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... whole earth . Explore the most remote quarters of the east or the west . You may discover tribes of men without policy , or laws , or cities , or any of the arts of life : But nowhere will you find them In every . without some form of ...
... whole earth . Explore the most remote quarters of the east or the west . You may discover tribes of men without policy , or laws , or cities , or any of the arts of life : But nowhere will you find them In every . without some form of ...
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... whole earth . Ex- plore the most remote quarters of the east or the west . You may discover tribes of men without policy , or laws , or cities , or any of the arts of life : But nowhere will you find them without some form of religion ...
... whole earth . Ex- plore the most remote quarters of the east or the west . You may discover tribes of men without policy , or laws , or cities , or any of the arts of life : But nowhere will you find them without some form of religion ...
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... whole extent , they have often attempted to make a sort of composition with Heaven ; a composition , which , though they dare not avow it in words , lurks in secret at the bottom of many a heart . If God will only dispense with some ...
... whole extent , they have often attempted to make a sort of composition with Heaven ; a composition , which , though they dare not avow it in words , lurks in secret at the bottom of many a heart . If God will only dispense with some ...
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... aspire ; and throughout the whole of life , let those solemn and sacred words with which I conclude , sound in our ears , and be the great directory of our conduct : * He hath shewed thee , O man , B 2 NERM . 1. ) 19 PIETY AND MORALITI .
... aspire ; and throughout the whole of life , let those solemn and sacred words with which I conclude , sound in our ears , and be the great directory of our conduct : * He hath shewed thee , O man , B 2 NERM . 1. ) 19 PIETY AND MORALITI .
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... aspire ; and throughout the whole of life , let those solemn and sacred words with which I conclude , sound in our ears , and be the great directory of our con- duct : * He hath shewed thee , O man B2 BERM . 1. ] 19 PIETY AND MORALITY .
... aspire ; and throughout the whole of life , let those solemn and sacred words with which I conclude , sound in our ears , and be the great directory of our con- duct : * He hath shewed thee , O man B2 BERM . 1. ] 19 PIETY AND MORALITY .
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Page 237 - Be not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter any thing before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth : therefore let thy words be few.
Page 53 - For we know in part, and we prophesy in part. But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.
Page 101 - Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting at the king's gate.
Page 148 - He feedeth on ashes : a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand...
Page 202 - And they said one to another, We are verily guilty concerning our brother, in that we saw the anguish of his soul, when he besought us, and we would not hear; therefore is this distress come upon us.
Page 194 - Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God. They shall still bring forth fruit in old age; they shall be fat and flourishing; To shew that the Lord is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
Page 146 - Man knoweth not the price thereof; neither is it found in the land of the living. The depth saith, It is not in me : and the sea saith, It is not with me.
Page 53 - When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. For now we see through a glass darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.
Page 133 - Who is the Lord?" or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.