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a whole could subsist independently of its parts. It is by this particular providence that God governs the multitude of the isles, notices the fall of a sparrow, bottles the tears of the mourner, and numbers the hairs of his followers. Now, as God is an infinitely wise and good being, and governs the world in wisdom and goodness, the earth may well rejoice and the multitude of the isles be glad. It is granted that this is a subject which cannot be comprehended. And why? Because God is infinite: he acts from his own counsels, which are infinite, in reference to ends which are also infinite; therefore the reasons of his government cannot be comprehended by the feeble limited powers of man. The providence of God in renewing the wastes of nature, and in fructifying barren tracts, so as to make the wilderness a fruitful field, and even the steril rocks a vegetable surface, is a subject of astonishing beauty and contrivance; and as such is worthy of the contemplation of angels and men; and is a sovereign proof of the being and love of the great First Cause and Preserver of all things. God disposes and governs the affairs of the universe, descending to the minutest particulars, and managing the great whole by directing and influencing all its parts. This particular or especial providence is not confined to work by general laws; it is wise and intelligent, for it is the mind, the will, and energy of God; it steps out of common ways, and takes particular directions, as endlessly varied human necessities may need, or the establishment and maintenance of godliness in the earth may require. That divine providence which arranges and conducts the whole, and under whose especial guidance and control the course of the present state is ordered, so that all operations in the natural, civil, and moral world, issue in manifesting the glory, justice, and mercy of the supreme Being, lies farther out of the view of men, and by most is little regarded: hence a multitude of events appear to have either no intelligent cause, or no one
adequate to their production; and because the operations of the divine hand are not regarded, historians and biographers often disquiet themselves in vain to find out the causes and reasons of the circumstances and transactions which they record. How exactly does every thing in the conduct of Providence occur! and how completely is every thing adapted to time, place, and occasion! All is in weight, measure, and number. Those simple occurrences which men snatch at, and press into the service of their own wishes, and call them "providential openings," may indeed be links of a providential chain, in reference to some other matters; but unless they be found to speak the same language in all their parts, occurrence corresponding with occurrence, they are not to be construed as indications of the divine will in reference to the claimants. Many persons, through these misapprehensions, miscarrying, have been led to charge God foolishly for the unsuccessful issue of some business in which their passions, not his providence, prompted them to engage. Nothing escapes his merciful regards, not even the smallest things, of which he may be said to be only the Creator and Preserver; how much less those of whom he is the Father, Saviour, and endless Felicity! There is not a circumstance in our life, not an occurrence in our business, but God will make subservient to our salvation, if we have a simple heart and teachable spirit. Nothing is more astonishing than the care and concern of God for his followers. The least circumstances of their life are regulated, not merely by the general providence which extends to all things, but by a particular providence, which fits and directs all things to the design of their salvation, causing them all to cooperate for their present and eternal good. "If God be for us, who can be against us?" He who is infinitely wise has undertaken to direct us: he who is infinitely powerful has undertaken to protect us: he who is infinitely good has undertaken to save us. What
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WESLEYAN HERITAGE LIBRARY CHRISTIAN
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CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY. Adam Clarke ADV
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CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY. Adam Clarke CON
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XXXIII.—Hell XXXIV.—Heaven XXXV
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Mr. Clarke kept an English and clas
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of sorrow, the day of deliverance d
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another village, and repeated the s
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Mr. Clarke entered on the regular w
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In 1785 Mr. Clarke was appointed to
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The year 1791 is remarkable in the
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duty as a Methodist preacher. In th
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His "Concise View of the Succession
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eneficial effect upon his constitut
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is indebted to Dr. Clarke, will not
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the mightiest and happiest nation o
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from 1 Tim. i, 15: "This is a faith
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needlessly; keep from all unnecessa
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serve for their dinner. I said, 'Go
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popular; but God scarcely ever empl
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on the shortest notice, and pour fo
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voes, and men, and devils would be
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itself. Whatever errors may be obse
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Irish Academy,—member of the Amer
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and intelligent heathens. They had
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government, and with many millions
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mercy on those whose ignorance lead
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was in Judea, where every thing tha
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1. By the personal appearance of Hi
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holiness, omniscience, and omnipote
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The law of God is a code of instruc
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The law could not pardon; the law c
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CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY. Adam Clarke II.
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Thus we find that he is the most ex
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CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY. Adam Clarke III
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God is a Spirit: he is nothing like
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general laws, he chooses often to a
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strength or power. It was this whic
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BENEVOLENCE.—Entertain just notio
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When man fell, the same love induce
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"the wretched state of the sinner p
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the thought. If cherubim and seraph
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were manifested; and merely, I thin
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CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY. Adam Clarke V.
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has conceived the most astonishing
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powers of the most astonishing comp
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forth his glory: which they can do
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endued with the gift of speech and
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unfriendly to the continual support
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"lieth in the wicked one," with an
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in which we were created. 2. We are
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were evil"—the very first embryo
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sin has been denied by many, while
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Men may amuse themselves by arguing
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nature and dignity of that God agai
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according to the plain construction
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Moses and in the evangelists; there
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THE INCARNATION OF CHRIST—We must
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Christ alone was Prophet, Priest, a
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Christ will never accommodate his m
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Christ's agony and distress can rec
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and if only many and not all have f
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and the whole world is about to be
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JESUS! be thou the centre to which
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Christ's sake has forgiven him his
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alone pardon his guilt: but no dish
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necessary effect; and suffering can
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CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY. Adam Clarke VII
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it may, and must, in many cases, be
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as they list, but these truths of G
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his word and his Spirit; and learn
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himself and of his designs, either
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CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY. Adam Clarke IX.
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offerings of eternal goodness, and
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To forsake all, without following C
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As a father might disinherit his so
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or pardon of all past sin, through
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highest possible evidence of the wo
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man's reason, fancy, or imagination
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those who had every advantage which
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night of spiritual affliction, and
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has it from its own direct witness.
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mankind, with all the fruits of a h
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When reconciled to God, and thus br
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man cannot be operated on in this w
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thought; together with every idea w
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Love is the means of preserving all
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ing it on the first day of the week
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laws of nature, the principles of w
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Nor does it cast out that fear whic
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sanctity. I have known such persons
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In examining this grand subject far
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3. LIVING HOPE.—The hope that liv
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The presumptuous person imagines he
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that image and likeness of God whic
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elievers, under the name of Christi
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frequently under a dense mask, and
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above described. They were men of t
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to be slothful, and unfaithful to t
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e filled with all the fulness of Go
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things to heart, and answer this qu
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How strangely warped and blinded by
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atom of the comb or wax is separate
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can stand examination by the test l
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out of every Christian's creed. The
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confess their own sore and the plag
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making one who is already a child o
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lessing thus promised is not to be
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espect inconceivable: no mind can g
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and presumptuous worshippers. Were
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sufficiently insisted on it; they a
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oxen?" Yes, and he mentions them wi
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All who are addicted to riot and ex
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I have known many decent, respectab
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Suppose the stories to be true, or
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and when he has thus got it, he boa
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withheld to some charitable purpose
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worshipper. He seeks to know the wi
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prevent the light from coming in."
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It is not merely to tell God our wa
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perishing from the blessedness of b
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I suppose the grossly absurd and pe
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upright heart suppose that the pray
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When a man has any doubts whether h
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God has put it in the power of ever
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unrighteous judge; and, in conseque
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Redeemer in the most amiable and ab
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Here it may not be improper to rema
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Moses had not appointed any musical
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Of this glorious church every Chris
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monarchy, a civil government by the
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Though "little children," they were
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CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY. Adam Clarke XIX
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ead and wine should be used to keep
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ministers of God see that the ordin
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3. As it is the duty of every Chris
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than celibacy; and hence I execrate
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supposes the fact of the bride's gr
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found. If we wish them to be wise,
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saves the soul, and fills the heart
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means of grace. This is your work,
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"Fathers, provoke not your children
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How ruinous are family distractions
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operations of nature, and the synth
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ingeth salvation to all men," Titus
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CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY. Adam Clarke XXI
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II. OBEDIENCE. There can be no gove
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etter understood! Great possessions
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eternal life of God, for the sacrif
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heaven can make him a proper preach
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deeply studied man; one who has pra
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should take care to have his own so
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general, and of man in particular;
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authority of God, let him be carefu
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for a living: ye who gather a congr
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disgrace every department in the Ch
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evenues, if he have God's wo, how m
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Avoid the error of those who are co
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truth by any indiscretions or unsea
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TOBACCO. EVERY medical man knows we
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I grant that a person who is brough
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smile at their own conduct? "Be ye
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and hence, being turned out of thes
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success in it: that in the evening,
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5. What underwood, hazel, furs, or
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3. Clothing.—Of what kinds? names
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7. What are the books used in educa
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XIX.—Letting of Lands, Rents, Ten
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more assiduity than formerly; looki
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well, and speak comfortably, and ar
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advantage of their neighbour's nece
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God; if you get not this in time, y
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[4] The following letter I received
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as above, that no absolute necessit
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duty, of the president of the confe
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