Discourses on Various SubjectsCharles Fox, 1835 - 299 páginas |
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... appears to me , that all unqualified disparagement , as well as praise , of human nature , car- ries with it its own refutation ; and it is to this point that I wish to invite your particular attention in the following discourse ...
... appears to me , that all unqualified disparagement , as well as praise , of human nature , car- ries with it its own refutation ; and it is to this point that I wish to invite your particular attention in the following discourse ...
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... appear to you that the opinions which I have selected for our present consideration are , each of them , brought into strange company ; and yet they have an affinity which may not at once be suspected . It is singular , indeed , that we ...
... appear to you that the opinions which I have selected for our present consideration are , each of them , brought into strange company ; and yet they have an affinity which may not at once be suspected . It is singular , indeed , that we ...
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... appearing awkward or ostentatious , by habits of life , by education , by sensitiveness , and even by strong sensibility , that sometimes puts on a hard and rough exterior for its own check or protection . And the power that penetrates ...
... appearing awkward or ostentatious , by habits of life , by education , by sensitiveness , and even by strong sensibility , that sometimes puts on a hard and rough exterior for its own check or protection . And the power that penetrates ...
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... appear to you , I trust , to be excused , if not justified , by the circumstance that they are alto- gether apposite cases ; cases , that is to say , of disin- terested feeling . The world is inundated in this age with a perfect deluge ...
... appear to you , I trust , to be excused , if not justified , by the circumstance that they are alto- gether apposite cases ; cases , that is to say , of disin- terested feeling . The world is inundated in this age with a perfect deluge ...
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... appears to me so destructive as this . There is nothing that lies so near the very basis of all moral reform and spiritual improvement as this . If it were a matter of mere doctrine it would be of less consequence . But it is a matter ...
... appears to me so destructive as this . There is nothing that lies so near the very basis of all moral reform and spiritual improvement as this . If it were a matter of mere doctrine it would be of less consequence . But it is a matter ...
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admiration affections amidst appeal art thou awaken awful beauty believe blessed breath brethren cern character children of men Christian cold conscience creature dark death DISCOURSE divine divine grace doubt duty dwell earth earthly eternity evil faith fear feeling forms friends future glorious glory God's gospel habit happiness hear heaven holy holy record honour hope human heart human nature immortal indulgence infinite interests irreligion Jesus language light ligion live look meditation ment mercy mind misery moral moral universe ness never noble objects pass passions perhaps piety pity pleasure prayer principle racter rational reason religion religious sensibility repeat retribution scene selfish sense sensual sinful sinner sleep solemn sorrow soul speak spirit strong sublime suffer sure teaching thee things thou thou art mind thought timate tion toil true truth virtue voice whole wisdom words worldly wrong
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Página 238 - He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.
Página 227 - And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled, and answered, Go thy way for this time ; when I have a convenient season, I will call for thee.
Página 281 - By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
Página 290 - Are not my days few? Cease then, and let me alone, that I may take comfort a little before I go whence I shall not return, even to the land of darkness and the shadow of death; a land of darkness, as darkness itself, and of the shadow of death, without any order and where the light is as darkness.
Página 156 - And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear...
Página 294 - But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob ? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
Página 64 - It is profitable for the life that now is, and for that which is to come.
Página 90 - Labour not for the meat that perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto eternal life.
Página 254 - The bell strikes one. We take no note of time, But from its loss. To give it, then, a tongue, Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours. Where are they?
Página 256 - O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings ! and ye would not...