Twelve Sermons: On 1. Hypocrisy and Cruelty. 2. Drunkenness. 3. Bribery. 4. The Rights of the Poor. 5. Unjust Judges. 6. The Sluggard. 7. Murder. 8. Gaming. 9. Public Robbery. 10. The Unnatural Mother. 11. Forbidden Marriage. 12. Parsons and TithesJ.M. Cobbett, 1823 - 295 pages |
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Page 12
... fears are deeply en- gaged . The mass of mankind , having adopted certain opinions with regard to their eternal happiness or mi- sery , are not only shocked at , but are filled with anger against , any one who does or says any thing ...
... fears are deeply en- gaged . The mass of mankind , having adopted certain opinions with regard to their eternal happiness or mi- sery , are not only shocked at , but are filled with anger against , any one who does or says any thing ...
Page 26
... fears as to another world . Virtue , in this sense of the word , means moral good- ness ; and , therefore , to be religious , a man must be morally good ; and , to be morally good , he must , at the least , abstain from doing that which ...
... fears as to another world . Virtue , in this sense of the word , means moral good- ness ; and , therefore , to be religious , a man must be morally good ; and , to be morally good , he must , at the least , abstain from doing that which ...
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... fear . ” Now , severe as this punishment was , who shall say , when we take into view the numerous and terrible con- sequences of the vice , and the total absence of all temptation to the commission of it ; who shall say , when these ...
... fear . ” Now , severe as this punishment was , who shall say , when we take into view the numerous and terrible con- sequences of the vice , and the total absence of all temptation to the commission of it ; who shall say , when these ...
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... fear of poverty ; that is to say , the fear of being destitute of food and raiment , appears to be ab solutely necessary to send the savage forth to hunt for the flesh of the deer and the skin of the bear , and to induce men to perform ...
... fear of poverty ; that is to say , the fear of being destitute of food and raiment , appears to be ab solutely necessary to send the savage forth to hunt for the flesh of the deer and the skin of the bear , and to induce men to perform ...
Page 88
... fear of poverty . But , a state of things may arise when men are not content with mo- derate riches ; and this may lead to oppressions which may in time destroy the fear of poverty , which may in short make the labourer worse than a ...
... fear of poverty . But , a state of things may arise when men are not content with mo- derate riches ; and this may lead to oppressions which may in time destroy the fear of poverty , which may in short make the labourer worse than a ...
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