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Page 109
Whatever presents itself to man under the idea of great and noble , strikes and
dazzles him : whatever presents itself to him under the idea of low and servile ,
shocks and disgust him . Accordingly one of the most formidable methods of ...
Whatever presents itself to man under the idea of great and noble , strikes and
dazzles him : whatever presents itself to him under the idea of low and servile ,
shocks and disgust him . Accordingly one of the most formidable methods of ...
Page 135
Suffer me , before I enter on the discussion of these articles , to give you a more
exact idea of my meaning , and to lead you more fully into the plan of this
discourse . In the first article I shall try to develope the idea of Solomon , and to
engage ...
Suffer me , before I enter on the discussion of these articles , to give you a more
exact idea of my meaning , and to lead you more fully into the plan of this
discourse . In the first article I shall try to develope the idea of Solomon , and to
engage ...
Page 155
W E RE we to estimate life by the idea , which VV Solomon gives of it in the words
of the text , it should seem , there was very little wisdom in our congratulating one
another this morning on beginning a new year . There should seem better ...
W E RE we to estimate life by the idea , which VV Solomon gives of it in the words
of the text , it should seem , there was very little wisdom in our congratulating one
another this morning on beginning a new year . There should seem better ...
Page 283
NE of the principal causes of the depravity of mankind is , that they form mean
ideas of God . The idea of the God we adore , and the no - . tion of the morality we
ought to practise are two things closely connected together . If we consider God ...
NE of the principal causes of the depravity of mankind is , that they form mean
ideas of God . The idea of the God we adore , and the no - . tion of the morality we
ought to practise are two things closely connected together . If we consider God ...
Page 286
These ways are — first an idea of the Deity - secondly of nature - thirdly of
providence and fourthly of reveTation : four ways , if I may venture to speak thus ,
all shining with light , and yet all covered with adorable darkness . I . The first
mirror in ...
These ways are — first an idea of the Deity - secondly of nature - thirdly of
providence and fourthly of reveTation : four ways , if I may venture to speak thus ,
all shining with light , and yet all covered with adorable darkness . I . The first
mirror in ...
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