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... feeling , which appears to us to be truly evangelical . It is this singular and unaffected benevolence of manner , this tone of genuine goodness and conciliating candour , so unlike the contemptuous arrogances of vulgar theologians ...
... feeling , which appears to us to be truly evangelical . It is this singular and unaffected benevolence of manner , this tone of genuine goodness and conciliating candour , so unlike the contemptuous arrogances of vulgar theologians ...
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... feel of existence , and reflections which tend to culti- vate those dispositions which lay the foundations of religious belief , not only in our understand- ing , but our affections . -- It has sometimes appeared to me also , that many ...
... feel of existence , and reflections which tend to culti- vate those dispositions which lay the foundations of religious belief , not only in our understand- ing , but our affections . -- It has sometimes appeared to me also , that many ...
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... feel of existence , and reflections which tend to culti- vate those dispositions which lay the foundations of religious belief , not only in our understand- ing , but our affections . It has sometimes appeared to me also , that many of ...
... feel of existence , and reflections which tend to culti- vate those dispositions which lay the foundations of religious belief , not only in our understand- ing , but our affections . It has sometimes appeared to me also , that many of ...
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... feeling of dread and apprehension too , excited by unexpected exertions of terrible power , operates on the mind of uninstructed man far more powerfully than that of grati- tude for familiar and accustomed bounty ; and he is more ...
... feeling of dread and apprehension too , excited by unexpected exertions of terrible power , operates on the mind of uninstructed man far more powerfully than that of grati- tude for familiar and accustomed bounty ; and he is more ...
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... feeling , my brethren , which probably has operated as one cause to give birth to all that mon- strous assemblage of superstitions which degraded the ancient world , and which now appear to us so extra- ordinary and unaccountable ...
... feeling , my brethren , which probably has operated as one cause to give birth to all that mon- strous assemblage of superstitions which degraded the ancient world , and which now appear to us so extra- ordinary and unaccountable ...
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