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The very first work of living and saving grace , gives a deadly stroke to the life of sinful nature . A Note which I never handled heretofore , but you shall find it evident in the Text , and agreeable to the Principles of Christian ...
The very first work of living and saving grace , gives a deadly stroke to the life of sinful nature . A Note which I never handled heretofore , but you shall find it evident in the Text , and agreeable to the Principles of Christian ...
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above nature , and altogether of a different kind from anything that men find in themselves by the exercise of natural principles . No improvement of those principles that are natural , no advancing or exalting of them to higher degrees ...
above nature , and altogether of a different kind from anything that men find in themselves by the exercise of natural principles . No improvement of those principles that are natural , no advancing or exalting of them to higher degrees ...
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The great distinction of our country is , that we enjoy some peculiar advantages for understanding our own nature . Man is the great subject of literature , and juster and profounder views of man may be expected here than elsewhere .
The great distinction of our country is , that we enjoy some peculiar advantages for understanding our own nature . Man is the great subject of literature , and juster and profounder views of man may be expected here than elsewhere .
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| Title | Colonial and Federalist American Writing Odyssey surveys of American writing |
| Authors | George F. Horner, Robert A. Bain |
| Editors | George F. Horner, Robert A. Bain |
| Publisher | Odyssey Press, 1966 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 28 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 946 pages |
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