The Words of Hannah More ...Harper & brothers, 1836 |
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... equally striking proofs of infi- nite superintendence . Many seem to ascribe to chance the common circumstances of life , as if they thought it would be an affront to the Almighty to refer them to him ; as if it were unbecoming his ...
... equally striking proofs of infi- nite superintendence . Many seem to ascribe to chance the common circumstances of life , as if they thought it would be an affront to the Almighty to refer them to him ; as if it were unbecoming his ...
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... equally his dispensation , we seem to feel justified in refusing to acquiesce . God does not desire us to inflict punishments on ourselves ; he only expects us to bear with patience those he inflicts on us , whether they come more ...
... equally his dispensation , we seem to feel justified in refusing to acquiesce . God does not desire us to inflict punishments on ourselves ; he only expects us to bear with patience those he inflicts on us , whether they come more ...
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... equally a scene of anguish and of transport ; when it will , on the one hand , as much ex- ceed the terrors of guilt , as it will , on the other , transcend the hopes of faith - when the eternal Son of the eternal Fa- ther , in the full ...
... equally a scene of anguish and of transport ; when it will , on the one hand , as much ex- ceed the terrors of guilt , as it will , on the other , transcend the hopes of faith - when the eternal Son of the eternal Fa- ther , in the full ...
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... equally careful , never , for the sake of popularity or the love of ease , to awaken false hopes , and keep alive false ex- pectations in your retainers , though you knew you had no prospect of ever making them good ? -thus committing ...
... equally careful , never , for the sake of popularity or the love of ease , to awaken false hopes , and keep alive false ex- pectations in your retainers , though you knew you had no prospect of ever making them good ? -thus committing ...
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... equally applicable to the present case . If any thing could deepen or widen a barrier already hopelessly impassable , might it not be the substitution of ill - applied abilities for misemployed riches ? * * Let no one apply this to the ...
... equally applicable to the present case . If any thing could deepen or widen a barrier already hopelessly impassable , might it not be the substitution of ill - applied abilities for misemployed riches ? * * Let no one apply this to the ...
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