The Works of William Paley: With a Life of the Author, Volume 5Thomas Tegg, 1825 |
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... mind , it is next to impossible to plant serious considerations in that mind . It is seldom to be done , except by some great shock or alarm , sufficient to make a radical B change in the disposition ; and which is God's own Sermon Page ...
... mind , it is next to impossible to plant serious considerations in that mind . It is seldom to be done , except by some great shock or alarm , sufficient to make a radical B change in the disposition ; and which is God's own Sermon Page ...
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... mind whatever , fail of exciting the most serious apprehension and concern . But this is not so . In a thoughtless , a careless , a sensual world , many are always found who can resist , and who do resist , the force and importance of ...
... mind whatever , fail of exciting the most serious apprehension and concern . But this is not so . In a thoughtless , a careless , a sensual world , many are always found who can resist , and who do resist , the force and importance of ...
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... mind : it gets the first hold and the first possession . Childhood and youth , left to them- selves , are necessarily guided by sense : and sense is all on the side of this world . Meditation brings us to look towards a future life ...
... mind : it gets the first hold and the first possession . Childhood and youth , left to them- selves , are necessarily guided by sense : and sense is all on the side of this world . Meditation brings us to look towards a future life ...
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... mind is already filled and engaged and occupied , nay often crowded and surcharged with worldly ideas . It is not only , therefore , fair and right , but it is absolutely necessary to give to religion all the advantage we can give it by ...
... mind is already filled and engaged and occupied , nay often crowded and surcharged with worldly ideas . It is not only , therefore , fair and right , but it is absolutely necessary to give to religion all the advantage we can give it by ...
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... mind . The question is , whether the state of mind which this cause produces ought to be called a want of seriousness in religion . It be- comes coldness and indifference towards religion ; but is it properly a want of seriousness upon ...
... mind . The question is , whether the state of mind which this cause produces ought to be called a want of seriousness in religion . It be- comes coldness and indifference towards religion ; but is it properly a want of seriousness upon ...
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