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... advantages of wealth , would willingly have risked , or cheerfully resigned , all earthly possessions when his conscience demanded the sacrifice . Unfortunately for the University and mankind at large , his life was not protracted long ...
... advantages of wealth , would willingly have risked , or cheerfully resigned , all earthly possessions when his conscience demanded the sacrifice . Unfortunately for the University and mankind at large , his life was not protracted long ...
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... advantages , concludes that they deserve not any high opinion of the mind regarding them , nor any labo- rious care in the pursuit of them . XIII . Wisdom distinguishing the circumstances , limiting the measures , determining the modes ...
... advantages , concludes that they deserve not any high opinion of the mind regarding them , nor any labo- rious care in the pursuit of them . XIII . Wisdom distinguishing the circumstances , limiting the measures , determining the modes ...
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... advantage of wisdom is , that it ac- quaints us with the nature and reason of true religion , affording the most convincing arguments to persuade us to the practice of it ; which is accompanied by the purest of all delights . The manner ...
... advantage of wisdom is , that it ac- quaints us with the nature and reason of true religion , affording the most convincing arguments to persuade us to the practice of it ; which is accompanied by the purest of all delights . The manner ...
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... advantage , but of infinite pleasure and content to us . No man in the world less knows a fool than himself ; nay , he is more than ignorant , for he constantly errs in the point , taking himself for , and demean- ing himself as toward ...
... advantage , but of infinite pleasure and content to us . No man in the world less knows a fool than himself ; nay , he is more than ignorant , for he constantly errs in the point , taking himself for , and demean- ing himself as toward ...
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... advantage , except from some little influence they have on the arbitrary opinion and fickle humor of the people ... advantages proceeding from them ; it concludes they deserve not any high opinion of the mind , nor any vehe- ment passion ...
... advantage , except from some little influence they have on the arbitrary opinion and fickle humor of the people ... advantages proceeding from them ; it concludes they deserve not any high opinion of the mind , nor any vehe- ment passion ...
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Page 162 - By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to his name.
Page 335 - CRY aloud, spare not, Lift up thy voice like a trumpet, And shew my people their transgression, And the house of Jacob their sins.
Page 255 - I SAID, I will take heed to my ways, that I sin not with my tongue : I will keep my mouth with a bridle, while the wicked is before me.
Page 199 - Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob; 8.
Page 337 - O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
Page 118 - HOW amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of Hosts! My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord : my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.
Page 182 - And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts but they regard not the work of the Lord, neither consider the operation of his hands.
Page 142 - What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me? I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord : I will pay my vows unto the Lord now in the presence of all his people.
Page 202 - But let all those that put their trust in thee rejoice: let them ever shout for joy, because thou defendest them: let them also that love thy name be joyful in thee.
Page lxxxvii - They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave. Therefore they say unto God, "Depart from us ; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. "What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?