Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few WordsPorter & Coates, 1871 - 504 sider |
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Side xv
... Christian says so too ; for he has taken the best care of number one , who takes care that number one shall go to heaven ; that bless- ed place is full of those same selfish beings who , by having constantly done good to others , have ...
... Christian says so too ; for he has taken the best care of number one , who takes care that number one shall go to heaven ; that bless- ed place is full of those same selfish beings who , by having constantly done good to others , have ...
Side 9
... Christian virtues , and would work himself into a passion of tears on behalf of some benevolent or charitable purpose , the claims of which he would enforce with the most irresistible appeals to the conscience ; and the next day he ...
... Christian virtues , and would work himself into a passion of tears on behalf of some benevolent or charitable purpose , the claims of which he would enforce with the most irresistible appeals to the conscience ; and the next day he ...
Side 29
... 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 ...
Side 31
... Christians alone to argue upon it aright ; and if those good things to come , which the Scripture promises the ... Christianity is , and when that important point is fully settled , then we think it will be time enough for you to ...
... Christians alone to argue upon it aright ; and if those good things to come , which the Scripture promises the ... Christianity is , and when that important point is fully settled , then we think it will be time enough for you to ...
Side 49
... Christian messenger cannot think too highly of his prince , or too humbly of himself . This is that secret art which captivates and im- proves an audience , and which all who see , will fancy they could imitate , while most who try will ...
... Christian messenger cannot think too highly of his prince , or too humbly of himself . This is that secret art which captivates and im- proves an audience , and which all who see , will fancy they could imitate , while most who try will ...
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