Four Discourses on Subjects Relating to the Amusement of the Stage: Preached at Great St. Mary's Church, Cambridge, on Sunday September 25, and Sunday October 2, 1808; with Copious Supplementary Notes |
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As far as a man can judge of his own heart ( which he ought ever to be aware “ is
deceitful above all things , " Jerem . xvii . 9. ) I do not think that there ever was a
time , in which I should not have acquiesced , had the Stage been represented to
...
As far as a man can judge of his own heart ( which he ought ever to be aware “ is
deceitful above all things , " Jerem . xvii . 9. ) I do not think that there ever was a
time , in which I should not have acquiesced , had the Stage been represented to
...
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About three years after St. Paul left Corinth , some important questions were
proposed to him by his converts in that place , and he wrote an Epistle in ' reply ,
in order to correct several abuses which had prevailed . Amongst other things , it
had ...
About three years after St. Paul left Corinth , some important questions were
proposed to him by his converts in that place , and he wrote an Epistle in ' reply ,
in order to correct several abuses which had prevailed . Amongst other things , it
had ...
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as to the particular cases , in which things sacrificed to idols might , or might not ,
be lawfully eaten ; concluding with this great and general direction , “ whether ye
eat or drink , or whatsoever ye do , do all to the glory of God ; " a direction ...
as to the particular cases , in which things sacrificed to idols might , or might not ,
be lawfully eaten ; concluding with this great and general direction , “ whether ye
eat or drink , or whatsoever ye do , do all to the glory of God ; " a direction ...
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though hypocrites and enthusiasts should continue to abuse the language of
scripture , yet must the truly pious still make the scriptures the source of their
ideas , and the rule of their language and their actions : Tho ' all things foul would
wear ...
though hypocrites and enthusiasts should continue to abuse the language of
scripture , yet must the truly pious still make the scriptures the source of their
ideas , and the rule of their language and their actions : Tho ' all things foul would
wear ...
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... and reduced into some regular shape ; and , in things moral , it is only a set of
rules , very useful , found out by degrees , after several corrections , each
correction occasioned by some actual inconvenience , and each rule adopted as
utility ...
... and reduced into some regular shape ; and , in things moral , it is only a set of
rules , very useful , found out by degrees , after several corrections , each
correction occasioned by some actual inconvenience , and each rule adopted as
utility ...
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Four Discourses on Subjects Relating to the Amusement of the Stage: Preached ... James Plumptre Visualização integral - 1809 |
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