Essays on the Principles of Morality: And on the Private and Political Rights and Obligations of MankindHarper & brothers, 1834 - 432 sider |
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... dictates and promptings of our own rational nature with those of the revealed will of our Maker , and thus to invigorate the force of law by the verdict of the internal convictions of our own breasts . But after every abatement on this ...
... dictates and promptings of our own rational nature with those of the revealed will of our Maker , and thus to invigorate the force of law by the verdict of the internal convictions of our own breasts . But after every abatement on this ...
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... dictate the rectitude of a given action , will find that the understandings of the intelligent pagans of antiquity came to very different conclusions . A second proposes sympathy , regulated indeed and restrained , but still sympathy ...
... dictate the rectitude of a given action , will find that the understandings of the intelligent pagans of antiquity came to very different conclusions . A second proposes sympathy , regulated indeed and restrained , but still sympathy ...
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... dictate one action , and a reasoning from his principle dictates another , he must make his election if he prefers his principle , Christianity is abandoned : if he prefers Scripture , his principle is subordinate : if he alternately ...
... dictate one action , and a reasoning from his principle dictates another , he must make his election if he prefers his principle , Christianity is abandoned : if he prefers Scripture , his principle is subordinate : if he alternately ...
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... dictates the propriety of acquiescing in that degree of ignorance in which it has pleased God to leave us ; be- cause they show , that attempts to acquire knowledge may conduct us to folly . These are subjects upon which he acts most ...
... dictates the propriety of acquiescing in that degree of ignorance in which it has pleased God to leave us ; be- cause they show , that attempts to acquire knowledge may conduct us to folly . These are subjects upon which he acts most ...
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... dictates of " con- science , " and when he perceives , as he must perceive , that these dictates are various and sometimes contradictory ; he is in danger of concluding that no unerring and no divine guidance is accorded to man . Upon ...
... dictates of " con- science , " and when he perceives , as he must perceive , that these dictates are various and sometimes contradictory ; he is in danger of concluding that no unerring and no divine guidance is accorded to man . Upon ...
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Side 144 - Lord thine oaths, but I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne; nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
Side 90 - Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holy day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days: 17. Which are a shadow of things to come; but the body is of Christ 18.
Side 123 - And as they bound him with thongs, Paul said unto the centurion that stood by, Is it lawful for you to scourge a man that is a Roman, and uncondemned...
Side 65 - And he that keepeth his commandments dwelleth in him, and he in him. And hereby we know that he abideth in us, by the Spirit which he hath given us.
Side 96 - And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.
Side 410 - But he turned, and rebuked them, and said, Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For the Son of man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save them.
Side 156 - I AB do sincerely promise and swear, That I will be faithful and bear true Allegiance to His Majesty King George...
Side 137 - Go to now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain : whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life ? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. For that ye ought to say, If the Lord will, we shall live, and do this, or that.
Side 410 - Then said he unto them, But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip: and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one.
Side 145 - Thou shalt have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth : thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them...