The Words of Hannah More ...Harper & brothers, 1836 |
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... consider how he may render it most acceptable to the capacity of the general recipient . To exclude reason from religion , he knows is not the way to attract argumentative men to inquire into its truth ; to exclude elegance from its ...
... consider how he may render it most acceptable to the capacity of the general recipient . To exclude reason from religion , he knows is not the way to attract argumentative men to inquire into its truth ; to exclude elegance from its ...
Page 34
... consider themselves as awfully contributing to draw down the visitation ! We look with an exclusive eye to the abandoned and the avowedly profligate , and ascribe the whole weight of the divine indignation to their misdeeds . But we ...
... consider themselves as awfully contributing to draw down the visitation ! We look with an exclusive eye to the abandoned and the avowedly profligate , and ascribe the whole weight of the divine indignation to their misdeeds . But we ...
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... consider the extent and consequences of the prayer we are offering , the sacrifices , the trials , the privations it may involve , and the large indefinite obedience to all the known and unknown purposes of Infinite Wisdom to which we ...
... consider the extent and consequences of the prayer we are offering , the sacrifices , the trials , the privations it may involve , and the large indefinite obedience to all the known and unknown purposes of Infinite Wisdom to which we ...
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... consider his performance as obedience , unless his activity has been exercised in doing what we re- quired of him . Now , how can we insist on his doing what contradicts his own humor , while we allow ourselves to feel repugnance in ...
... consider his performance as obedience , unless his activity has been exercised in doing what we re- quired of him . Now , how can we insist on his doing what contradicts his own humor , while we allow ourselves to feel repugnance in ...
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... principle does not exist . Surely , say the oppugners of divine providence , in consider- ing the calamities inflicted on good men , if God loved virtue , he would not oppress the virtuous . Surely Omnipotence may 48 THY WILL BE DONE .
... principle does not exist . Surely , say the oppugners of divine providence , in consider- ing the calamities inflicted on good men , if God loved virtue , he would not oppress the virtuous . Surely Omnipotence may 48 THY WILL BE DONE .
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