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... , that there is as little influence from this principle which the apoftle lays stress on , and as little fenfe of religion , - as fmall a fhare of virtue ( at least as little of the appearance of it ) as can be 4 SERMONяXV .
... , that there is as little influence from this principle which the apoftle lays stress on , and as little fenfe of religion , - as fmall a fhare of virtue ( at least as little of the appearance of it ) as can be 4 SERMONяXV .
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... virtue and good morals perhaps the account may ftand higher . Let us inquire- And here , I acknowledge , that an unexperienced man , who heard how loudly we all talked in behalf of virtue and moral honefty , and how unani- 3 mous we ...
... virtue and good morals perhaps the account may ftand higher . Let us inquire- And here , I acknowledge , that an unexperienced man , who heard how loudly we all talked in behalf of virtue and moral honefty , and how unani- 3 mous we ...
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... publicly to be courted , careffed , and flattered . - If this will not overthrow the credit of our virtue , -take a short view of the general decay of it , from -800 the fashionable exceffes of the age , in favour of I SERMON XV .
... publicly to be courted , careffed , and flattered . - If this will not overthrow the credit of our virtue , -take a short view of the general decay of it , from -800 the fashionable exceffes of the age , in favour of I SERMON XV .
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... virtue at the fame time - to fay nothing of occafional rioting , chambering , and wanton- nefs . Confider how many public markets are established merely for the fale of virtue , -where the manner of going , too fadly indicates the inten ...
... virtue at the fame time - to fay nothing of occafional rioting , chambering , and wanton- nefs . Confider how many public markets are established merely for the fale of virtue , -where the manner of going , too fadly indicates the inten ...
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... virtue and decorum , and might be acknowledged as fuch , was it not the only public inftance the world feems to give of it . In other cafes , a juft fenfe of fhame seems a matter of fo little concern , that instead of any regularity of ...
... virtue and decorum , and might be acknowledged as fuch , was it not the only public inftance the world feems to give of it . In other cafes , a juft fenfe of fhame seems a matter of fo little concern , that instead of any regularity of ...
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Page 182 - ... made as the filth of .the world, and the off-scouring of all things, upon this account, — yet ye went on as zealously as ye set out.
Page 129 - Thy servant kept his father's sheep, and there came a lion and a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock. And I went out after him, and smote him and delivered it out of his mouth ; and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him. Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear ; and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
Page 32 - Ye men of Israel, why marvel ye at this ? or why look ye so earnestly on us, as though by our own power or holiness we had made this man to walk ? The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus...
Page 130 - The Lord that delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of the bear, he will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine.
Page 63 - O my God, I am ashamed and blush to lift up my face to thee, my God : for our iniquities are increased over our head, and our trespass is grown up unto the heavens.
Page 28 - Peter said, Silver and gold have I none ; but such as I have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk.
Page 83 - Since the days of our fathers have we been in a great trespass unto this day; and for our iniquities have we, our kings, and our priests, been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, and to a spoil, and to confusion of face, as it is this day.
Page 67 - What time as they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people ; 14 He suffered no man to do them wrong, but reproved even kings for their sakes : 15 Touch not mine Anointed, and do my prophets no harm.
Page 153 - Then the elders of his city shall send and fetch him thence, and deliver him into the hand of the avenger of blood, that he may die.
Page 24 - Watch therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.