Letters, Addressed to the Daughter of a Nobleman, on the Formation of Religious and Moral Principle, Volume 2T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1806 |
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... certainly recommend themselves to the favour of the Deity , by stifling every emotion of humanity .. Such cruelties could not fail to make the people cruel ; nor could they they be just , who believed that God delighted in [ 5 ]
... certainly recommend themselves to the favour of the Deity , by stifling every emotion of humanity .. Such cruelties could not fail to make the people cruel ; nor could they they be just , who believed that God delighted in [ 5 ]
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... favoured with farther light than hu- man reason could elicit , neither the desire of God's approbation , nor the dread of his displeasure , would have had sufficient strength to overcome the force of corrupt habits , and to control the ...
... favoured with farther light than hu- man reason could elicit , neither the desire of God's approbation , nor the dread of his displeasure , would have had sufficient strength to overcome the force of corrupt habits , and to control the ...
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... that particular purpose . Abraham , appointed to be the father of this race , is represented as a man of extraordinary piety and virtue ; for such alone have ever been the the favoured of heaven . To him the promise of [ 36 ]
... that particular purpose . Abraham , appointed to be the father of this race , is represented as a man of extraordinary piety and virtue ; for such alone have ever been the the favoured of heaven . To him the promise of [ 36 ]
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Elizabeth Hamilton. the favoured of heaven . To him the promise of salvation , made to our first parents , was renewed by a special re- velation ; and to give him a greater degree of interest in the event , he received an assurance ...
Elizabeth Hamilton. the favoured of heaven . To him the promise of salvation , made to our first parents , was renewed by a special re- velation ; and to give him a greater degree of interest in the event , he received an assurance ...
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... favour would be manifested to them in a special and extraordinary manner ; and that they should be blessed , na- tionally and individually , with an un- common share of temporal felicity . The promise made to Abraham of the district ...
... favour would be manifested to them in a special and extraordinary manner ; and that they should be blessed , na- tionally and individually , with an un- common share of temporal felicity . The promise made to Abraham of the district ...
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Page 57 - Now, therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people : for all the earth is mine : and ye shall be unto me a kingdom of priests, and an holy nation.
Page 61 - I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. Thou shalt have no other gods before me.
Page 67 - In it thou shalt do no manner of work ; thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, thy cattle, and the stranger that is within thy gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, and rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lord blessed the seventh day, and hallowed it.
Page 138 - If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; And if he be thirsty, give him water to drink: For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, And the Lord shall reward thee.
Page 78 - And the Lord said unto Moses, Thus thou shalt say unto the children of Israel, Ye have seen that I have talked with you from heaven. Ye shall not make with me gods of silver, neither shall ye make unto you gods of gold.
Page 180 - O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not...
Page 104 - Have ye not known? have ye not heard? hath it not been told you from the beginning? have ye not understood from the foundations of the earth? 22 It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth, and the inhabitants thereof are as grasshoppers...
Page 77 - And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off. And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear: but let not God speak with us, lest we die.
Page 129 - Remember ye not, that, when I was yet with you, I told you these things?
Page 129 - Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God, even our Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace, comfort your hearts, and stablish you in every good word and work.