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... virtue ; to perpetuate in the earth the moral existence of one , whose piety and gene- ral excellence of character , procured for her while living , the affection and esteem of her numerous acquaintance , who embalm her me- with their ...
... virtue ; to perpetuate in the earth the moral existence of one , whose piety and gene- ral excellence of character , procured for her while living , the affection and esteem of her numerous acquaintance , who embalm her me- with their ...
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... high and indisputable authority , in the sacred volume , chiefly composed , as it is , of biographical sketches of eminent saints , whose virtues have adorned human nature , and vi . whose histories have been selected by infinite wisdom V.
... high and indisputable authority , in the sacred volume , chiefly composed , as it is , of biographical sketches of eminent saints , whose virtues have adorned human nature , and vi . whose histories have been selected by infinite wisdom V.
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... virtue , as subver- sive of social order , and as repugnant to the principles of natural religion ; while the real ground of their hostility to these doctrines , is that they refute their opinions , mortify their pride , and destroy ...
... virtue , as subver- sive of social order , and as repugnant to the principles of natural religion ; while the real ground of their hostility to these doctrines , is that they refute their opinions , mortify their pride , and destroy ...
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... virtue : Providence elicits its exer- cise , or impels us to the pursuit of it : as it fre- quently originates religious impressions , so it revives them when effaced , and deepens them when faint . Those events which most strik- ingly ...
... virtue : Providence elicits its exer- cise , or impels us to the pursuit of it : as it fre- quently originates religious impressions , so it revives them when effaced , and deepens them when faint . Those events which most strik- ingly ...
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... virtues thine , Be wise and free by Heaven's consent and mine . ' " I thought they contained the essence of moral excellence ; but I now see they are but in the rear of those graces which true faith will produce . Yet is learning in ...
... virtues thine , Be wise and free by Heaven's consent and mine . ' " I thought they contained the essence of moral excellence ; but I now see they are but in the rear of those graces which true faith will produce . Yet is learning in ...
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Página 39 - So saying, her rash hand in evil hour Forth reaching to the Fruit, she pluck'd, she eat: Earth felt the wound, and Nature from her seat Sighing through all her Works gave signs of woe, That all was lost.
Página 45 - For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate to be conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.
Página 48 - Nevertheless I am continually with Thee: Thou hast holden me by my right hand. Thou shalt guide me with Thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
Página 28 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but rny people know not the judgment of the Lord.
Página 46 - God, that a man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun: because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea farther; though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.
Página 67 - I will thank you in the grave; The grave your kingdom : there this frame shall fall A victim sacred to your dreary shrine. But what are ye? — Thou, who didst put to flight Primeval Silence, when the morning stars, Exulting, shouted o'er the rising ball ; O Thou ! whose word from solid darkness struck That spark, the sun, strike wisdom from my soul ; My soul, which flies to thee, her trust, her treasure, As misers to their gold, while others rest.
Página 66 - God, As his wise plan demanded ; and when past Their various trials, in their various spheres, If they continue rational, as made, Resorbs them all into himself again ; His throne their centre, and his smile their crown.
Página 79 - Didst thou not die that I might live No longer to myself, but thee ? Might body, soul, and spirit give To him who gave himself for me ? Come then, my Master, and my God, Take the dear purchase of thy blood.
Página 76 - This would be an adaptation to actual business of the spiritual truth that " to him that hath shall be given ; but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he seemeth to have.
Página 83 - I am a companion of all them that fear thee, and of them that keep thy precepts.