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Page 122
... faults , may justly conclude , that the great work of repentance is begun , and hope by retirement and prayer , the natural and religious means of strengthening his conviction , to impress upon his mind such a sense of the divine ...
... faults , may justly conclude , that the great work of repentance is begun , and hope by retirement and prayer , the natural and religious means of strengthening his conviction , to impress upon his mind such a sense of the divine ...
Page 264
... faults , and with those faults which naturally produce contempt . He is a thief and a glutton , a coward and a boaster , always ready to cheat the weak , and prey upon the poor ; to terrify the timorous , and insult the defenceless . At ...
... faults , and with those faults which naturally produce contempt . He is a thief and a glutton , a coward and a boaster , always ready to cheat the weak , and prey upon the poor ; to terrify the timorous , and insult the defenceless . At ...
Page 403
... faults ; negligences or errors are single and local , but tediousness pervades the whole ; other faults are censured and forgotten , but the power of tediousness propagates itself . He that is weary the first hour is more weary the ...
... faults ; negligences or errors are single and local , but tediousness pervades the whole ; other faults are censured and forgotten , but the power of tediousness propagates itself . He that is weary the first hour is more weary the ...
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Religious Progress | 3 |
Harry Hervey | 9 |
The Use of Catalogues 16 66 | 16 |
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