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On the Nature and Obligation of a Promise 423 CHAPTER XXV . - On the Duties of Contract which relate to Commercial Barter 429 Chapter XXVI . — Contract relating to personal Service . 431 Chapter XXVII . - On Falsehood 434 CHAPTER XXVIII ...
On the Nature and Obligation of a Promise 423 CHAPTER XXV . - On the Duties of Contract which relate to Commercial Barter 429 Chapter XXVI . — Contract relating to personal Service . 431 Chapter XXVII . - On Falsehood 434 CHAPTER XXVIII ...
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... is bounded in its exercise by his holiness , justice , goodness , and truth : hence , he cannot do what is at variance with these perfections : he cannot lie , -he cannot deceive , -he cannot fail in his promises .
... is bounded in its exercise by his holiness , justice , goodness , and truth : hence , he cannot do what is at variance with these perfections : he cannot lie , -he cannot deceive , -he cannot fail in his promises .
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... and who has revealed himself in the glorious character of the diffusser of an immortality of happiness , they love not the giver himself , but only the gifts which they have received , or the gifts that are promised * .
... and who has revealed himself in the glorious character of the diffusser of an immortality of happiness , they love not the giver himself , but only the gifts which they have received , or the gifts that are promised * .
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The most plausible argument in favour of the principle of utility , an argument of which Paley has very fully availed himself , is , its apparent consistency with the doctrine of scripture concerning the reward promised to genuine faith ...
The most plausible argument in favour of the principle of utility , an argument of which Paley has very fully availed himself , is , its apparent consistency with the doctrine of scripture concerning the reward promised to genuine faith ...
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In what does that promised reward consist ? In the case supposed , that is , in regard to mankind , it consists in deliverance from sin , and in the everlasting possession of all the happiness of which our nature is capable .
In what does that promised reward consist ? In the case supposed , that is , in regard to mankind , it consists in deliverance from sin , and in the everlasting possession of all the happiness of which our nature is capable .
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Page 248 - For it was not an enemy that reproached me ; Then I could have borne it : Neither was it he that hated me that did magnify himself against me ; Then I would have hid myself from him : But it was thou, a man mine equal, My guide, and mine acquaintance. We took sweet counsel together, And walked unto the house of God in company.
Page 66 - The works of the Lord are great, sought out of all them that have pleasure therein.
Page 137 - For if we sin wilfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sin, but a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
Page 288 - And the fear of you and the dread of you shall be upon every beast of the earth, and upon every fowl of the air, upon all that moveth upon the earth, and upon all the fishes of the sea; into your hand are they delivered.
Page 289 - Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill ; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment : But I say unto you, that whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment...
Page 448 - The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause ? 4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning, made them male and female...
Page 237 - And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely, this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.
Page 235 - Love suffereth long, and is kind; love envieth not; love vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up, Doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all things, endureth all things.
Page 395 - Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
Page 160 - This is that which the Lord hath said: 'Tomorrow is the rest of the holy sabbath unto the Lord.' Bake that which ye will bake today, and seethe that ye will seethe; and that which remaineth over, lay up for you to be kept until the morning.
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| Title | Elements of Moral Philosophy and of Christian Ethics, Volume 2 Elements of Moral Philosophy and of Christian Ethics, Daniel Dewar |
| Author | Daniel Dewar |
| Publisher | J. Duncan, 1826 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 20 Jun 2006 |
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