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... fanie in refpect of the operations of the mind . Ufe and practice always leave an impreffion proportionable to their continuance . By re- C 4 peated peated acts , habits are formed ; and every habit The Servitude of Sin . 23.
... fanie in refpect of the operations of the mind . Ufe and practice always leave an impreffion proportionable to their continuance . By re- C 4 peated peated acts , habits are formed ; and every habit The Servitude of Sin . 23.
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John Balguy. peated acts , habits are formed ; and every habit becomes , as it were , a natural propen- fion . Hence things , otherwife difficult , are not only rendered eafy to be done , but hard to be omitted . The mind finds itself ...
John Balguy. peated acts , habits are formed ; and every habit becomes , as it were , a natural propen- fion . Hence things , otherwife difficult , are not only rendered eafy to be done , but hard to be omitted . The mind finds itself ...
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... habit ; it gains an established mastery , and a kind of abfolute dominion . But this is not all : for it operates ante- cedently to the formation of habit . At the very inftant of commiffion , the finner enters into fervitude ; and his ...
... habit ; it gains an established mastery , and a kind of abfolute dominion . But this is not all : for it operates ante- cedently to the formation of habit . At the very inftant of commiffion , the finner enters into fervitude ; and his ...
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... habits are so very hard to be shaken off , that , at least , fo he runs a defperate hazard . Some fervices are limited to a certain period of time ; and when that arrives , men are at liberty in courfe ; but in the service of fin , the ...
... habits are so very hard to be shaken off , that , at least , fo he runs a defperate hazard . Some fervices are limited to a certain period of time ; and when that arrives , men are at liberty in courfe ; but in the service of fin , the ...
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... habits of mind ; which op- prefs it with a load of humours , and excite an unquenchable thirft ? In fine , what is a fenfual , voluptuous courfe of life , but a general furfeit of the whole man ; or a complication of diftempers , that ...
... habits of mind ; which op- prefs it with a load of humours , and excite an unquenchable thirft ? In fine , what is a fenfual , voluptuous courfe of life , but a general furfeit of the whole man ; or a complication of diftempers , that ...
Términos y frases comunes
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Página 179 - Her ways. are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.
Página 263 - As we have therefore opportunity, let us do good unto all men, especially unto them who are of the household of faith.
Página 167 - The way of a fool is right in his own eyes; but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.
Página 236 - That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven : for he maketh his fun to rife on the evil and on the good, and fendeth rain on the juft and on the unjuft.
Página 21 - Know ye not, that to whom ye yield yourfelves fervants to obey, his fervants ye are to whom ye obey ; whether of fin unto death, or of obedience unto righteoufnefs...
Página 285 - As well, nay better, and more easily, might he suppose that an earthquake might happen to build towns and cities ; or the materials carried down by a flood fit themselves up, without hands, to a regular fleet. For what are towns, cities, or fleets, in comparison of the vast and amazing fabric of...
Página 280 - Verily I say unto you, in as much as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.
Página 323 - For Thou haft made him a little lower than the angels, and haft crowned him with glory and honour. Thou madeft him to have dominion over the works of Thy hands ; Thou haft put all things under his feet...
Página 164 - Contentment is a pearl of great price, and whoever procures it at the expense of ten thousand desires makes a wise and a happy purchase.
Página 284 - THE meanest insect we can see, the minutest and most contemptible weed we can tread upon, is really sufficient to confound atheism, and baffle all its pretensions. How much more that astonishing variety and multiplicity of God's works, with which we are continually surrounded ! Let any man survey the face of the earth, or lift up his eyes to the firmament ; let him consider the nature and instincts of...