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orSERMONS.cannot be got driven but of the minds of moft of ourpeople : They fancy the great or only end of goingtochurch is to hear fermon, and get inftrud^ion; andyet is it not evident, that the chief end of it is to worihipGod in a public and a focial manner! There fcems,in this refpeft, to be more propriety in the ftylc faidto be ufed in a neighbouring church, than that whichis in fafliion among ourfeives. They alk, vj^here areyou going to prayers ?fermon ?isand we, where are you to hear5 th, The plain and fcriptural way in which religiontaught in this church, does, I believe, diminifli thenumber of its profeffors. It is a great imperfectionof mankind, that many of them care little to hearthings which they are capable of knowing, and which,,when known, are likely to be of mofh advantage tothem. They like well to hear of feme dark points,and abftrufe fpeculations. Thefe were, perhaps, rathertoo m^uch infifted on in the lafl age j but towardsthat extreme, I am of opinion, the prefent age, in general,have not erred. They have, I apprehend, ratherloft their influence with the people, by preachingin a rational and pra
;!SlSRMONS. 11feme of the ancient fathers were fo weak, as to inftituterites, and fports, and feftivals, very like thofewhich had been long in ufe, to prevail on the idolatrousand ftupid people, to renounce heathenifm, andembrace the gofpel.The religion, eftablifhed and taught in this church,has, r believe, lefs of human invention, and lefs mixtureof fuperftition, than perhaps any other eftablifhment; and yet fomething, fnnilar to what I have juftmentioned, has, I fear, been formerly pra£lifed ; Imean, a ftudying not always to deliver the ideas offcripture, pure and unmixed, but to accommodatethem to the wiflies and expedlation of the hearers.What pity that there fhpuld be any occafion to do thisor that any teacher fhould ftrive thus " to pleafe men !"What pity is it, that preaching the gofpel of Chrift,in its native fimplicity, fhpuld make men diilike it,and forfake it ! and yet this is fometimes the fact.The doctrines of the gofpel are fublime, interefting,and comfortable ; the pureft morality is founded uponthem, and recommended by them. If this morality isexplained ; if the vices, fo often condemned in thenew teftament, are infilled on and expofed ; if youdefcend to particulars, and fhow, that fwearing, perjury,covetoufnefs, lying, fraud, injuftice,oppreilion,pride, intemperance, and debauchery, are inconfii^entwith the Chriftian character ; if you enjoin, as ourgreat Mailer has commanded, the necelfity of devotion,of juftice, of reftitution, of truth, of meeknefs,of temperance, of felf-denial, of brotherly-love andcharity,the people yawn and hear you with difgullthey go away, and like not to return to hear fuch doctrine.The theatre is thronged to, by the power of an artful,a bewitching, and dangerous adulation.It is faidto be a picture of the paflions, and vices, and folliesof men : but to get a crowded houfe, the painters areforced to condemn the. vices which the audience have
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iiKWORKSOF THLRev. WILLIAM- Th|mLJT
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•2.0^.-e O N T E N T S.PART LSERM
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PART I.SERMONS.SERMON I.AN INQUIRY
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SERMONS. 3even many of the people w
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.ous temper and the ferlous appeara
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SERMONS*7lent, he lofes the fenfe,
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SERXIONS;Still lefs am I urging tha
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SERMONS.f3Its religious buildings.
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SERM0N5; 15nrorant j how can it, th
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.SERMONS.'17^jvlio were almofl esca
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SERMONS. 19an avidity of riches app
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SERMONS. 21rlty of the diities the
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SERMON 11.SOBER AND RELIGIOUS CONFE
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SERMONS, 2)deeper engaged in die lo
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28 SERMONS.ence, which, if we have
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30 SERMONS.fpe£^ive bufinefs.Shall
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32 SERMONS.exa£^ing too much, they
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34 SERMONS.fatlon, have a furprifin
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36 SERMONS.be ftrengthened, our lov
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38 SERMONS.the folcinn le£lure or
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40 SERMO>iS.prove the mliiJ, enlarg
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42 SERMONS^.before had been torn fr
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44 SERMON'S.Oils llock, fhculd conf
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4^- SERMONS.If you lay before your
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4BSERMONS.regarded : but when any o
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S E R i>I O K 5,And vou "v'ili be g
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of the Gofpel."SERMONS..S"^Thus uni
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SfUMONS.pTofperous, and, to a confi
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SERMONS.to have her to wife. Old Ha
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SERMONS,fied with difpbcing him, th
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SERMONS. 61uudd the houfe of the Lo
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SERMONS.rhis, I think, implies, tha
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aw, unfkilful, unpraclifed in ftate
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SERMONS, 67aiifwer would have been
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SERMONS. 69was received and heard,
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SERMONS. 7£for, when a mob Is once
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SERMONS. 75•tubes who had not joi
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SE'RMONSr. 75Benjamin. The king, it
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SERMONS.have I alio left you in thS
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SERMONS. 79from Relioboani :" Thy f
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SERMONSceed from nothing but vile a
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SEPvMONS. 83ly of heart, and ye fli
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SERMONS. 8;^we have been forgetful
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SERMON IV.ACHAN'S TRESPASS IN THE A
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aERMOKs. 89City once, and returned
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SERMONS.crVtreafury of the Lord , a
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SERMONS.to be chafed by a few undif
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SERMONS.^^nobles, do, and call upon
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SERMONS. 97being pure in heart, bec
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SERMONS. 99*and thus have I done. W
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SERMONS.lOIgvave-ftone ; this would
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SERMONS. 103
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SERMO^fS. 105celTarily, ?t leaft pr
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SERMONS. 107eyes" even " of the wif
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SERMONS.-^C^ftatefman who gave the
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-# '* SERMONS. II :laws ; I defende
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SERMOKS. 113rnies ; for the Canaani
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SERMON-S-. 115was or could well be
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'SERMON'5. 117ful combined kingdoms
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seHjMOms. 119sre firfl: over-awed b
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liERMON'S. 121derftaftding to dilco
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SERMOKS.12^fpirit, is better than h
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A \L -WjSERMONS.IZ5who would have b
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Sl-RMONSi 127pride *, at times each
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SERMONSj 129and alfo more commonly
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SERM0N5. 131great part of a neighbo
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SERMONS.I_53^}y the illicit gratifi
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what he hath done.SERMONS.if the "C
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SERMONS.13 Vtiements in the defart
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SERMONS.. 139>copard would lie down
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SERMONS,."1-41of many tedious campa
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SERMONS. 143punillied for it, and,
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SERMONS'.r43hoftages—nof foldiers
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SERMONS. 14/py conteft between Grea
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cfous ?'*The church and people of G
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of fuccefs.sfeRM0N5.l^ludeed, provi
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SttRMONs.r:_5:3ro cities, been want
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SERMONS. 15.5*oF popery too) to eil
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SERM6NS.'IJ7tiity, fo miicK rage, f
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SERMON VI.THE TASK-MASTERS..Preache
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miiiiiter's chief bufinefs to ftriv
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ffERMONS.X'6^his taik-mafler, to th
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•SERMONS.16^manner, and upon the
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SERMONS.1^7"be content to do : They
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SERMONS.l6^).it^peatedly attending
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SERMONS.I"!port himfcif and family
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SERMONS. 173fome ufe of terror, man
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with3-ERM0NS-. I7>very good crops,
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SERMONS. 177noble lords and comnion
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SERMONS. 179\vho had weapons In the
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SERMONS.ff/pt, and knew that God v/
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perience.SERMONS...Ib^'The lea-port
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This,'SERMONS-l8>and ill founded :
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SERMONS.I&7fare are we counted to y
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SERMONS. 189to pay ? Think on juili
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SERMONS.Iplyou.*' There are'many of
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£Eii:.ioNS. 193lon of my people wl
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SERMON^irpjcf his provldeatbl admim
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SERMONS. 197have yourfelves. Throug
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SERM0N5.I^pab you are at prefent. I
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s ownSERMONS.20 rand it is all befo
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SERMONS.^03It would not be a defira
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SERMONS. 205liatli a right to worfl
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feign for ever and ever. Sing tlioi
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large," a defirable retreat from al
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SERMONS.2tfin the ^'^cant territori
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SERMONS, 213'tie without form of la
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SERMONS. 215to -the end of the eart
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SJ^.RM0N5. 21,7would be nothing, we
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sER^roNS.219'-^iih, and change at l
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SERMONS. 221any degree be a means t
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SERTMONS. 2125who, the moftof peifo
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SERMONS. 225-old age ; all the prof
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SERMONS. 22.7the treafure and the p
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SERMONS. 229^are at his own charges
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23.x LETTERS, TRACTS, b'r.your Ton
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234 I-tTTBRS, TRACTS, ISft.own fyfl
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238 LETTERS, TRACTS, Vfc»will be c
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%^0 LETTERS, TRACTS, iffc,aJl tills
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^44LETTER?, TRACTS, life.this refpe
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Z^6LETTERS, TRACTS, i^c\detected, e
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24SLETTERS, TRACTS, Iffc.Keafonable
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2^0LETTERS, TRACTS, tlfc.to brighte
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252 LETTERS, TRACTS, c .\Hudents to
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254 LETTERS, TRACTS, tfft.for ourfe
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264 LETTERS, 7R.\CTS, Isfc:And yet
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Ci66 3LETTSRS, TRAt;TS, blV.little
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l6$ LETTF-SSj TBACTS, l:fc.fcif fii
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.Our270 LETTERS, TRACTS, b'r.knowle
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272 LETTERS, TRACTS, ^C,^one thing
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274 LETTERS^ TRACTS, 'cfc.of your (
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12^6LETTERSj TRACTS, ^C:pneuniatolo
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280 LETTERSj TRACTS, IrV,cern ;the
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282 LETTLRSj TRACTS, ifc',ably be p
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288 LETTERS, TRACTS, ^t*.diverlion,
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292 LETTERS, TRACTS, IfTc.crs appea
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2^6LETTERS, TRACTS, esfr.We have an
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29^LETTERS, TRACTS, l^C.fefs that w
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^00LETTERS, TRACTS, lfft\the unlver
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LETTERCONTAININGREMARKS UPON A PAMP
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3c6LETTERS, TRACTS, ^r.ward enough
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yz,^LETTERS, TRACTS, \sfc.Under thi
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3IOLETTERS, TRACTS^ ^C.univerfity.
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312 LETTERS, TRACTS, yc. -bouring a
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'314 LETTERS, TRACTS, Uf^.fame, or
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320^LETTERS, TRACTS, b*^.Oftentimes
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Society inLETTERFROM AGlafgow^ who
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226 LETTERS, TRACTS, i^^.You will p
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THEUNCORRUPTED INHylBITANTS OF PAIS
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3j2letters^ tracts, life." Your Maj
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,or358 LETTERS, TRACTS, Isfc,think,
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DONALDSONIAD.J N -D "N DETECTEDOR,^
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THETRIAL OF A STUDENT'IN THECOLLEGE
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