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THE
WORKS
OF
HANNAH MORE.
VOL. XI.
ESSAYS. SPIRIT OF PRAYER.
LONDON:
Printed by A. & R. Spottiswoode,
New-Street-Square.
Decline of Christianity shown, by a compara-
tive View of the Religion of the Great in
preceding Ages..........
CHAP. II.
Benevolence allowed to be the reigning Virtue,
but not exclusively the Virtue of the present
Age. Benevolence not the Whole of Reli-
gion, though one of its most characteristic
Features. Whether Benevolence proceed
from a religious Principle will be more infal-
libly known by the general Disposition of
Time, Fortune, and the common Habits of
Life, than from a few occasional Acts of
Bounty.......
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