The Works of the Rev. Richard Cecil: With a Memoir of His Life, Volume 3R. Carter, 1847 |
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... speak often of himself : and , to persons who do not consider the circumstances of the case , there may appear much egotism in the quantity of such remarks here put to- gether , and in the manner in which his things are said : but this ...
... speak often of himself : and , to persons who do not consider the circumstances of the case , there may appear much egotism in the quantity of such remarks here put to- gether , and in the manner in which his things are said : but this ...
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... speak with humility and candor . Closely allied with his humility , was that OPENNESS TO CONVICTION , Which Mr Cecil possessed in an unusual de- gree . He had dived so deeply into his own heart , and had read man so accurately - his ...
... speak with humility and candor . Closely allied with his humility , was that OPENNESS TO CONVICTION , Which Mr Cecil possessed in an unusual de- gree . He had dived so deeply into his own heart , and had read man so accurately - his ...
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... speak of themselves and of all around them as in a state of pu- pilage and childhood , but I never approached a man , on whose mind this conviction had a more real and prac- tical influence . DISINTERESTEDNESS was a pre - eminent ...
... speak of themselves and of all around them as in a state of pu- pilage and childhood , but I never approached a man , on whose mind this conviction had a more real and prac- tical influence . DISINTERESTEDNESS was a pre - eminent ...
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... speak of those occasional ebullitions , which tended to remind him , that , though he was invested with a new and triumphant naturc , he was yet at home in the body , and subject to the recurrence of his constitutional infirmities . Yet ...
... speak of those occasional ebullitions , which tended to remind him , that , though he was invested with a new and triumphant naturc , he was yet at home in the body , and subject to the recurrence of his constitutional infirmities . Yet ...
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... speak of the grace , love , and goodness of God ; but we must remember that he is a holy and jealous God . Judgment must begin at the house of God . This severe stroke is but a farther call to me to arise and shake myself . My hope is ...
... speak of the grace , love , and goodness of God ; but we must remember that he is a holy and jealous God . Judgment must begin at the house of God . This severe stroke is but a farther call to me to arise and shake myself . My hope is ...
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