The Works of William Paley: With a Life of the Author, Volume 5Thomas Tegg, 1825 |
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... acceptance are the only solid happiness to be attained in this world . Experience corresponds with the reason of the thing . I take upon me to say , that religious men are generally cheerful . If this be not SERMONS . 15.
... acceptance are the only solid happiness to be attained in this world . Experience corresponds with the reason of the thing . I take upon me to say , that religious men are generally cheerful . If this be not SERMONS . 15.
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... happiness which may be attained . Therefore he has no pretence for alleging uncer- tainty as an excuse for his conduct , because he does not act in conformity with that in which there is no uncertainty at all . In the next place , it is ...
... happiness which may be attained . Therefore he has no pretence for alleging uncer- tainty as an excuse for his conduct , because he does not act in conformity with that in which there is no uncertainty at all . In the next place , it is ...
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... happier and better ; and lastly , what greatly enhances its value to every anxious Christian , it affords to himself a proof that his heart is right to- wards God : when it is followed up by a good life , by abstinence from sin , and ...
... happier and better ; and lastly , what greatly enhances its value to every anxious Christian , it affords to himself a proof that his heart is right to- wards God : when it is followed up by a good life , by abstinence from sin , and ...
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... happiness . Now of examples of this kind , namely , of direct and special mercies towards himself , no one , who calls to mind the passages and providences of his life , can be destitute . There is one topic of gratitude falling under ...
... happiness . Now of examples of this kind , namely , of direct and special mercies towards himself , no one , who calls to mind the passages and providences of his life , can be destitute . There is one topic of gratitude falling under ...
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... happiness of our lives . But whilst the religious principle is forming , at least during the first steps of that formation , we are induced to think about religion chiefly from a sense of its vast conse- quences ; and this reason is ...
... happiness of our lives . But whilst the religious principle is forming , at least during the first steps of that formation , we are induced to think about religion chiefly from a sense of its vast conse- quences ; and this reason is ...
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