Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who ThinkPeter Burtsell, 1821 - 267 sivua |
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Sivu 26
... christians do the best , and will take nothing for it . He falls down and worships the god of this world , but will have neither its pomps , its vanities , nor its pleasures , for his trouble . He begins to accumulate treasure as a mean ...
... christians do the best , and will take nothing for it . He falls down and worships the god of this world , but will have neither its pomps , its vanities , nor its pleasures , for his trouble . He begins to accumulate treasure as a mean ...
Sivu 28
... christians alone to argue upon it aright ; and if those good things to come , which the scripture promises the faith- ful , were not joined to the desire of virtue , that , and inno- cency of life , might be placed in the number of ...
... christians alone to argue upon it aright ; and if those good things to come , which the scripture promises the faith- ful , were not joined to the desire of virtue , that , and inno- cency of life , might be placed in the number of ...
Sivu 45
... will keep you down . " LXIV . IN pulpit eloquence , the grand difficulty lies here ; to give the subject all the dignity it so fully deserves , with out attaching any importance to ourselves . The Christian messenger IN FEW WORDS . 45.
... will keep you down . " LXIV . IN pulpit eloquence , the grand difficulty lies here ; to give the subject all the dignity it so fully deserves , with out attaching any importance to ourselves . The Christian messenger IN FEW WORDS . 45.
Sivu 46
... Christian messenger cannot think too highly of his prince , nor too humbly of himself . This is that secret art which captivates and improves an audience , and which all who see , will fancy they could imitate , while most who try ...
... Christian messenger cannot think too highly of his prince , nor too humbly of himself . This is that secret art which captivates and improves an audience , and which all who see , will fancy they could imitate , while most who try ...
Sivu 79
... Christian does not pray to be delivered from glory , but from vuin - glory . He also is ambitious of glory , and a candidate for honour ; but glory , in whose estimation ? honour , in whose judgment ? Not of those , whose censures can ...
... Christian does not pray to be delivered from glory , but from vuin - glory . He also is ambitious of glory , and a candidate for honour ; but glory , in whose estimation ? honour , in whose judgment ? Not of those , whose censures can ...
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