Sermons by the Late Rev. Mr. Sterne, Volume 3T. Becket & P.A. de Hondt, 1769 |
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... these fuggeftions , when he told Eve , that by eating of the tree of knowlege , she should be as God , that is , fhe fhould reap fome high and strange felicity from doing what was for- bidden her . But I need not repeat the fuc- A 2 [ 3 ]
... these fuggeftions , when he told Eve , that by eating of the tree of knowlege , she should be as God , that is , fhe fhould reap fome high and strange felicity from doing what was for- bidden her . But I need not repeat the fuc- A 2 [ 3 ]
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Laurence Sterne. the beginning ) an imposture — and that instead of fulfilling these hopes of gain and sweetness in what is forbidden - that on the contrary , every unlawful enjoyment leads only to bitter- nefs and lofs . The fecond ...
Laurence Sterne. the beginning ) an imposture — and that instead of fulfilling these hopes of gain and sweetness in what is forbidden - that on the contrary , every unlawful enjoyment leads only to bitter- nefs and lofs . The fecond ...
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... these glories up- on our minds , and in the more numerous par- ticulars we do it , -the ftronger the neceffity as well as perfuafion to deny ourselves all un- godlinefs and worldly lufts , to live foberly , righteoufly and godly in this ...
... these glories up- on our minds , and in the more numerous par- ticulars we do it , -the ftronger the neceffity as well as perfuafion to deny ourselves all un- godlinefs and worldly lufts , to live foberly , righteoufly and godly in this ...
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... these glories up- on our imaginations , and the frequent fending forth our thoughts and employing them on the other world , we may difentangle them from this , and by fo having our converfation in heaven whilst we are here , we may be ...
... these glories up- on our imaginations , and the frequent fending forth our thoughts and employing them on the other world , we may difentangle them from this , and by fo having our converfation in heaven whilst we are here , we may be ...
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... these things shall be dif folved , -what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy converfation and godliness ? looking and haftening unto the coming of God . T HE fubject upon which St. Peter is dif- courfing in this chapter , is ...
... these things shall be dif folved , -what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy converfation and godliness ? looking and haftening unto the coming of God . T HE fubject upon which St. Peter is dif- courfing in this chapter , is ...
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