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Page ii
... moral taste , without conveying a particle of solid information . In pointing the text , and ordering the com- mencement and close of paragraphs , so much * Lord Bacon . scrupulosity has not been observed . In these technical , ii ...
... moral taste , without conveying a particle of solid information . In pointing the text , and ordering the com- mencement and close of paragraphs , so much * Lord Bacon . scrupulosity has not been observed . In these technical , ii ...
Page viii
... Morality , is powder without ball : But he , who preaches with a christian grace , Fires at our vices , and the shot takes place . But you you also ask , ' What do I conceive to be the mean , between cold morality , and wild enthusiasm ...
... Morality , is powder without ball : But he , who preaches with a christian grace , Fires at our vices , and the shot takes place . But you you also ask , ' What do I conceive to be the mean , between cold morality , and wild enthusiasm ...
Page ix
... moral view , is insane ; which implies the possibility of recovery , and perhaps , a partial or occasional recurrence of reason . The cold person is like the idiot , where reason never shows itself , and where convalescence is desperate ...
... moral view , is insane ; which implies the possibility of recovery , and perhaps , a partial or occasional recurrence of reason . The cold person is like the idiot , where reason never shows itself , and where convalescence is desperate ...
Page x
... moral happiness , and moral rectitude . .. In modern sermons , you get a great many admo- nitions and directions , as to right conduct : but , what David asked for , so earnestly , is seldom touched upon , • Create in me a CLEAN HEART ...
... moral happiness , and moral rectitude . .. In modern sermons , you get a great many admo- nitions and directions , as to right conduct : but , what David asked for , so earnestly , is seldom touched upon , • Create in me a CLEAN HEART ...
Page xii
... MORAL EVIL , which is here pointed out , as the grand source of human misery and the aptitude of the GOSPEL , to over- come and extirpate this MORAL EVIL , is what is dwelt upon , as its great , and leading excellence . These ...
... MORAL EVIL , which is here pointed out , as the grand source of human misery and the aptitude of the GOSPEL , to over- come and extirpate this MORAL EVIL , is what is dwelt upon , as its great , and leading excellence . These ...
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