The Churchman Armed Against the Errors of Time, Volume 3J. J. Stockdale, 1814 |
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... secure the good effect of instruc- tion , whilst they are a bridle to men's passions , and give a seasonable check to that carelessness and inconsiderateness which unqualifies them to receive the impressions of truth and virtue . This ...
... secure the good effect of instruc- tion , whilst they are a bridle to men's passions , and give a seasonable check to that carelessness and inconsiderateness which unqualifies them to receive the impressions of truth and virtue . This ...
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... secure that inward reverence which was due to his person and authority . And indeed unless it be true that religion is , in the nature of it , capable of being promoted by temporal methods , I see not with what sense it is that we pray ...
... secure that inward reverence which was due to his person and authority . And indeed unless it be true that religion is , in the nature of it , capable of being promoted by temporal methods , I see not with what sense it is that we pray ...
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... secure the public civil good ; it should yet be no part of his business to secure the means upon which the public civil good does necessarily depend . In a word , since , as it is allowed , men as sub- jects , are to be considered as ...
... secure the public civil good ; it should yet be no part of his business to secure the means upon which the public civil good does necessarily depend . In a word , since , as it is allowed , men as sub- jects , are to be considered as ...
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... secure by virtue of such methods . For there is , in this respect , plainly no difference between him that sways the sceptre of righteousness , and him that ruleth with a rod of iron . 1 But to return ; the reader is desired to take es ...
... secure by virtue of such methods . For there is , in this respect , plainly no difference between him that sways the sceptre of righteousness , and him that ruleth with a rod of iron . 1 But to return ; the reader is desired to take es ...
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... secure ; for the same reason it must also be his concern to cultivate and improve the principles of religion , which are a means relative to the same end . As social virtue is the only sure foundation of civil obedience ; so religion is ...
... secure ; for the same reason it must also be his concern to cultivate and improve the principles of religion , which are a means relative to the same end . As social virtue is the only sure foundation of civil obedience ; so religion is ...
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Page 28 - And on the morrow when he departed, he took out two pence and gave them to the host, and said unto him, 'Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee.
Page 18 - Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked...
Page 133 - Neither was there any among them that lacked: for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things that were sold, and laid them down at the apostles...
Page 18 - I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot : I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth.
Page 21 - God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked ; that there should be no schism in the body; but that the members should have the same care one for another.
Page 24 - So Ahab sent unto all the children of Israel, and gathered the prophets together unto mount Carmel. And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions ? if the Lord be God, follow him : but if Baal then follow him.
Page 20 - Now, I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you ; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind, and in the same judgment.
Page 13 - Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ : that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel...
Page 154 - And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.
Page 156 - And the night following the Lord stood by him, and said, Be of good cheer, Paul : for as thou hast testified of me in Jerusalem, so must thou bear witness also at Rome.