Reflections on the Works of God in Nature and Providence: For Every Day in the Year, Volume 1 |
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Then I may apply to myself these words of the pious patriarch , I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies , and of all the truth which thou hast shewed to thy servant . Gen. xxxii . 20 . JANUARY IV . THE DIFFERENT USES OF FIRE ...
Then I may apply to myself these words of the pious patriarch , I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies , and of all the truth which thou hast shewed to thy servant . Gen. xxxii . 20 . JANUARY IV . THE DIFFERENT USES OF FIRE ...
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Page 57 - Bless the LORD, O my soul. PSALM 104 BLESS the LORD, 0 my soul. O LORD my God, thou art very great ; Thou art clothed with honour and majesty. Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment: Who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain...
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Page 264 - The Family Instructor; in Two Parts. 1. Relating to Family Breaches, and their obstructing Religious Duties. 2. To the great Mistake of mixing the Passions in the managing and correcting of Children. With a great variety of Cases relating to setting ill Examples to Children and Servants.
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