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... Better it is in this case to follow the conscience of a wiser and a better man than myself , it being more reasonable that we be tied to follow his right , than our own wrong conscience . 5. For if still we were bound to follow our ...
... Better it is in this case to follow the conscience of a wiser and a better man than myself , it being more reasonable that we be tied to follow his right , than our own wrong conscience . 5. For if still we were bound to follow our ...
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... better to obey God than man ; to follow the law of God than to go against it ; to do that which we should , rather than that which we should not . 9. And there can be no more necessity upon us to follow our conscience teaching us , than ...
... better to obey God than man ; to follow the law of God than to go against it ; to do that which we should , rather than that which we should not . 9. And there can be no more necessity upon us to follow our conscience teaching us , than ...
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... better . may 3. If an erring conscience affirm that which is good , or which is indifferent , to be evil and vicious ; as if it says , it is a sin to spit upon the pavement of a church , or that it is superstition to serve the poor in ...
... better . may 3. If an erring conscience affirm that which is good , or which is indifferent , to be evil and vicious ; as if it says , it is a sin to spit upon the pavement of a church , or that it is superstition to serve the poor in ...
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... better than his best ; and if he hath no sin in the principle of his error , it is certain he did his best , that is , he did all his duty ; and then to proceed by the best light he hath , is agreeable to right reason and to religion ...
... better than his best ; and if he hath no sin in the principle of his error , it is certain he did his best , that is , he did all his duty ; and then to proceed by the best light he hath , is agreeable to right reason and to religion ...
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... better persuaded of his error than of the contrary truth , that truth cannot be chosen wisely , nor the error honestly deposed , because it is done against the way of a man , not absolutely , but comparatively against reason . 3. If the ...
... better persuaded of his error than of the contrary truth , that truth cannot be chosen wisely , nor the error honestly deposed , because it is done against the way of a man , not absolutely , but comparatively against reason . 3. If the ...
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Page 368 - Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the Lord spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire: Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female...
Page 361 - I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt : open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
Page 473 - If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, And one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be ye warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit?
Page 287 - Let no man judge you in meat or in drink, or in respect of a holiday, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days...
Page 328 - And yet indeed she is my sister: she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother ; and she became my wife.
Page 333 - Have ye not read, that He who made [them] from the beginning, made them male and female, and said : For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh ? Wherefore they are no more two, but one flesh.
Page 293 - For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
Page 332 - Tarry this night, and it shall be in the morning, that if he will perform unto thee the part of a kinsman, well; let him do the kinsman's part: but if he will not do the part of a kinsman to thee, then will I do the part of a kinsman to thee, as the Lord liveth: lie down until the morning.
Page 294 - But meat commendeth us not to God: for neither, if we eat, are we the better; neither, if we eat not, are we the worse.