Elements of Moral Philosophy and of Christian Ethics, Volume 2J. Duncan, 1826 |
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... Religion • 429 . 431 . 434 · 440 444 • 452 456 BOOK VI . ON THE DUTIES WHICH RESPECT OURSELVES . CHAPTER I. — Introductory Remarks CHAPTER II . - On Moderation . CHAPTER III . - On Contentment CHAPTER IV . - On Worldly Anxiety • 463 464 ...
... Religion • 429 . 431 . 434 · 440 444 • 452 456 BOOK VI . ON THE DUTIES WHICH RESPECT OURSELVES . CHAPTER I. — Introductory Remarks CHAPTER II . - On Moderation . CHAPTER III . - On Contentment CHAPTER IV . - On Worldly Anxiety • 463 464 ...
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... religion subservient to the authority of their laws , and the observance of their institutions . It was reserved for modern times to make a great and memorable experiment on the practicability of governing mankind without any reference ...
... religion subservient to the authority of their laws , and the observance of their institutions . It was reserved for modern times to make a great and memorable experiment on the practicability of governing mankind without any reference ...
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... religion could afford consolation , if the whole truth were known ? Good men , besides , in seasons of calm reflection , often have their tranquillity interrupted by perplexing doubts and fears as to their conformity to the will of God ...
... religion could afford consolation , if the whole truth were known ? Good men , besides , in seasons of calm reflection , often have their tranquillity interrupted by perplexing doubts and fears as to their conformity to the will of God ...
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... religion , who deny the immutability of moral dis- tinctions , and maintain that they have their sole ori- gin in the enactments of will and power . Of this description is Archdeacon Paley , who has followed some writers that preceded ...
... religion , who deny the immutability of moral dis- tinctions , and maintain that they have their sole ori- gin in the enactments of will and power . Of this description is Archdeacon Paley , who has followed some writers that preceded ...
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... religious duties , and directly calculated to overturn all public securities de- pending on tests and subscriptions ... religion . In expressing my conviction of the truth of the affir- mative , I am bound to believe that some of those ...
... religious duties , and directly calculated to overturn all public securities de- pending on tests and subscriptions ... religion . In expressing my conviction of the truth of the affir- mative , I am bound to believe that some of those ...
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