are too indifferent to that which is to come . That the divine Power , who enables us both to will and to do " what is good , may ever preferve you in the happy medium ...
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... attention to a set of * Here , as in the cafe of the opponents whom we have just difmiffed , we may complain of the unfair- nefs of the diftinguishing terms that are adopted by our adverfaries . The Calvinifts have no more claim to the ...
... attention to a set of * Here , as in the cafe of the opponents whom we have just difmiffed , we may complain of the unfair- nefs of the diftinguishing terms that are adopted by our adverfaries . The Calvinifts have no more claim to the ...
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... attention of young women , as perfpicuous and fatisfactory , capable of ftrengthening their faith , without engaging them in a maze of controverfy.- Some excellent remarks on the incidents , manners , fentiments , and expreffions of the ...
... attention of young women , as perfpicuous and fatisfactory , capable of ftrengthening their faith , without engaging them in a maze of controverfy.- Some excellent remarks on the incidents , manners , fentiments , and expreffions 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