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... hand ; for if we do , we no more claim to the character of virtue , if I have defined it , than we have to that of angelic purity . So as there remains any probability , that we have at ha sure and never failing guide to moral and ...
... hand ; for if we do , we no more claim to the character of virtue , if I have defined it , than we have to that of angelic purity . So as there remains any probability , that we have at ha sure and never failing guide to moral and ...
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... hand . Conscience is , if 1 may so express myself , the judge to whom reason pleads her cause , and it is through the me- dium of reason alone that conscience can form any judg ment ; the union between them is intimate , complete ; they ...
... hand . Conscience is , if 1 may so express myself , the judge to whom reason pleads her cause , and it is through the me- dium of reason alone that conscience can form any judg ment ; the union between them is intimate , complete ; they ...
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... hand of God , than that the mind of man does . But to talk of the natural conscience , or of conscience enlightened by reason mercly , as a faculty whose unbor rowed dictates he can know , is nonsense , in one who has been educated in a ...
... hand of God , than that the mind of man does . But to talk of the natural conscience , or of conscience enlightened by reason mercly , as a faculty whose unbor rowed dictates he can know , is nonsense , in one who has been educated in a ...
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... hand ; so we are always bound to be on the search for this better mode : The conviction , that for aught they could know to the contrary , better motives , and a better system of conduct might always be within the reach of imperfect ...
... hand ; so we are always bound to be on the search for this better mode : The conviction , that for aught they could know to the contrary , better motives , and a better system of conduct might always be within the reach of imperfect ...
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... hand . In a word , to be good is a science , of all sciences the most difficult , ( let the world speak for itself ) both as it relates to the learning and the practising of it ; and when at the last day we give in our accounts , it ...
... hand . In a word , to be good is a science , of all sciences the most difficult , ( let the world speak for itself ) both as it relates to the learning and the practising of it ; and when at the last day we give in our accounts , it ...
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Page 115 - I am the good shepherd, and know my -sheep, and am known of mine. As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd.
Page 147 - Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
Page 111 - Then said they all, Art thou then the Son of God? And he said unto them, Ye say that I am.
Page 106 - If David then call him Lord, how is he his son ? And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.
Page 115 - Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me ; but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again.
Page 130 - Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not : for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book : worship God.
Page 117 - If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works : that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him.
Page 126 - And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
Page 105 - What think ye of Christ? whose son is he?" They say unto him, " The son of David." He saith unto them, " How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool ? If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?
Page 124 - He made the worlds ; who being the brightness of His glory, and the express image of His person, and upholding all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high ; being made so much better than the angels, as He hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.