An Essay on the Sin and the Evils of CovetousnessEdward C. Biddle, 1837 - 304 páginas |
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... enjoyment , 85 - from the consideration of man's immortal des- tination , 88 . CHAPTER III . On the inconsistency of Covetousness with the WORD OF GOD , 93 . The idolatry and atheism of covetousness particularly illustrated , 93 . It ...
... enjoyment , 85 - from the consideration of man's immortal des- tination , 88 . CHAPTER III . On the inconsistency of Covetousness with the WORD OF GOD , 93 . The idolatry and atheism of covetousness particularly illustrated , 93 . It ...
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... enjoyment , 265. Folly and unreasonableness of covetous affections- illustrated from facts , and various considerations , 265 , 273. Light in which wealth will be viewed at the hour of death , 273. Difficulty of subduing the covetous ...
... enjoyment , 265. Folly and unreasonableness of covetous affections- illustrated from facts , and various considerations , 265 , 273. Light in which wealth will be viewed at the hour of death , 273. Difficulty of subduing the covetous ...
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... enjoyment , particularly riches , for the purpose of gratifying ambition , avarice , or sensual desires . It is the opposite of generosity , or that liberality and content- ment which the word of God inculcates . The Creator has ...
... enjoyment , particularly riches , for the purpose of gratifying ambition , avarice , or sensual desires . It is the opposite of generosity , or that liberality and content- ment which the word of God inculcates . The Creator has ...
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... enjoyment , when used with moderation , and according to the design intended by the Creator . To condemn the moderate use of sensitive enjoyments , or to inculcate the austerities of an ascetic life , is , therefore , repugnant to the ...
... enjoyment , when used with moderation , and according to the design intended by the Creator . To condemn the moderate use of sensitive enjoyments , or to inculcate the austerities of an ascetic life , is , therefore , repugnant to the ...
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... enjoyment are interrupted , and closely shut up by the cold hand of avarice . He denies himself those sensitive comforts which Providence has put within his reach , and almost starves himself in the midst of riches and plenty . He ...
... enjoyment are interrupted , and closely shut up by the cold hand of avarice . He denies himself those sensitive comforts which Providence has put within his reach , and almost starves himself in the midst of riches and plenty . He ...
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