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selves to ourselves , and let each of us put a few . questions to himself . i I , who
have some idea of the perfections of God , and who cannot doubt whether he
know the most secret thoughts of my heart , can I promise myself to impose on
him in ...
selves to ourselves , and let each of us put a few . questions to himself . i I , who
have some idea of the perfections of God , and who cannot doubt whether he
know the most secret thoughts of my heart , can I promise myself to impose on
him in ...
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But , if I be incapable of adopting opinions so opposite to what I know by feeling
and experience , what am I doing ? How is it possible for me to live as if I thought
myself immortal , as if I had made a covenant with death , and were at agreement
...
But , if I be incapable of adopting opinions so opposite to what I know by feeling
and experience , what am I doing ? How is it possible for me to live as if I thought
myself immortal , as if I had made a covenant with death , and were at agreement
...
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conceived these extravagant thoughts , which are alone capable of varnishing
over thy conduct ? Or is it that of acting without thought , which is a sort of raving
madness , for even erroneous opinions might seem to thee to apologize for thine
...
conceived these extravagant thoughts , which are alone capable of varnishing
over thy conduct ? Or is it that of acting without thought , which is a sort of raving
madness , for even erroneous opinions might seem to thee to apologize for thine
...
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Is it the power of displaying his faculties ? But then this consequence would
follow , that a soul may have the essence of a soul without having ever thought ,
reasoned or reflected , provided it hath the power of doing so . Is it the act of
thinking ?
Is it the power of displaying his faculties ? But then this consequence would
follow , that a soul may have the essence of a soul without having ever thought ,
reasoned or reflected , provided it hath the power of doing so . Is it the act of
thinking ?
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he could not persecute , and persecuting those whom he could not refute , who
would have thought that this monarch should first serve the work he intended to
subvert , clear the way for reformation , and by shaking off the yoke of the Roman
...
he could not persecute , and persecuting those whom he could not refute , who
would have thought that this monarch should first serve the work he intended to
subvert , clear the way for reformation , and by shaking off the yoke of the Roman
...
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| Title | Sermons Translated from the Original French of the Late Rev. James Saurin ..., Volume 5 Sermons Translated from the Original French of the Late Rev. James Saurin, Joseph Sutcliffe |
| Authors | Jacques Saurin, Robert Robinson |
| Publisher | L. Nichols, 1806 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 22 Aug 2008 |
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