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... arise in my mind , that by employing my present leisure , as long as health allowed , in preparing some of those Discourses for the press , it might be in my power to be still of some use in the world . Encouraged by this idea , I went ...
... arise in my mind , that by employing my present leisure , as long as health allowed , in preparing some of those Discourses for the press , it might be in my power to be still of some use in the world . Encouraged by this idea , I went ...
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... arise . Let the heart be either wounded by sore distress , or agitated by violent emotions ; and you shall presently see , that virtue without religion is inadequate to the government of life . It is destitute of its proper guard , of ...
... arise . Let the heart be either wounded by sore distress , or agitated by violent emotions ; and you shall presently see , that virtue without religion is inadequate to the government of life . It is destitute of its proper guard , of ...
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... arise from the belief of Divine protection . It brings them into the secret of his tabernacle , by opening to them sources of con- solation which are hidden from others . By that strength VOL . I. SERM . II . 17 ON THE INFLUENCE , & c .
... arise from the belief of Divine protection . It brings them into the secret of his tabernacle , by opening to them sources of con- solation which are hidden from others . By that strength VOL . I. SERM . II . 17 ON THE INFLUENCE , & c .
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... arise in darkness ; reflections which cheer the lonely house of virtuous poverty , and attend the conscientious sufferer into prison or exile ; which soothe the complaints of grief , lighten the pressure of old age , and furnish to the ...
... arise in darkness ; reflections which cheer the lonely house of virtuous poverty , and attend the conscientious sufferer into prison or exile ; which soothe the complaints of grief , lighten the pressure of old age , and furnish to the ...
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... arise , saith the Lord , to set him in safety from him that puffeth at him . He is the Father of the fatherless , and the Judge of the widows , in his holy habitation . He rais- eth them up that are bowed down . He dwelleth with the ...
... arise , saith the Lord , to set him in safety from him that puffeth at him . He is the Father of the fatherless , and the Judge of the widows , in his holy habitation . He rais- eth them up that are bowed down . He dwelleth with the ...
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