The Philosophy of Religion: Or an Illustration of the Moral Laws of the UniverseKey & Biddle, 1833 - 391 pages |
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... conduct corresponding with these relations , are essentially connected with the happiness of every rational agent , might be made to appear from a variety of cases , in which the re- versing of certain moral laws or principles would ...
... conduct corresponding with these relations , are essentially connected with the happiness of every rational agent , might be made to appear from a variety of cases , in which the re- versing of certain moral laws or principles would ...
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... , impla- cable and unmerciful . " Their general conduct was character- ized by pride , lasciviousness , and revenge ; they indulged in the commission of unnatural crimes ; they were actuated by 14 THE PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION .
... , impla- cable and unmerciful . " Their general conduct was character- ized by pride , lasciviousness , and revenge ; they indulged in the commission of unnatural crimes ; they were actuated by 14 THE PHILOSOPHY OF RELIGION .
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... conduct , and far less on that of the un- thinking multitude . Where do we find , in any of the philo- sophical schools of Greece and Rome , a recommendation of such precepts as these , " Love your enemies ; do good to them who hate you ...
... conduct , and far less on that of the un- thinking multitude . Where do we find , in any of the philo- sophical schools of Greece and Rome , a recommendation of such precepts as these , " Love your enemies ; do good to them who hate you ...
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... conduct of myriads of mankind - that many of the most illustrious characters that have adorned our race have submitted to its dictates , and governed their tempers and their actions by its moral precepts - that those who have been ...
... conduct of myriads of mankind - that many of the most illustrious characters that have adorned our race have submitted to its dictates , and governed their tempers and their actions by its moral precepts - that those who have been ...
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... conduct , we are disposed to wonder at it , and to admire it as an extraordinary moral pheno- menon . When we behold a personage who is possessed of every degree of moral and physical power for crushing his ene- mies - yet remaining ...
... conduct , we are disposed to wonder at it , and to admire it as an extraordinary moral pheno- menon . When we behold a personage who is possessed of every degree of moral and physical power for crushing his ene- mies - yet remaining ...
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Page 252 - And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with' violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth.
Page 61 - For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.
Page 244 - But without faith it is impossible to please God ; for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is the rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
Page 47 - How precious also are thy thoughts unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them ! If I should count them, they are more in number than the sand : When I awake, I am still with thee.
Page 140 - 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.
Page 341 - And all that believed were together, and had all things common ; and sold their possessions and goods, and parted them to all men, as every man had need.
Page 53 - Who knoweth not in all these That the hand of the Lord hath wrought this? In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind.
Page 47 - I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart: and I will glorify thy name for evermore. For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.
Page 197 - And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child : and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.
Page 144 - Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God; and every one that loveth is born of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.