Essays, Moral, Economical and PoliticalJ. Sharpe, 1822 - 206 pages |
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... greater blas- phemy to personate God , and bring him in say- ing , " I will descend , and be like the prince of darkness : " and what is it better , to make the cause of religion to descend to the cruel and execrable actions of ...
... greater blas- phemy to personate God , and bring him in say- ing , " I will descend , and be like the prince of darkness : " and what is it better , to make the cause of religion to descend to the cruel and execrable actions of ...
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... greater benediction , and the clearer revelation of God's favour . Yet even in the Old Testament , if you listen to David's harp , you shall hear as many herselike airs as carols ; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in ...
... greater benediction , and the clearer revelation of God's favour . Yet even in the Old Testament , if you listen to David's harp , you shall hear as many herselike airs as carols ; and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in ...
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... ; or to seek power over others , and to lose power over a man's self . The rising unto place is laborious , and by pains men come to greater pains ; and it is sometimes base , and by indignities men come to dignities . OF LOVE . 41.
... ; or to seek power over others , and to lose power over a man's self . The rising unto place is laborious , and by pains men come to greater pains ; and it is sometimes base , and by indignities men come to dignities . OF LOVE . 41.
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... greater than the feel- ing : " Dolendi modus , timendi non item : " be- sides , in great oppressions , the same things that provoke the patience , do withal mete the cou- rage : but in fears it is not so : neither let any prince , or ...
... greater than the feel- ing : " Dolendi modus , timendi non item : " be- sides , in great oppressions , the same things that provoke the patience , do withal mete the cou- rage : but in fears it is not so : neither let any prince , or ...
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... greater number that live low and gather more ; therefore the multiplying of nobility , and other degrees of quality , in an over proportion to the common people , doth speedily bring a state to necessity ; and so doth likewise an ...
... greater number that live low and gather more ; therefore the multiplying of nobility , and other degrees of quality , in an over proportion to the common people , doth speedily bring a state to necessity ; and so doth likewise an ...
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