The Works of William Paley: With a Life of the Author, Volume 5Thomas Tegg, 1825 |
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... amongst his hearers than in any other part of his office . Until he succeed in this , he loses his labour : and when once , from any cause whatever , a spirit of levity has taken hold of a mind , it is next to impossible to plant ...
... amongst his hearers than in any other part of his office . Until he succeed in this , he loses his labour : and when once , from any cause whatever , a spirit of levity has taken hold of a mind , it is next to impossible to plant ...
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... amongst the invisible things of the universe , there is a Being , the author and origin of all this contriv- ance and design , and , by consequence , a being of stupendous power , and of wisdom and knowledge in- comparably exalted above ...
... amongst the invisible things of the universe , there is a Being , the author and origin of all this contriv- ance and design , and , by consequence , a being of stupendous power , and of wisdom and knowledge in- comparably exalted above ...
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... Amongst religious exercises I also reckon family prayer , which unites many of the uses both of public worship and private prayer . The reading of religi- up ous books is likewise to be accounted a religious ex- SERMONS . 11.
... Amongst religious exercises I also reckon family prayer , which unites many of the uses both of public worship and private prayer . The reading of religi- up ous books is likewise to be accounted a religious ex- SERMONS . 11.
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... Amongst these I particularly recommend the prayers and devotions annexed to the New Whole Duty of Man . Bishop Burnet , in speaking of such kind of books , very truly says , " By the frequent reading of these books , by the relish that ...
... Amongst these I particularly recommend the prayers and devotions annexed to the New Whole Duty of Man . Bishop Burnet , in speaking of such kind of books , very truly says , " By the frequent reading of these books , by the relish that ...
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... amongst us . Is it true that men , in these days , perform religious exercises as frequently as they ought , or , as those did who have gone before us in the Chris- tian course ? that is one question to be asked : but there is also ...
... amongst us . Is it true that men , in these days , perform religious exercises as frequently as they ought , or , as those did who have gone before us in the Chris- tian course ? that is one question to be asked : but there is also ...
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