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... consists , not only in being destitute of ho- liness , but in a spirit of supreme selfishness . Lorenzo . In what do you conceive true holi- ness to consist ? Evander . It consists in a supreme aim at the glory of God , arising from ...
... consists , not only in being destitute of ho- liness , but in a spirit of supreme selfishness . Lorenzo . In what do you conceive true holi- ness to consist ? Evander . It consists in a supreme aim at the glory of God , arising from ...
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... consists in giving without expectation of receiving . Evander . I very much differ with you in the idea of true benevolence . What you define be- nevolence , I call humanity , which is common to most men . There are but very few whose ...
... consists in giving without expectation of receiving . Evander . I very much differ with you in the idea of true benevolence . What you define be- nevolence , I call humanity , which is common to most men . There are but very few whose ...
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... consists in a heart unwilling to perform reasonable duties , which are as much with its natural power as the common actions of life ; and it can in no sense infringe on moral agency , while the power of choice remains unimpaired . As ...
... consists in a heart unwilling to perform reasonable duties , which are as much with its natural power as the common actions of life ; and it can in no sense infringe on moral agency , while the power of choice remains unimpaired . As ...
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... consists in injustice , in not rendering to every one their due . If the very nature of sin is pregnant with misery , and beings voluntarily choose it , with its consequences , and become their own execu , tioners , and others choose ...
... consists in injustice , in not rendering to every one their due . If the very nature of sin is pregnant with misery , and beings voluntarily choose it , with its consequences , and become their own execu , tioners , and others choose ...
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... consist . Evander . It consists in choice itself , and not in any thing antecedent or subsequent to it . This is not only agreeable to the Scriptures , but a dictate of common sense . The crime against those who rejected our blessed ...
... consist . Evander . It consists in choice itself , and not in any thing antecedent or subsequent to it . This is not only agreeable to the Scriptures , but a dictate of common sense . The crime against those who rejected our blessed ...
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