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... never hath an unavoidable dilemma , and never is impossible , so long as the man is in a state and possibility of repentance . Because every error that infers an action , that is formally as well as ma- terially sinful , not only ought ...
... never hath an unavoidable dilemma , and never is impossible , so long as the man is in a state and possibility of repentance . Because every error that infers an action , that is formally as well as ma- terially sinful , not only ought ...
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... never do in the pre- cepts of nature , and brightest revelation . But if the conscience does err vincibly , that is , with an actual fault , and an imperfect , artificial resolution , such a one , as a good man will not , and a wise man ...
... never do in the pre- cepts of nature , and brightest revelation . But if the conscience does err vincibly , that is , with an actual fault , and an imperfect , artificial resolution , such a one , as a good man will not , and a wise man ...
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... never ; and a known evil that is not a sin , is rather to be admitted than an unknown , which no man can tell whether it will arrive . But in this , the prudence of a good and a wise man is to be his only guide , and God's 30 OF THE ...
... never ; and a known evil that is not a sin , is rather to be admitted than an unknown , which no man can tell whether it will arrive . But in this , the prudence of a good and a wise man is to be his only guide , and God's 30 OF THE ...
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... never reap " ; " which means , that if we start at every objection , and think nothing safe but what is certain , and nothing certain but what can be demonstrated , that man is over wise and over just , and by his too curious search ...
... never reap " ; " which means , that if we start at every objection , and think nothing safe but what is certain , and nothing certain but what can be demonstrated , that man is over wise and over just , and by his too curious search ...
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... never have inspired his church with prudence , or made any such virtue , if the things which were put under the conduct of it , that is , probabilities , were not instrumental to the service of God , and to the verification of all its ...
... never have inspired his church with prudence , or made any such virtue , if the things which were put under the conduct of it , that is , probabilities , were not instrumental to the service of God , and to the verification of all its ...
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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.