Elements of Moral Philosophy and of Christian Ethics, Volume 2J. Duncan, 1826 |
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... Religion 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 • 474 • 482 CHAPTER V. - On the ...
... Religion 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 • 474 • 482 CHAPTER V. - On the ...
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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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Page 268 - 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 147 - 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 308 - 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 311 - 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 468 - 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 247 - 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 245 - 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 417 - 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 170 - 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.